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Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast. This is a

sample of our recent bonus episode usually only available to members. These

episodes are comprised of our crew of researchers, Amanda and myself all getting together

for a roundtable discussion on topics that we find interesting. So here's a few minutes for

free so you can know what all the fuss is about. Fresh off our time capsule episode in which we predicted that by the time it came out everything would have changed

it turns out we're living in a completely different America now and people have thoughts on that.

Who'd like to start?

Amanda, you said you had thoughts on the new America we live in.

So it could be some of like the euphoria from going so low in the beginning of July to now things are okay and so there's this like this little euphoria that I'm having is just

feeling much bigger but I've tried to really check myself which is a classic

progressive thing to do make sure you don't get too hopeful and too happy about things.

But I kind of wanted to say this in case there's someone else out there feeling the same way.

Like I walk this line now daily of being terrified

of feeling anything but terrified and demoralized.

And because I don't feel that way right now, I'm like scared.

It feel much better than before, not delusional, just much better than before.

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