#44: The Biden Ramble

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week, the panel discusses the concept of 'cool' and whether it belongs in politics, debate the pitfalls of homeschooling, and shares their favorite quotes on what it means to be a socialist. This episode was recorded a few weeks back and then delayed by the events of Super Tuesday, hence why there are no references to The Ongoing Unpleasant Situation. The panel this week was associate editor Vanessa A. Bee, newsletter editor Nick Slater, administrative maven Cate Root and legal editor Oren Nimni. Your supply host is Aisling McCrea. Music by the fantastic Danny Bradley: https://dannybradleymusic.com/ Wallace Shawn's essay: http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175350/tomgram:_wallace_shawn,_are_you_smarter_than_thomas_jefferson/%3E This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.

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0:00.0	From Studio H3 in the Current Affairs World Headquarters, it's current affairs.
0:07.5	Your ear's juiciest hour of politics and culture.
0:11.5	On the program tonight, what does it mean to be cool?
0:16.1	Is it okay to homeschool your children?
0:18.9	And why are we socialists? On the panel tonight,
0:25.0	Associate Editor Vanessa A.B. Hello. Legal editor, Oren Nimni. Hello, everyone. Newsletter editor,
0:32.8	Nick Slater. Hi, hi. Administrative Maven, Kate Root. Hello.
0:39.0	I'm your host, Ashling McCray.
0:42.3	Let's start with segment one, too cool for school.
0:43.6	Cool edition.
0:51.3	In this segment, we discuss what it means, if anything, to be cool in a political context.
0:56.6	As of late, it appears it is getting more and more cool to be a leftist. Bernie and the DSA are getting more traction. Left movements are getting covered more in the
1:01.8	mainstream press, and the movement is apparently gaining power through youth energy, glamour and memes.
1:09.3	But can politics ever be cool? Does it matter of its cool? Should we be
1:13.8	trying to be cool? I'll be caring too much. Should I stop wearing these completely and utterly
1:19.7	rad sunglasses indoors? These are the questions that we must answer. Panel, am I cool? Tell me
1:27.4	I'm cool. Pretty cool. Okay. Yeah. Am I cool? Tell me I'm cool.
1:28.1	Pretty cool.
1:29.0	Okay.
1:30.8	At least an 8.5 out of 10 on the most scale of coolness.
1:33.9	Okay.
1:34.2	What can I do to be cooler?
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