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The Pledge debate: What students are learning today

AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK

AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.7527 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school every morning is out of fashion, but at our own peril. In schools across the country, teachers are preparing their students to walk out of class on May 1 to protest our nation’s laws regarding border enforcement. The Sunrise Movement is one of the organizations behind the planned walkout and has...

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0:00.0

Yes, it is true.

0:25.7

It's very true.

0:26.6

Over the weekend, we had some, we had some anniversaries come by, some anniversaries of patriotism on Saturday and Sunday that took place.

0:39.6

Paul Revere's ride and the shot heard around the world.

0:43.8

These are obviously, they're some of our favorite anniversaries,

0:48.8

and they are favorite because they are so instrumental in the laying of the foundation of this country.

0:58.2

And yes, we should talk about them. We should celebrate them, especially this year, in celebration of 250 years.

1:06.3

And we're going to do that today. We're going to, we're going to hit that heavy and hard, and we're going to, we're going to hit that heavy and hard.

1:11.2

And we're going to, we're going to hit it in conjunction with this, this conversation

1:19.6

that Lyndon McMahon had a few days ago.

1:23.3

She was speaking somewhere.

1:25.2

I don't know, some institute, some, I don't know where she's at.

1:30.4

The Berkeley Center or something or that, I'm not sure.

1:35.2

But she makes remarks, and you've got to hear the remarks.

1:40.4

I am, I'm going to play the remarks for you.

1:44.6

Juxtaposing her remarks right next to our history class, right next to what's happening here on May 1st and cities all over the country where, again, students are, or not students are planning this, but organizations are planning a student walkout

2:03.1

to protest ICE, juxtapose next to what's happening in New York City with this

2:11.1

communist mayor over there.

2:14.7

And also, all of this taking place during our 250th.

2:22.1

It makes me wonder, are we in a crisis of patriotism in this country?

2:28.2

I'm going to let you answer the question.

2:31.3

I will provide my own input along the way as we go, but are we in a crisis of patriotism?

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