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The John Fugelsang Podcast

4th of July Special

The John Fugelsang Podcast

Crossover Media Group

News, Sanity, Arts, Sexy Liberal Podcast Network, Religion & Spirituality, John Fugelsang, Sexy Liberal

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

John speaks about Independence Day with with Sazha Ramos - Sazha is a Navy Veteran and accomplished social worker with a decade of experience in behavioral health and the government sector. Then, he talks with editor of The Nation - Don David (DD) Guttenplan on their 160th anniversary issue entitled These Dis-United States which features 50 of their best writers and artists depicting local textures, practices, landmarks, and institutions everywhere being gutted, steamrolled, defunded, and eviscerated. Then wrapping it up, John chats with Simon Moya-Smith and Julie Francella about indigenous culture and patriotism on the 4th of July.

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1:10.7

welcome the series xm progress it's great to have you with us. Our executive producer is the mighty Chris Household running this show out of South Carolina. The brilliant Thea Harper produces our show out of Brooklyn. And I'm coming to you from New York, L.A., wherever I am. We got a great one tonight. D.D.D. Gooden Plan of the nation. Sasha Ramos,

1:29.5

vice president of Veterans and Military Affairs at American Addiction Centers, because really, when you

1:34.7

want to talk about patriotism, helping veterans who have become prisoners of addiction is a very

1:42.1

special level of service for your country. And we have the best

1:45.9

guest for 4th of July time. Also tonight, Simon Moia Smith and Julie Franchella, another installment

1:51.1

of still here, because 4th of July is always a great time to listen to our indigenous friends.

1:56.3

I hope you're doing well. I hope you have great plans for the weekend, or you're just relaxing.

2:00.2

It is the 4th of July weekend, one quarter of the way through the 21st century. If you're American,

2:07.3

happy independence from England. If you're Canadian, happy co-dependence with England. And if

2:12.6

you're England, please take us back. All right, we got a great one tonight. Let's get to it. This is America in the age of Trump 2.0 where the Kool-Aid is laced with bleach. And the national bird is a bald eagle wearing a QAnon shirt and giving the finger, even though eagles don't have fingers. But look, it's easy to feel like we are living in a satire that has been punched up by a

2:35.7

very bitter drunk untainted meth. It's a scary time, folks. You turn on the news and the anchors

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