It's Monday, July 10th. I'm Trevo Anderson.

And I'm Josie Deppie Rice, and this is Weddeday, where we can't believe we actually have to

say this, but please stop throwing objects at musicians on stage.

You know, Josie, back in my day, we used to just throw our panties and bras on stage,

but now they're throwing cell phones. What's going on?

Right, if you're going to throw something let it be soft and fabric, and let me also just say,

generally don't throw things at people. That's like a general wolf.

Right.

On today's show, you and Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that Sudan is on the

brink of a full-scale civil war. Plus, Tracy Chapman has made music history.

But first, the Clarence Thomas drama continues. It's like watching a car crash

with that car crash also didn't believe in systemic racism. On Sunday, the New York Times published

a piece about the Justice Involvement and the Horatio Alger Association and all the benefits

that it has brought him over the years.

Hoi-yoy, Yoi. We've been talking a lot over the last few months about Mr. Thomas in particular.

So with this issue, let's start with the obvious. What on Earth is the Horatio Alger Association?

Great question. I never heard of it either, even though I thought I'd heard of every conservative

society during my three years in an enemy territory. I lost school. But anyway, the group is named

after the author Horatio Alger, who is known for his quote-unquote rags to richest stories.

And the association was created in 1947, quote, to dispel the mounting belief

among our nation's youth that the American dream was no longer attainable.

Let's play pop quiz. What happened many years after 1947?

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