Why Fear-Based Democracies Aren’t Free (with Jason Pargin)
The Cracked Podcast
Literally Media
4.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2020
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Alex Schmidt and special guest Jason Pargin (who writes for Cracked as David Wong) are exploring the ways being afraid of everything (an easy action) can stop us from being free. Discover the decades-long tradition of some Americans wanting to give up everything in exchange for not needing to think, the centuries-long tradition of people inciting fake panics, and the reasonable ways you can help change things for the better.
Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/why-fear-based-democracies-arenE28099t-free-with-jason-pargin/
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| 0:00.0 | Support for today's show comes from the James Altature Show. |
| 0:03.6 | The James Altature Show podcast is insane. |
| 0:06.6 | This guy has guests like Mark Cuban, Chelsea Handler, William Shatner, Tyra Banks, and hundreds more. |
| 0:12.4 | There's no rhyme or reason to it. |
| 0:14.2 | All I know is what one reviewer said, which is that it's like James is always asking what I'm thinking. |
| 0:20.2 | So check out the James Altature Show and send him a text at 203-512-2161. |
| 0:27.8 | The James Altature, ALTUCHR Show. |
| 0:42.9 | Hey there folks, welcome to another episode of the Cracked Podcast. |
| 0:46.0 | The podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is. |
| 0:50.2 | My name is Alex Schmidt and I'm the head of podcasting here at Cracked. |
| 0:52.7 | I'm also known as Shmitty The Clam. |
| 0:53.9 | I'm also known as Schmidtty The Clam. |
| 0:55.6 | I'm also still thinking about Beto O'Rourke because my mom texted me one time. |
| 1:03.0 | Here's the full story of that cryptic statement. |
| 1:06.1 | My mom lives in Iowa, in Southeast Iowa. |
| 1:09.2 | And one time we were just keeping in touch a few months back. |
| 1:12.5 | I said, oh, how's it going? |
| 1:13.7 | And she texted back, doing fine. |
| 1:16.1 | Beto stood on our coffee shop counter. |
| 1:19.2 | Now is the text. |
| 1:20.3 | I was immediately read this and thought, |
| 1:22.7 | okay, I've heard of Beto O'Rourke. |
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