In part 2 of 3 episodes, Brie and Lara discuss the 2024 Democratic Party Platform and the Harris/Walz Issues page on Kamala Harris' website with fact checking, commentary, and a healthy dose of snarkasm.

Produced by Brigitta Shannon Rose

Researched by Lara Moebs

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Show Notes:

Harris-Walz official campaign website:

https://kamalaharris.com/issues/

Urban Instute Article projecting Social Security Issues:

https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/if-social-security-runs-out-money-poverty-among-older-adults-and-people-disabilities#:~:text=Soar%20%7C%20Urban%20Institute-,If%20Social%20Security%20Runs%20Out%20of%20Money%2C%20Poverty%20among%20Older,People%20with%20Disabilities%20Will%20Soar&text=With%20financial%20pressures%20mounting%2C%20Social,if%20Congress%20fails%20to%20act.

Politico’s take on their policies:

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2024/kamala-harris-tim-walz-policy-2024-election/

Council on Foreign Relations take on Potential Asia strategy:

https://www.cfr.org/article/how-harris-walz-administration-might-handle-asia-policy

Yale School of Management take on H-W policies:

https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/filling-in-the-harris-walz-economic-policy-scorecard

BBC Reporting on Key takeaways from her interview:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ejw1kd7ndo

Focusing on Black voters:

https://capitalbnews.org/what-to-know-about-harris-walz-policies/

Foreign Policy look from a UK agency:

https://fpc.org.uk/us-presidential-election-what-would-a-harris-walz-foreign-policy-look-like/

Harris Campaign positions:

In part 2 of 3 episodes, Brie and Lara discuss the 2024 Democratic Party Platform and the Harris/Walz Issues page on Kamala Harris' website with fact checking, commentary, and a healthy dose of snarkasm.

Produced by Brigitta Shannon Rose

Researched by Lara Moebs

Background music - Jazzy-banger

Music by Joystock - https://www.joystock.org

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Show Notes:

Harris-Walz official campaign website:

https://kamalaharris.com/issues/

Urban Instute Article projecting Social Security Issues:

https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/if-social-security-runs-out-money-poverty-among-older-adults-and-people-disabilities#:~:text=Soar%20%7C%20Urban%20Institute-,If%20Social%20Security%20Runs%20Out%20of%20Money%2C%20Poverty%20among%20Older,People%20with%20Disabilities%20Will%20Soar&text=With%20financial%20pressures%20mounting%2C%20Social,if%20Congress%20fails%20to%20act.

Politico’s take on their policies:

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2024/kamala-harris-tim-walz-policy-2024-election/

Council on Foreign Relations take on Potential Asia strategy:

https://www.cfr.org/article/how-harris-walz-administration-might-handle-asia-policy

Yale School of Management take on H-W policies:

https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/filling-in-the-harris-walz-economic-policy-scorecard

BBC Reporting on Key takeaways from her interview:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ejw1kd7ndo

Focusing on Black voters:

https://capitalbnews.org/what-to-know-about-harris-walz-policies/

Foreign Policy look from a UK agency:

https://fpc.org.uk/us-presidential-election-what-would-a-harris-walz-foreign-policy-look-like/

Harris Campaign positions:

In part 1 of 3 episodes, Brie and Lara discuss the 2024 Democratic Party Platform and the Harris/Walz Issues page on Kamala Harris' website with fact checking, commentary, and a healthy dose of snarkasm.

Produced by Brigitta Shannon Rose

Researched by Lara Moebs

Background music - Jazzy-banger

Music by Joystock - https://www.joystock.org

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Full resources also available on our website.

Show Notes:

Harris-Walz official campaign website:

https://kamalaharris.com/issues/

Urban Instute Article projecting Social Security Issues:

https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/if-social-security-runs-out-money-poverty-among-older-adults-and-people-disabilities#:~:text=Soar%20%7C%20Urban%20Institute-,If%20Social%20Security%20Runs%20Out%20of%20Money%2C%20Poverty%20among%20Older,People%20with%20Disabilities%20Will%20Soar&text=With%20financial%20pressures%20mounting%2C%20Social,if%20Congress%20fails%20to%20act.

Politico’s take on their policies:

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2024/kamala-harris-tim-walz-policy-2024-election/

Council on Foreign Relations take on Potential Asia strategy:

https://www.cfr.org/article/how-harris-walz-administration-might-handle-asia-policy

Yale School of Management take on H-W policies:

https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/filling-in-the-harris-walz-economic-policy-scorecard

BBC Reporting on Key takeaways from her interview:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ejw1kd7ndo

Focusing on Black voters:

https://capitalbnews.org/what-to-know-about-harris-walz-policies/

Foreign Policy look from a UK agency:

https://fpc.org.uk/us-presidential-election-what-would-a-harris-walz-foreign-policy-look-like/

Harris Campaign positions:

In Part 3 of 3 of the 2024 Republican Platform review, Brie and Lara go through the final five chapters of the document with fact checking, commentary, and a healthy dose of snarkasm.

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Researched by Lara Moebs

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Show Notes:

What is Agenda 47?

Statements regarding Agenda 47

2024 Republican Party Platform

https://www.investopedia.com/gdp-growth-by-president-8604042 - source for fact-checking preamble claim about Economic growth under Trump

Parental responsibility laws (probable concept of what the “punish families” is about): https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/pubs/reform2/ch2_d.html

And : https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/juvenile/parents-responsibility-childs-criminal-actions

Probable response to : https://apnews.com/article/james-crumbley-jennifer-crumbley-oxford-school-shooting-e5888f615c76c3b26153c34dc36d5436

Most Favored Nation - what is it?: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/most_favored_nation#:~:text=Most%20favored%20nation%20refers%20to,included%20in%20bilateral%20investment%20treaties.

How much of the US does China really own?: https://globalaffairs.org/bluemarble/china-foreign-land-ownership-explainer

In Part 2 of 3 of the 2024 Republican Platform review, Brie and Lara go through the first five chapters of the document with fact checking, commentary, and a healthy dose of snarkasm.

Produced by Brigitta Shannon Rose

Researched by Lara Moebs

Background music - Jazzy-banger

Music by Joystock - https://www.joystock.org

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Full resources also available on our website.

Show Notes:

What is Agenda 47?

Statements regarding Agenda 47

2024 Republican Party Platform

https://www.investopedia.com/gdp-growth-by-president-8604042 - source for fact-checking preamble claim about Economic growth under Trump

Parental responsibility laws (probable concept of what the “punish families” is about): https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/pubs/reform2/ch2_d.html

And : https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/juvenile/parents-responsibility-childs-criminal-actions

Probable response to : https://apnews.com/article/james-crumbley-jennifer-crumbley-oxford-school-shooting-e5888f615c76c3b26153c34dc36d5436

Most Favored Nation - what is it?: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/most_favored_nation#:~:text=Most%20favored%20nation%20refers%20to,included%20in%20bilateral%20investment%20treaties.

How much of the US does China really own?: https://globalaffairs.org/bluemarble/china-foreign-land-ownership-explainer

In Part 1 of 3 of the 2024 Republican Platform review, Brie and Lara go through the preamble for the document with fact checking, commentary, and a healthy dose of snarkasm.

Produced by Brigitta Shannon Rose

Researched by Lara Moebs

Background music - Jazzy-banger

Music by Joystock - https://www.joystock.org

Support us on Patreon or buy us a coffee.

Full resources also available on our website.

Show Notes:

What is Agenda 47?

Statements regarding Agenda 47

2024 Republican Party Platform

https://www.investopedia.com/gdp-growth-by-president-8604042 - source for fact-checking preamble claim about Economic growth under Trump

Parental responsibility laws (probable concept of what the “punish families” is about): https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/pubs/reform2/ch2_d.html

And : https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/juvenile/parents-responsibility-childs-criminal-actions

Probable response to : https://apnews.com/article/james-crumbley-jennifer-crumbley-oxford-school-shooting-e5888f615c76c3b26153c34dc36d5436

Most Favored Nation - what is it?: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/most_favored_nation#:~:text=Most%20favored%20nation%20refers%20to,included%20in%20bilateral%20investment%20treaties.

How much of the US does China really own?: https://globalaffairs.org/bluemarble/china-foreign-land-ownership-explainer

In this episode, Lara shares with Brigitta what she learned about Anime and its connection to Disney. They also discuss US, UK, and Japanese copyright.

Produced by Brigitta Shannon Rose

Researched by Lara Moebs

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1. History of Anime Industry
   1. From the English Wikipedia – which is one of the better resources for pop culture groupings (like anime and comics) in America and English speaking world : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_anime
   2. From the Japanese side: https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00043/
      1. Japan's first animated productions were war training films and propaganda for WWII
      2. Post WWII – wanted to know how to continue using the industry in peace time. Saw Disney being successful, so invited Disney over to assist with transition. Thus a new art form was born.
   3. Some specific American influences discussed in a paper by a Univerity of Michigan paper” https://public.websites.umich.edu/~wewantas/amoreena/ameranime.html
   4. Some numbers about the industry: https://www.statista.com/topics/7495/anime-industry-in-japan/
   5. A few of the well-known Anime studios:
      1. Namco - now known as Bandai Namco (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco )
      2. Toei Animation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toei_Animation
      3. Ghibli - best known for work with Disney (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli) under the auspices of Hayao Miyazaki

1. Anime and Product placement/toys – inherent blend of story, art, and product
   1. Kawii culture gave Hello Kitty – one of the earliest, most pervasive examples of this:

In this episode, Brigitta and Lara give a modern translation of the United States Declaration of Independence and talk about how Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury's "Leviathan" set the stage for the future philosophers who influenced the writers of the Declaration.

Produced by Brigitta Shannon Rose

Researched by Lara Moebs

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