Latest Episode:
“AFD 58 – Yet Another Shutdown Showdown”
Posted: Tues, 23 September 2013
Bill and guest host Sarah discuss health insurance exchanges, government shutdown, default, John Boehner, and Ted Cruz. Then we look at New Mexico’s legal battles over marriage equality. Finally, Bill argues in favor of diplomacy with Iran.
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“AFD 57 – Gratuity Not Included”
Posted: Tues, 17 September 2013
Bill and guest host Sarah discuss tipping and restaurant minimum wage laws. Then we look at science education in Kentucky and the EPA’s impending new coal power regulations.
Additional Link:
–http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/11/2606001/carbon-regulations-industry-push/
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“AFD 56 – Internationalism and Localism”
Posted: Tues, 10 September 2013
Bill and Persephone discuss Russia’s assertion that the UK is irrelevant to world affairs, then we examine the most successful global treaty of all time (and efforts to improve it), and we conclude by asking how individual cities and towns are possibly able to pass abortion bans on their own because that is crazy.
Additional links referenced:
–http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/EED8A9F289E19D3F85257966005DBF51
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Latest Episode:
“AFD 55 – College Costs”
Posted: Tues, 03 September 2013
Bill and Persephone critique President Obama’s proposed reforms to the cost of higher education. Then we discuss three military cases involving death penalty level crimes and the related issue of anti-Muslim attitudes in the U.S. Finally we look at the shocking number of squirrel-related power failures and what that says about America’s infrastructure.
Additional links referenced:
–http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/31/barack-obama-jay-leno-muslim-universal-rights
–http://www.theglobalist.com/passing-up-a-golden-opportunity/
–http://www.npr.org/2013/08/14/210620446/10-years-after-the-blackout-how-has-the-power-grid-changed
–http://www.theglobalist.com/doubling-down-on-wind-ireland-greens-its-grid-looks-to-export/
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Latest Episode:
“AFD Ep 54 – Financial Crimes and Peacekeeping”
Posted: Tues, 27 August 2013
Bill and Persephone discuss the Justice Department’s prosecution of financial crimes from the 2008 crisis — which makes Bill frustrated — and then examine the UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo.
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“AFD Ep 53 – The Anatomy of Revolution”
Posted: Tues, 20 August 2013
Bill and Persephone discuss Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton and North Carolina voter suppression. Then Bill explores The Anatomy of Revolution, as Egypt slips into chaos.
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Latest Episode:
“AFD Ep 52 – The Right to Rule”
Posted: Tues, 06 August 2013
Who has the right to rule in a society? What is a democracy? How do citizens get to participate in a civil society? In light of events in Egypt, Persephone and Bill discuss political theories of legitimacy, governance, and civil society. Then, they discuss what Boston is doing to prepare for global warming effects. Warning: This episode may be educational.
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