In the aftermath of the 2024 election, America is even more divided than before.

Half the country fears the end of democracy and the other half welcomes it.

As America inches toward the brink of authoritarian rule, now more than ever, we must force ourselves to have the necessary conversation.

You're really dark in the room.

Can't help it.

Can't help it.

It's just not there.

I've got like fucking camping flashlights on me.

It's the best I can do.

Okay.

Chad. Welcome. Chad. You know you stage this, quit it. Get going. Welcome. Welcome to the necessary conversation. I'm Chad Kulchen with me this week. Or my mother and father who are deep in that Q&on, Maja, praying to the orange-faced

one.

And my sister, Haley Pope, she's like me.

We don't pray to any gods.

We kneel to know, in quotes, kings.

We're going to get to that a little bit later.

This is, of course, the necessary conversation.

We're going to talk about the top five political issues of this week. Maybe, I don't know,

I just picked five out of a treasure trobe of about 50 that happened over the past week. We only

have so much time on this podcast. I would like to get to them all, but we just don't have time.

So I picked five that I thought were important. Mom, do you have any ditties before we go to a listener question?

Of course, I do. I'll go quick so you won't get mad. The measles outbreak in Texas. What do you all think about that? Is it because non-vaccinated illegals or is it just because measles is coming

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