2022 - the year of anti-perfectionism! No theme music, probably a random 5 minute coffee break silence, who knows what else. Preemptively canceling ourselves for anything problematic we say, we will do better and try to focus on listening more.  Solidarity forever! Insurrections are in fact BAD and democracy is DECENTLY BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE ON OFFER!

We debate localism! What's the deal with "small is beautiful"? Which way Western person, the Chestertonian pipe-smoker or the DSA industrialist? A debate in which everyone wins There are some swears here, and the outro music is an explicit Rage Against the Machine Song (heads up for those of you who email to yell at me for swearing on the SPC podcast when your kids are in the car! and also sorry Mom). 

A couple of swear words in this one. 

Audio from an interview recorded in March 2021, and aired at the American Solidarity Party National Convention in July 2021. Some of the events discussed about the early Biden administration may have been rendered moot since then.  Thanks to co-moderator Patrick Harris, Chairman of the ASP, for sponsoring. Follow Lyman at @lymanstoneky on Twitter.   Obligatory disclaimer: the Solidarity Policy Center is a nonpartisan research institute and does not endorse political candidates or campaigns

We're on vacation until next week! And a quick read of the most concise yet biting summary we've seen so far of the current efforts of the Paris Climate Agreement.

We gathered this week with the best of intentions, ready to continue our close read of the DSA platform. Except, we ended up talking about this Ross Douthat piece the whole time. So, we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for a romp through the world of Catholic politics. Apologies for a few swears.  References:  Ross's Piece: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2021/08/catholic-ideas-and-catholic-realities The Tradinista! Manifesto: https://tradistae.com/2020/04/30/tradinista-manifesto/ Integralism in 3 Sentences: http://thejosias.com/2016/10/17/integralism-in-three-sentences/

Tim, Chase, and Amar continue their close read of the DSA 2021 Platform Draft. We spend a lot of time on prison abolition!

The John Quincy Adams Society: https://jqas.org/ John Mearsheimer: https://www.mearsheimer.com/publications/ Fratelli Tutti: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html

Friends of the pod and previous guests Amar Patel and Chase Padusniak join us for the first in a multipart series - a close read of the DSA platform manifesto ahead of the 2021 July Convention. What's the deal with democratic socialism?

Grant Martsolf, Professor Health Policy at the University of Pittsburgh, joins us to talk about the health crisis in rural America, what traditional health outcome measures miss about the human person, and his new class at Pitt which talks about liberalism and healthcare.