A time to play this time of love.

You promised to be here with me Now that's a reality

A time to breathe

A die in a time of love

There's no need to be wondering

How could I question anything

Having your love is a new kind of lie

You're playing right now It's always good and you're naughty I'm sorry. I'm Sarah Kenzer, the author of The View for Fly over country, and hiding in plain sight.

I'm Andrea Chalupa, a journalist and filmmaker, and the writer and producer of the journalistic thriller, Mr. Jones, about Stalin's genocide famine in Ukraine.

And this is Gaslit Nation, a podcast covering corruption in the United States and rising

autocracy around the world.

Every week we do two shows, including the early show for our listeners at the truth-teller level and higher on Patreon.

This week's show, we're going to be answering questions submitted by our listeners at the democracy defender level and higher.

That's always an interesting time because the questions are widely ranging in scope and they are reading our minds often.

And it's just a big support group for all of us navigating this strange time together.

So if you want to get in on that, become a subscriber on Patreon.

Yes, and we will answer absolutely anything. And I think our listeners will attest to this.

So like absolutely anything if you subscribe at the democracy defender level or higher.

It's fun. All right. And for more fun, we are celebrating art as we always do because art is so essential. It's an oxygen mask against authoritarianism. It resets your energy, which allows you to keep fighting and stay engaged. It resets the culture in so many ways. And it plants extremely important, powerful seeds. So please make art and check out our action guide where we

discuss more about that. So in celebration of the power of making art, we are featuring,

as we always do at the end of the month, a song submitted by a listener. The song you heard at

the start of the show is called A New Time by the Paula Kelly Orchestra.

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