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The Politics Guys

Brooklyn Shooting, New NATO Members, Oklahoma Abortion Ban, Tax Policy, Pakistani Espionage?

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Trey & Ken open the show with a discussion of Frank James arrest. Big topics include the nature of his arrest, discussion of crime trends in the U.S., the role of weapons in crime trends, and the political ramification of those trends. That's followed by Oklahoma's newly passed abortion ban. The ban, which has no exceptions, was followed by Kentucky's. Trey & Ken discuss the future of privacy and abortion in the U.S. and the problems facing lawmakers in addressing in and what the Supreme Court is likely to do next. After that Trey & Ken talk about the reaction from Russia from Finland and Sweden considering NATO membership. The likelihood of the Senate to make such a treaty change, plus conversations about the most recent sinking of a ship in the Black Sea.  Then the pair talk about America's tax policy, why it isn't as progressive as it seems, and why Trey doesn't think liberals get it. Last the pair discuss the humorous possibility of espionage in Washington DC. Trey & Ken's Recommendations Trey: Severance on Apple TV+ Ken: Candy House by Jennifer Egan. The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.9

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0:34.9

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0:47.5

I'm Troy Orndorf, a political scientist at Oklahoma Christian University.

0:52.0

And I'm joined by the professor of law at Chase Law School, Ken Katkin.

0:56.1

Welcome to the show, Ken.

0:57.4

Hey, it's great to be back, Trey, and I have to compliment you right up front.

1:00.8

You say you're a professor.

1:01.9

Now you are a tenured professor, so congratulations on that.

1:05.7

Oh, thank you.

1:06.6

Yes, it's true.

1:07.1

So this week I earn tenure here at Oklahoma Christian. And that's always an

1:11.8

exciting, it's an exciting moment in a career. And most people don't know. I mean, it basically

1:15.4

means that now people recognize that I do the things that I do. I don't know. They're supposed to

1:21.7

leave you alone a little bit more. Yeah, exactly. So, you know, the next time somebody asked me to

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