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·May 26, 2022

360 Degrees of America

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 81 This conversation ends this podcast where it started off… A progressive and a conservative walk into a bar… and have a drink… share a laugh… engage in dialogue. The conversation isn’t ending, but starting in June, Hold my Drink will fully integrate with…

America

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America

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Truth In Between

·May 19, 2022

Diversity, Inclusion & Stoicism

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 80 We like to add words into our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) lexicon. In some places they’ve added belonging to the mix — DEI & B. There’s also JEDI — Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. What’s next? Kai Whiting has a suggestion to…

Stoicism

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Stoicism

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·May 12, 2022

The Politics of Bones

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 79 In a world where politics becomes more and more like our new religion, everything is politicized, even bones. Dr. Elizabeth Weiss found this out after a seemingly innocuous picture of her posing with a skull dredged up her work on repatriation and a…

America

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America

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·May 5, 2022

The Language of Klingons

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 78 The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other. -Captain Kirk A lot of lessons on how to live in the present in such a way that promises a better tomorrow can be found in the timeless…

America

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America

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·Apr 28, 2022

Coffee with a Black Guy

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 77 I’ve learned something so simple, and yet so groundbreaking, that it has literally changed how I engage. Well, when I remember to do it, that is. Breaking a bad habit is a work in progress, but I’m on a mission. What is this…

Racism

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Racism

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·Apr 21, 2022

A New Kind of Conversion

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 76 By Neil Barnes The complexity and controversy surrounding transgender rights, and in particular the right to self-identification and medicalisation for children is one of the most salient issues of our day. The dramatic and unprecedented rise in the trend of gender dysphoria, particularly…

Transgender

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Transgender

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·Apr 14, 2022

United Notions?

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 75 By Jennifer Richmond & Carlos Hoyt Well, it happened again. …

America

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America

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·Mar 31, 2022

Truth, Power & Gender

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 74 by Jennifer Richmond & Debbie Hayton The debate over transgender issues has energized both the authoritarian right and left, exacerbating our pernicious polarization. …

America

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America

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·Mar 24, 2022

Archeological Decolonization: Burying the Past

Hold my Drink Podcast, Episode 73 What difference does a bone make? What if a skeleton is the key to unlock mysteries that lead to medical breakthroughs and scientific advancements? …

America

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Archeological Decolonization: Burying the Past

America

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·Mar 17, 2022

Ukraine & CSJ in the USA

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 72 by Brandy Shufutinsky Critical Social Justice relies on a few factors being accepted as canon without question. First, that CSJ ideology is the only acceptable ideology for self-defined progressives. It requires complete and total fealty by those looking for acceptance by its vanguard…

Ukraine

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Ukraine

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