the AMERICAN DREAM

In our first episode, we discuss the AMERICAN DREAM and the NXIVM Cult. THE TRANSCRIPT THE SOURCES The Epic of America (1931), James Truslow Adams “In Search of the American Dream,” (June 2007) Jonas Clark, The Atlantic “What Makes an American?,” (March 1939) Raoul De Roussy De Sales, The Atlantic “What Has Happened to the […]

THANKSGIVING

In our first bonus episode, we’re discussing THANKSGIVING along with a bunch of other American (and Australian) holidays. Powered by RedCircle the SOURCES https://www.npr.org/2019/10/14/769083847/columbus-day-or-indigenous-peoples-day https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2020/10/12/indigenous-peoples-day-updated2020/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/christopher-columbus https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/how-columbus-day-fell-victim-to-its-own-success/261922/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/columbus-day-school-holiday/409984/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/head-to-these-cities-for-indigenous-peoples-day/433083/https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/thanksgiving-belongs-wampanoag-tribe/602422/ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/people-used-to-celebrate-thanksgiving-like-we-now-celebrate-halloween/383173/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/11/thanksgiving-a-celebration-of-inequality/508346/

the FOUNDING FATHERS

In our second episode, we discuss the FOUNDING FATHERS and the LATTER DAY SAINTS. CORRECTION: Hamilton’s Father in law and Burr went after each other for the US Senate, not for Governor. Powered by RedCircle THE SOURCES https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/whats-really-happening-at-the-border/618442/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/united-states-immigration-exclusion/618390/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/07/immigration-happiness/619585/ https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/230639/migrants-happier-move.aspxhttps://www.cato.org/survey-reports/e-pluribus-unum-findings-cato-institute-2021-immigration-identity-national-survey# https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/u-s-immigration-before-1965https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/immigration-united-states-timeline https://depts.washington.edu/moving1/https://voxeu.org/article/race-and-assimilation-age-mass-migration https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/should-immigration-require-assimilation/406759/ https://siepr.stanford.edu/research/publications/immigrants-assimilatehttps://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/dual-citizenship-allowed-naturalizing-us-citizens.html

the PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE

In our second episode, we discuss the PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE and Aum Shinrikyo (also known as Aleph). Powered by RedCircle THE TRANSCRIPT THE SOURCES https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/11/03/the-ugly-history-of-the-pledge-of-allegiance-and-why-it-matters/ https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-latest-controversy-about-under-god-in-the-pledge-of-allegiance https://www.history.com/news/who-created-the-pledge-of-allegiancehttps://www.legion.org/flag/pledge https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/pledge-allegiance-pr-gimmick-patriotic-vow-180956332/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wrote-the-pledge-of-allegiance-93907224/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/us/pledge-of-allegiance-explainer-trnd/index.html https://thehill.com/opinion/education/431719-can-schools-require-students-to-say-the-pledge-of-allegiance https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/post/1975/teacher-loses-in-ruling-involving-pledge-of-allegiance-dispute https://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm https://www.britannica.com/event/Pledge-of-Allegiance-to-the-Flag-of-the-United-States-of-America https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/i-pledge-allegiancehttps://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/04/5-facts-about-the-pledge-of-allegiance/ https://daily.jstor.org/the-pledge-of-allegiances-creepy-past/ https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/28/news/pledge-of-allegiance-illegalridiculous.html?searchResultPosition=8 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/us/12brfs-PLEDGEOFALLE_BRF.html?searchResultPosition=9 https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/27/national/congress-defiant-over-ban-on-pledge-of-allegiance.html?searchResultPosition=19 https://www.wired.com/1996/07/aum/https://medium.com/race-law-a-critical-analysis/the-pledge-of-allegiance-a-powerful-tool-for-indoctrination-6fb864e1867e

the IN-GROUP MENTALITY

In our sixth episode, we discuss the IN-GROUP MENTALITY and Q-ANON. Powered by RedCircle the SOURCES https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/love-it-or-leave-it-has-a-racist-history-a-lot-of-americas-language-does/ https://www.si.edu/es/object/nmah_1423537 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rick-santorum-dennis-terry_b_1377023 https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2021-11-05/americans-eye-secession-amid-intractable-partisan-disputes https://time.com/5929843/madeleine-albright-us-vs-them-thinking/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/201908/the-psychology-us-vs-them https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201012/in-groups-out-groups-and-the-psychology-crowds https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/science/crowds-mob-psychology.html https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/11/pandemic-covid-urban-rural-divide/620730/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/12/08/the-rural-urban-divide-furthers-myths-about-race-and-poverty-concealing-effective-policy-solutions/ https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/934631994/bidens-win-shows-rural-urban-divide-has-grown-since-2016 https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/the-electoral-college-and-the-rural-urban-divide/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/08/our-urban-rural-political-divide-is-both-new-decades-making/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/what-every-american-should-know/397334/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/10/internet-world-trapped-americas-culture-war/616799/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/americans-remain-deeply-ambivalent-about-diversity/583123/ https://www.salon.com/2021/11/09/ted-cruz-says-texas-should-secede-and-take-the-military-if-democrats-destroy-the-country/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/the-secessionist/600739/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/secession-trump-brexit/489689/ https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756384/obo-9780199756384-0257.xml https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/how-1800s-racism-birthed-chinatown-japantown-other-ethnic-enclaves-n997296

the MYTHICAL NORM

In our fifth episode, we discuss the MYTHICAL NORM and the SULLIVANIANS CULT. Powered by RedCircle the SOURCES https://www.colorado.edu/odece/sites/default/files/attached-files/rba09-sb4converted_8.pdf https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/assimilation-nation/309518/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/09/measuring-assimilation/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/sunday-review/immigration-assimilation-texas.html https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/comparing-immigrant-assimilation-north-america-and-europe-5846.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/three-fifths-compromise https://apnews.com/article/electoral-college-slavery-election-2020-race-and-ethnicity-government-and-politics-0ef97970a86255bf89c897838fcdb335 https://medium.com/f18-community-action-social-change-theory-and/critical-reflection-3-debunking-the-mythical-norm-b03f877396df https://muir.ucsd.edu/_files/about/themuircollegeway/complexityofidentity.pdf https://news.law.fordham.edu/jcfl/2018/11/04/the-rise-of-entrepreneurship-and-social-media/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/08/posting-instagram-sponsored-content-is-the-new-summer-job/568108/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/04/to-the-media-black-is-too-often-shorthand-for-poor/391544/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/why-does-the-american-media-get-big-stories-wrong/276454/

the MIGRANT EXPERIENCE

In our fourth episode, we discuss the MIGRANT EXPERIENCE and the FAMILY INTERNATIONAL. Powered by RedCircle the SOURCES https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/whats-really-happening-at-the-border/618442/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/united-states-immigration-exclusion/618390/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/07/immigration-happiness/619585/ https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/230639/migrants-happier-move.aspx https://www.cato.org/survey-reports/e-pluribus-unum-findings-cato-institute-2021-immigration-identity-national-survey# https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/u-s-immigration-before-1965 https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/immigration-united-states-timeline https://depts.washington.edu/moving1/https://voxeu.org/article/race-and-assimilation-age-mass-migration https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/should-immigration-require-assimilation/406759/ https://siepr.stanford.edu/research/publications/immigrants-assimilate https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/dual-citizenship-allowed-naturalizing-us-citizens.html

the BODY

In our ninth episode, we discuss the BODY and the FAMILY (AUSTRALIA). Thank you to our guest this week, Paige from REVERIE TRUE CRIME podcast. Powered by RedCircle the SOURCES https://www.vox.com/2015/6/26/18093652/same-sex-marriage https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/states-across-u-s-still-cling-outdated-gay-marriage-bans-n1137936 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/legal-history-lgbtq-rights-timeline.html https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/06/plastic-surgery-pandemic-rise https://www.webmd.com/beauty/news/20110405/cosmetic-surgery-is-on-the-rise-in-the-us https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/plastic-surgery-cosmetic-covid-zoom/2020/12/07/6283e6d2-35a2-11eb-b59c-adb7153d10c2_story.html https://www.allure.com/story/plastic-surgery-misleading-before-after-photos https://www.allure.com/story/american-society-plastic-surgeons-2020-trend-report https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a35036808/what-is-diet-culture/ https://www.npr.org/2021/12/23/1067210075/what-if-the-best-diet-is-to-reject-diet-culture https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/17/key-facts-about-the-abortion-debate-in-america/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/us/supreme-court-abortion-louisiana.html https://theconversation.com/will-roe-v-wade-be-overturned-and-what-would-this-mean-the-us-abortion-debate-explained-173156 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/nuance-abortion-debate/620941/https://www.lgbtqhistory.org/lgbt-rights-timeline-in-american-history/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-milestones-american-gay-rights-movement/ https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rightshttps://www.rainn.org/articles/title-ix https://www.aclu.org/title-ix-gender-equity-educationhttps://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/title-ix-activism-sexual-violence-law https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/nyregion/columbia-settles-with-student-cast-as-a-rapist-in-mattress-art-project.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/sports/olympics/policing-womens-bodies-via-dress-code-is-nothing-new-in-sports-writes-our-columnist.html https://msmagazine.com/2015/06/10/mckinney-and-the-history-of-policing-black-womens-bodies/ https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first-second-third-fourth https://feminist.org/news/the-equal-rights-amendment-has-been-ratified-it-is-the-law-u-s-house-resolution-declares-era-28th-amendment/

the POLICE

In our eighth episode, we discuss the POLICE and KU KLUX KLAN. Powered by RedCircle the SOURCES https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/how-police-brutality-gets-made/613030/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/blue-wall-silence/619612/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/police-reform-is-not-enough/614176/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/304465/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/how-actually-fix-americas-police/612520/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-invention-of-the-police https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/sunday-reading-americas-policing-crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/us/police-killings-undercounted-study.html https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/20/18677998/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-law-mass-incarceration https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/opinion/america-police-reform.html https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/why-we-need-good-police https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/lesson-plans/black-lives-matter-from-hashtag-to-movement https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/03/us/george-floyd-protests-crowd-size.html https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-death-of-george-floyd-health-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-07a91fd5c210f8b809d019292c3ec0c0 https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/did-last-summers-protests-change-anything https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/the-next-reconstruction/615475/ https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/09/black-lives-matter-just-entered-its-next-phase/615952/

the GRIND

In our seventh episode, we discuss the GRIND and PEOPLES TEMPLE. Powered by RedCircle the SOURCES https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/burnout-medical-condition-pandemic/619321/ https://cepr.net/the-culture-of-overwork-a-uniquely-american-phenomenon/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/01/02/the-rise-in-fomo-hustle-porn/?sh=74af9414e74a https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/11/01/whats-one-work-thing-you-did-before-the-pandemic-that-youll-never-do-again/?sh=62d0086f76da https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22810409/work-hours-loneliness-volunteering-overwork-community https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210507-why-we-glorify-the-cult-of-burnout-and-overwork https://www.npr.org/2021/05/17/997462169/thousands-of-people-are-dying-from-working-long-hours-a-new-who-study-finds https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/speedup-americans-working-harder-charts/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/opinion/work-hours-us-health.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/18/whats-wrong-with-the-way-we-work https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jan/06/burnout-epidemic-work-lives-meaning https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/burnouthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2021/09/21/the-four-telltale-signs-of-burnout/?sh=c073eb875890 https://cepr.net/images/stories/reports/no-vacation-nation-2019-05.pdf https://hbr.org/2006/12/extreme-jobs-the-dangerous-allure-of-the-70-hour-workweek https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/business/against-hustle-culture-rise-and-grind-tgim.html https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work