Featuring Rania Assily and Khalid Namar, we discuss the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which has caused unknown amouts of damage to the local climate, and the Ohio River. We also discuss the issue of  lifelong institutional activists that become lost in their own social adventure and sacrifice research and critical thinking to further a particular message. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support

Khalid Namar joins us, again, to discuss some fo the biggest topics as we enter the second month of 2023. Topics discussed include: The Chinese surveillance balloon, President Biden's State of the Union address, #LandBack, mass shootings, and more.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support

In this episode we catch-up on some of the major events that ended 2022, and some new developments and tensions in our relationship with China. The Ford 2.7 Nano Ecoboost engine is also discussed at the end, as well as the new announcement of the next (and maybe final) small block V8 to come from General Motors.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support

Special guest Scott Branson, author of Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life, joins us with returning guest, Khalid Namar, to discuss anarchism as an ideology. We also address the question of, "Should we abolish the police and prison system?" and the impications that such an idea can have on modern society.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support

Join us as we discuss President Joe Biden's Student Loan Debt Plan in depth, and what it means for each and every one of us. Also the Deshaun Watson suspension from the Cleveland Browns. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support

This is a radio plug for The Modern Method. Khalid Namar hosted the Bob Frantz show on Always Right Radio broadcasted on AM 1420 in Cleveland, Ohio, and invited Kane Schmidt on to promote The Modern Method.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support

Khalid Namar and Erik discuss the advantages and disadvantages of legalizing marijuana. The economic and societal implications are balanced, and connections between the War on Drugs and racial disparity are discussed.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support

This is our first episode with two guests, and they bring a breadth of knowledge and experience in community engagement, history, and economic development. Join us as Rania Assily and Khalid Namar dissect how current events in Europe and Asia relate to U.S. economics and how it impacts every American citizen.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support

We're back! And our latest episode covers current pop-culture topics, mostly related to gaming and sports entertainment with some other topics mixed in. This episode is a precursor to Episode Twelve. You will not need to have seen this episode beforehand, but this is an elongated version of our general banter that we do in the begining of each episode. Welcome back! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support

In this special episode, we discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine with special guest Aaron Geller. The topics at play are: current events, economics, and we relate the current atrocities to historical events to better understand how and why things are happening and what our reactions could be as we learn from history. All claims and quotations are cited from reputable sources to try and give you information as accurate as possible as these events continue to unfold.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-schmidt4/support