Talking Politics With Mom

So... the bad thing happened... Donald Trump won and Kamala Harris lost the Presidential election. How did this happen? WHY did this happen? Will and Mom examine those questions and look to history for some possible explanations; most notably the failed Presidential Campaign of Hubert Humphrey. And then they explore how we process the fact that millions of our fellow Americans vote

My formerly conservative boomer mom explains why Donald Trump MUST lose this election - and Kamala Harris MUST win. Trump is using the same fear tactics that were used by people like Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s - warning about "the enemy from within" in order to divide Americans and gain power. But who is the REAL "enemy from within"? Mom implores conservatives to put their count

My mom recalls her memories of the 1950s - a complicated era filled with contradictions. It was a time of immense American prosperity in the wake of worldwide devastation following World War 2. It was a time when the government invested in the American people... well SOME of the people. Because the 1950s was also a time with a regimented social and economic hierarchy - particularly

Will and Mom discuss how the far-right stoked the fear of a communist takeover of America in the 1950s and 1960s to support their largely unpopular agenda of economic and imperialist policies designed to benefit the ultra-rich and large corporations. Stoking fear to benefit the wealthy... hmmm, that sounds familiar... Will and Mom also discuss how both political parties have screwe

In the debut episode of Talking Politics With Mom - Some More News Director, Will Gordh (a progressive millennial) talks to his mom (a formerly conservative boomer) about what drew her to right-wing ideology when she was younger, and why she ultimately decided to abandon that philosophy - which includes a level of personal and intellectual commitment that is truly rare. Spoiler Ale