In this episode, Josh and Ian return from their holiday break to revisit their podcast anniversary conversation. They talk about cultural heritage and racial pride, birthright and happenstance, a proper place for critique, hyperbolic reactionary politics, the media's impact on cultural conversations and whether or not democracy is in decline, the Democratic Party's push-back against W. Virginian Senator Joe Manchin, the tribal back-and-forth that political parties play as they take office, the problem with the overall federal structure, the American focus on the US Presidency, the divide between local and national politics, the vast difference between US states in their covid responses, the federal government's response to failing industries and spending taxpayer's money, the lack of incentive for political change, the Biden administration's latest OSHA regulations on vaccine mandates and the effectiveness of the actual mandates, the ongoing schism between individualism and collectivism, a possibly "poor" old Honda metaphor and being humbled by nature, how media and entertainment distract us from real issues, cultural attention deficit, and other topics.

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Recorded 30 December 2021