Podcast 79: Where's my social safety net?

 Joey and I had a pretty good discussion this week on the political third rail of Social Security. While it is no surprise we (and everyone else in the world) think it is broken, we came to no great solution. Privitization was discussed to some detail. We would love to get some listener feedback on some of their ideas for how to fix this failing system, before Joey and I end up needing it. Please hurry. In this podcast we discuss episodes 9-12 of The West Wing, Season 5.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: Randy Pausch Last Lecture
    Principles of an American Life: Article 2 of the Constitution
    Lessons in Parliamentary Procedure
    Dysfunctional Family Dinners
    Assisted suicide revisited
    Mandatory Minimums revisited
    Social Security
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Abu el Banat: 48min 07sec
Peter: Television - 5
Joey: Television - 6

Stormy Present: 25min 11sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 4

Benign Prerogative: 20min 16sec
Peter: Television - 7
Joey: Television - 7

Slow News Day: 26min 38sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 7

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Podcast 78: Nobody puts Josh in a corner

 Back at last to our blessed West Wing television series this week. We were graced by the return of listeners Jim and Mandi who were kind enough to send in comments. I went off on a long rant about the responsibilities of being fiscally responsible with our governmental budgets and Joey actually had a good idea! In this podcast we discuss episodes 5-8 of The West Wing, Season 5.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: 97th Step by Steve Perry
    Principles of an American Life: Article 1 of the Constitution
    Career advancement is not being a traitor
    Can a Supreme Court Justice be removed?
    The problem with Budget Deficits
    New tax idea: apportion a percent to programs you want funded
    New board game: Budgetary Chicken
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Constituency of One: 41min 37sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 6

Disaster Relief: 17min 43sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 5

Separation of Powers: 31min 25sec
Peter: Television - 7
Joey: Television - 7

Shutdown: 17min 21sec
Peter: Television - 8
Joey: Television - 9

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Poetry Podcast Special 2

 After a very long tease (approx 5 months), it is finally here: Poetry Podcast Special 2. We were joined by Brandon, Jared, and Anne. They shared some great poems that some of us have never heard of and some we have. Join us for a pleasant evening of poetry.

Music Intro: Here Me by Imagine Dragons

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Podcast Movie Special: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

 Since Joey went out of town for a long vacation, he took some time off this week and prepared our podcast for Trek West 5 Movie Special - Star Trek 6. "Once again I find myself surprised at how divisive the Trek movies can be - Pete and I always seem to find plenty to argue about when we do these Movie Specials. We hope you enjoy the insights we discovered in the course of watching this final movie of the "Original Crew" (not counting Capt. Pike's crew, of course), and we will return to our regularly scheduled programming in the coming weeks." - Joey Smith

Music Intro: I Fight Dragons

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