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ATTENTION: This will be the LAST episode of The Honest Conversation that will be posted on The Salt Shaker's channel. Click here to follow the NEW show on the appropriate web page: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-honest-conversation/id1492751012 https://open.spotify.com/show/6E3nW3wXWH0N8KhbuqkCeW Be sure to follow the show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: -https://open.spotify.com/show/6E3nW3wXWH0N8KhbuqkCeW -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-honest-conversation/id1492751012 This is my initial take on what's currently going on between Iran and the United States. What do you think? Here's where I got my information from: -https://www.businessinsider.com/why-neither-bush-or-obama-killed-iranian-general-qassem-soleimani-2020-1 -https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50995792 -https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/world/middleeast/iranian-general-qassem-soleimani-killed.html -https://twitter.com/rcallimachi/status/1213421769777909761 -https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/03/petraeus-on-qassem-suleimani-killing-says-trump-helped-reestablish-deterrence/ -https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-dangers-posed-by-the-killing-of-qassem-suleimani -https://apnews.com/d67714ab8ac344a3b3af19cca1c20192 -https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/03/killing-suleimani-iran-tension-trump-fault/ -https://www.vox.com/world/2019/7/8/18693297/us-iran-war-trump-nuclear-iraq -https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/what-iranian-way-war-looks-like/604438/ -https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/iran-hoists-red-flag-on-mosque-to-avenge-killing-of-commander-qassim-suleimani/articleshow/73106490.cms -https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-cyber/u-s-indicts-iranians-for-hacking-dozens-of-banks-new-york-dam-idUSKCN0WQ1JF Music from https://filmmusic.io "Acid Trumpet" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Contacts: Twitter: @TheHonestConve1 Email: [email protected]

Join Greg and me in our discussion on Medicare For All. Importantly, we missed some key details such as the price of Pete Buttigieg's plan, some nuance on "how to pay for it," and critiques of M4A such as longer wait times and lower pay for healthcare providers. Here's where we got our information from: -https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/public-option-vs-medicare-for-all-debate-biden-buttigieg-sanders-polls.html -https://www.factcheck.org/2018/08/the-cost-of-medicare-for-all/ -https://www.thebalance.com/causes-of-rising-healthcare-costs-4064878 -https://fortune.com/2019/02/21/us-health-care-costs-2/ -https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/feb/19/explaining-medicare-all/ -https://www.cbo.gov/topics/health-care Other reading materials: -https://www.vox.com/2019/11/1/20942587/elizabeth-warren-medicare-for-all-taxes-explained -https://peteforamerica.com/policies/health-equity/ -https://www.thebalance.com/how-could-trump-change-health-care-in-america-4111422#repeal-the-aca-mandate Contacts: Twitter: @TheHonestConve1 Email: [email protected] Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: -https://open.spotify.com/show/6E3nW3wXWH0N8KhbuqkCeW -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-honest-conversation/id1492751012 Music: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Wallpaper" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

FOLLOW THE HONEST CONVERSATION ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/6E3nW3wXWH0N8KhbuqkCeW?si=M2AXnqFqQ-iOdzJcbLUmfg In this episode, I sit down with a brilliant friend of mine, Toby Jaffe, to discuss our interest in British politics. We touch on the December 12th general election between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, the history of the Labour party, and why Centrism, in our opinion, is not the answer. Links to Toby's content: -Twitter: https://twitter.com/TJAFFE3 -Blog: https://medium.com/tobys-2020-blog Music from https://filmmusic.io "Wallpaper" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Twitter: @TheHonestConve1 Email: [email protected]

Hey Salt Shaker fans! Here is the very first episode (the introduction) to my new podcast show: The Honest Conversation. Here's the link to the episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fELJrigyzjMkAueEN1PSL?si=mMR2U0ldRAKNgpQhVCs68w Contact: [email protected], [email protected] Twitter: @salt_podcast

References: https://fortune.com/2019/02/21/us-health-care-costs-2/ https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/child-hunger-facts https://www.globalwarmingprimer.com/ https://neurosciencenews.com/transgender-brain-9234/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/health/late-term-abortion-explainer/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/us/politics/ronald-reagan-richard-nixon-racist.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/05/21/she-was-stereotyped-welfare-queen-truth-was-more-disturbing-new-book-says/ https://timeline.com/ronald-nancy-reagan-war-on-drugs-crack-baby-just-say-no-cia-communism-racial-injustice-fcfeadb3548d https://www.thebalance.com/president-ronald-reagan-s-economic-policies-3305568 https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article224896080.html Contact: [email protected] Twitter: @salt_podcast

References: Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-impeachment-hearings-takeaways-what-matters-2019-11 ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/key-takeaways-day-public-impeachment-hearings/story?id=67206813 NPR: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/20/781259322/key-takeaways-from-gordon-sondlands-watershed-impeachment-hearing Contact: [email protected] Twitter: @salt_podcast

References: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/12/stephen-millers-affinity-white-nationalism-revealed-leaked-emails Click here to see Ben Shapiro's antisemitism and transphobia: https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-heres-giant-list-all-dumb-stuff-ive-ever-done-ben-shapiro Contact: [email protected] Twitter: @salt_podcast

References: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/21/world-26-richest-people-own-as-much-as-poorest-50-per-cent-oxfam-report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/16/what-is-the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/tuition-free-college.html https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/news/2013/01/02/48791/faith-in-values-resolve-to-end-homelessness-in-2013/ https://berniesanders.com/issues/eliminating-medical-debt/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listofcountriesbymilitary_expenditures Contact: [email protected] Twitter: @salt_podcast

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