Welcome to Erin Mankie's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

The American political circus is based on a two-party system and has been since the mid-1800s.

Republicans and Democrats each put up their candidates for election to various offices

and the American people vote for who they'd like to represent them.

However, other factions have formed over the years to catch those who feel that neither

party deserves to represent their interest.

From the Green Party to the Working Class Party to the Alliance Party, these splinter groups

have become little more than a distraction.

They do earn several thousand votes each election, but they don't amount to much overall.

Almost nothing ever changes.

But one group did want to change things, and they almost did, until the bears moved in.

It started when Yale student Jason Sorens wrote an article for a niche political publication.

Jason was a libertarian who believed in small government fiscal conservatism and free

market capitalism with almost no oversight.

Sorens fashioned himself something of an activist and he sought out other like-minded

individuals to join him.

He was starting a brand new enterprise that would establish a community for people who

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