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Marketplace All-in-One

Polarization, partisanship and threats to democracy

Marketplace All-in-One

Marketplace

News, Business

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

We’re discussing some heavy topics today, including threats to democracy from Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, and traditional Republicans bowing out of reelection as the party heads further to the right. Then, we’ll reflect on how we should honor our veterans. Later, we’ll weigh in on an Elon Musk biopic and a global Starbuck expansion in a game of Half Full/Half Empty.

Here’s everything we talked about:

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      0:15.4

      I'm going to go And I know it sounds like Kai's talking through a tunnel, but he's really okay. Sorry.

      0:18.3

      We're just having some audio issues. But anyway, I'm Kimberly Adams on my very nice microphone.

      0:23.7

      And I thank you everyone for joining us on Friday for our weekly happy hour

      0:29.7

      economics on tap and yeah, we're glad to have you here and Kai we're glad to have you here and and Kai we're glad to have you here despite the technical difficulties

      0:37.3

      Despite everything. Yeah, you know, so I I think it's that the rats chewed through my cable that leads out to the shed that's what I really think but I guess we'll see anyway

      0:47.2

      We will do even though the sound quality is terrible we will do some news We'll do a game and then we'll get you on your way. Before we get to it though, what are you drinking today?

      0:58.6

      What are you drinking today? So I'm trying something new, which is this cocktail more or less called a 50-50 or a rhinar and it's half of

      1:10.0

      bourbon so not rye actually half half bourbon, half artichoke liquor, like in Amaro. It's called

      1:17.3

      chinar, I think. But I had some that I got for a cocktail I was making at one point and then I've had it and so I've just been looking for

      1:26.2

      Cocktails to make with it and then it was a little too bitter for me so I added some pomegranate juice and it's delicious

      1:46.0

      That's awesome. Yeah, yeah. What you got? I am having what will be the first of several because it has been a week. Chains of money from from paperback brewing here in Los Angeles. I was after dinner the other night with my wife and another couple and we drove right

      1:50.4

      by the brewery in.

      1:51.4

      Okay, this is more than you need to know.

      1:53.5

      But he and I had already had a couple and he said, hey, you want to go to go to Paper Mac

      1:58.7

      brewing?

      1:59.7

      And I'm like, no, man, I got a soccer game at 8 o'clock.

      2:02.0

      I got to get up anyway uh Bunny with a

      2:04.3

      chainsaw paperback brewing here in Los Angeles 8.2% AP V excellent beer

      2:09.0

      and I I will relax into my afternoon and evening here in Los Angeles.

      2:14.7

      You deserve it.

      2:15.8

      You deserve it.

      2:16.8

      Okay, shall we do some news?

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