Welcome to Season 2 of The GenJ Podcast! We made it!

Seriously, thanks to all of you who joined us last year--and a warm welcome to those of you who are just discovering it now.

As we begin this new season, a storm is a-brewin' in Washington, D.C. It's focused in the United States Senate, and at the center of it is an old legislative mechanism called The Filibuster. For having such a funny sounding name, the filibuster is currently at the center of some serious debates between Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, and as of this week, even President Biden has weighed in.

GenJ's Daniel Heffington is joined by Joel Grewe (Director of Generation Joshua) and Glenn Bertsch (GenJ Programs Administrator and general Senate guru) for this discussion. This episode covers a lot of ground, but it starts off with the basics: what is the filibuster, how does it work, and why should we care about it?

By the end of today's show, you'll know how the filibuster began (it wasn't always around), the role it's served in the American experiment, and how both Democrats and Republicans have used the dubious and terrifyingly-named "nuclear option" on it in recent years.

You'll also get some context for why the far left is calling it "racist" and why some conservatives fear that removing it could break the legislative branch as we know it. 

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