Why [It] Matters

Disagreeing is hard. Disagreeing about politics is especially hard. But if you really believe in reaching across the aisle, or the dinner table for that matter, the best course of action remains... talking.  It's an odd day when I'm making the case for talking to people. It's a case worth making. Credits: Americanrhetoric.com - eulogy of Martin Luther King, Jr by Robert F Kennedy Bryan Caplan blog on cohesion @ econlog.econlib.org NPR's Snap Judgment podcast, "The Silver Dollar Lounge" Music: Anna & Elizabeth: "Little Black Train," "Troubles" from their album Anna & Elizabeth. Check them out @ annaandelizabeth.com. Thanks to Free Dirt Records and John Smith. Email me with your thoughts @ whywematter@gmail.com politics - 2017 - America - democrats - republicans - liberal - conservative - bipartisan - debate - talk - radio - government - grassroots - podcast - partisan - disagree

Hold up... we, the American people, agree on things? Stats attributed to Pew Research Center & FiveThirtyEight. Music by Kevin Macleod @ incompetech.com Retorts, responses, and rants can be addressed to whywematter@gmail.com   "Cantina Blues," "RetroFuture Nasty," "Take the Lead," "Over Under" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   2017 - Trump - politics - America - government - international - bipartisan - foreign policy - world culture - common ground - agreement - news - change - cuba - vaccines - health care - refugees - wall - alternative energy - national identity  Pew Research: On Relations w/ Cuba On Vaccine Requirements for Children On Ensuring Health Care Coverage On The Threats of Refugees On Threats in General On the Wall On Religious Liberty & Nondiscrimination On Alternative Energy On National Identity On Essential Democracy On Government Approval On Confidence in Leaders FiveThirtyEight: On the Air-Strike    

Why [The Rest of the World] Matters. Did I really have to make this episode? Apparently, yes. Music feat. 3hattrio (www.3hattrio.com) & Ari and Mia (www.ariandmiamusic.com). Look out for 3hattrio's Northwest US tour in March 2017! Q's, comments, and rants can be addressed to whywematter@gmail.com. Citations & Recommendations (in order of appearance):  Staying Alive in Moscow, Noah Sneider. Dec '16/Jan'17. 1843 Magazine.  An American in Iran, Tara Isabella Burton. Dec '16/Jan'17. 1843 Magazine. Travels With Myself and Another, Martha Gellhorn.  1978. Eland. Churchill recordings taken from the BBC archives.  2017 - news - politics - globalisation - international - economics - Trump - foreign policy - America - world culture

Why The Vote Matters. Simple... right?   Music by Ari & Mia: For more of the Bostonian Americana sisters, check their music out at ariandmiamusic.com. President Lyndon Johnson clips from the Miller Center website (millercenter.org), and the University of Virginia. For further study: The Myth of the Rational Voter, by Bryan Caplan (source of Miracle of Aggregation discussion). Crash Course on YouTube, for easy & funny education on pretty much anything. This episode was produced by Mitch Collins. Comments/questions/corrections/debate can be sent to whywematter@gmail.com. Why [It] Matters will return in January, with one episode every month. Happy voting, folks. news - voting - election - 2016