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#11: The Fault in Our Barnstars

Current Affairs

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4645 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The Current Affairs panel discusses whether the political is personal, Nathan waxes poetic about Wikipedia, and we all share something that is trending in the right direction.

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0:00.0

From Studio H3 in the Current Affairs World Headquarters, it's Current Affairs,

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your ears, greatest hour of politics and culture.

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Today on the program, the panel discusses whether the political is personal.

0:18.2

Nathan Waxes poetic about Wikipedia, and we all share something that is trending in the right direction.

0:25.5

Our panel today.

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Current Affairs legal editor, Oren Nimni.

0:30.3

Hello, everybody.

0:31.9

Current Affairs contributing editor Brianna Joy Gray.

0:35.3

Hi, friend.

0:36.4

Current Affairs Amusements Editor Lida Gold.

0:38.6

Hi.

0:39.5

And the editor-in-chief himself, Nathan J. Robinson.

0:44.7

Hello, everybody.

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I'm your host, Pete Davis.

0:47.5

Let's begin with segment one, practical tactical.

0:51.8

In the recurring segment, Practical Tactical, we discuss different tactics and strategies being used in the political fights of the late 2010s, and whether we think they are good, useful, moral, and or effective.

1:05.9

We all know that the personal is political, but this week on Practical on practical, we discuss what happens when the

1:13.5

political becomes personal. How much should we care about the personal lives and the personal

1:21.0

demons of our allied politicians? When taking on our opponent politicians, should we laser in on their political actions,

1:29.3

or should we incorporate their personal life into our critiques too?

1:34.4

This week, the right is grappling with the question.

1:37.5

Do we care about Brett Kavanaugh's personal actions if politically he is very useful to us?

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