Twenty-four years ago, I was living in Washington D.C. while studying at the University of Maryland. I came back to America in August of 2016, this time with my family. It was just a few months before Trump's election. As I settled in the US and tried to understand why Trump got elected, I noticed how much the country had changed.
I believe that two major crises have determined the shape of what the country is today: the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and the subprime economic crisis in 2008.
Then came Trump. A man loved by half the country for being anti-elite, playing tough, and speaking his mind and hated by the other half for pretty much the same reasons. Trump has polarized America and the world at large, pushing what we thought was politically possible. Lies and mediocrity became the new normal.
For a year now, with this podcast, Back in America, I have been exploring and questioning America's culture, values, and identity. In every episode, I ask my guests “What is America?”. Quite often, they say that America is a story, an idea in the making.
By many standards, the 2020 election is historical and will once again help define what America is. The pandemic, the foreign interferences, the mistrust in the democratic voting process, and now the legal attacks against Biden's victory.
I have asked Americans what they thought of the outcome of the election.
Here they are:Jake Hoffman, the president of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans.
Mark Charles, an independent candidate who ran in the 2020 Presidential Election who holds dual citizenship to the United States and the Navajo Nation.
https://twitter.com/wirelesshogan
Previous episode https://pod.fo/e/a048d and https://pod.fo/e/a048e
Richard Heinberg, a Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, and one of the world’s foremost advocates for a shift away from our current reliance on fossil fuels.
https://twitter.com/richardheinberg
Live Interview
David Treibs, a Constitutionalist, Christian, and gun-rights activists from Fredericksburg, Texas.
Previous episode https://pod.fo/e/a2f78
Live Interview
Chivona Renee Newsome, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Greater NY.
https://twitter.com/newyorkvonni
Live Interview
Majid Padellan, social justice warrior, social media expert, Twitter celebrity, an author, a digital designer, and a proud father of 5. His Twitter handle is BrooklynDad_Defiant.
https://twitter.com/mmpadellan
Previous episode https://pod.fo/e/9f4f2
Live Interview
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Witchcraft and Feminism: Three American witches share their experiences
Tricia Baker: "My Dog Saved My Life" - Inside Dog Therapy and Mental Health Education
Zionism, Mysticism, and the Law: Sam Shonkoff and his students on American Judaism today
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings: On her Late Husband Elijah Cummings, Black Feminism, Civil Rights...
The Promise of a Better Human: James Clement on our Transhuman futures
Divers from the EPIX/ BBC Docuseries “Enslaved”: Diving on Shipwrecked Slave Ships
Richard Heinberg: Has America Reached Its Limits? Biden, Climate, The End of Fossil Fuel
On the Frontlines of the 2020 Election with Poll-worker Josh Wagner
Listen Again: Sheri Kurdakul CEO of VictimVoice tells her story of abuse that started when she was a toddler (with Nov. 2020 update)
Listen again: John Michael Greer an American Druid on Americans Individualism, Societal Collapse, and the Values of the Frontier Period
Thierry Sauvage -- COVID, changement de vie : de Shanghai au Croisic
Guns, God & the 2nd Amendment in America - David Treibs Christian & Guns Activist - Prof. Robert Spitzer Constitution and Gun Control Expert, SUNY Cortland
BrooklynDad_Defiant: Liberal Online Activist Majid Padellan Talks About his Fight to Elect Joe Biden
Derrick Cobb - From New York Homeless Teen to Hollywood Music Star
Dr. Glenda Wrenn on COVID, Remote work, Mental Health & Corporate America
Don't miss the two live interviews on Sept. 14 and 16th
Part 2/2 - Eric Marsh, Black Activist on the George Floyd's Mural
Part 1/2 - Cadex Herrera Lead Artist of George Floyd's Mural
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