• #012: The 46th President of The United States
    Nov 10 2020

    In today's episode, we will discuss the events of the election for the 46th President of The United States.


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    ✦ Music is provided by Joseph McDade ✦


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    ✦ Sources from today's episode ✦


    » https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wins-white-house-ap-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9

    » https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/us/politics/election-courts.html

    » https://www.nytimes.com/article/watch-kamala-harris-speech-video-transcript.html

    » https://www.nytimes.com/article/biden-speech-transcript.html

    » https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump


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  • #011: 1st Presidential Debate (What a mess!)
    Oct 2 2020

    Today we will discuss the 1st Presidential debate and breakdown all the mess!


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    ✦ Music is provided by Joseph McDade ✦


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    ✦ Sources from today's episode ✦


    » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8k8hj5VyM0

    » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ycmyML195c

    » https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/09/29/first-debate-rules-trump-biden

    » https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-barrett-supreme-court-senate/2020/09/29/bc94fae8-0272-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html

    » https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys

    » https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/national/


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  • #010: Does the Biden/Harris Ticket have a shot at winning?
    Aug 19 2020
    Today we will discuss if the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris ticket has a shot at winning the 2020 Presidential Election. ╔ ——————————————————————————————╗ ✦ Follow our social media to receive updates! ✦ Website: http://tacklingtheworld.weebly.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TacklingDaWorld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tacklingtheworldpodcast/ ✦ Music is provided by Joseph McDade ✦ Check him out!: https://josephmcdade.com/music ✦ Sources from today's episode ✦ » https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/arizona/ » https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/az/arizona_trump_vs_biden-6807.html » https://www.270towin.com/ » https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/trump-vs-biden-top-battleground-states-2020-vs-2016/ ╚ ——————————————————————————————╝
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  • #009: (Opinion) Defunding The Police
    Aug 3 2020
    In today's episode, we discuss what it truly means to defund the police. ╔ ——————————————————————————————╗ ✦ Follow our social media to receive updates! ✦ Website: http://tacklingtheworld.weebly.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TacklingDaWorld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tacklingtheworldpodcast/ ✦ Music is provided by Joseph McDade ✦ Check him out!: https://josephmcdade.com/music ✦ Sources from today's episode ✦ » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG13AnLPciI&list=PLjoKvYm2t91WBC7TIAxfog5MHJFPGTJpT&index=3&t=564s » https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html » https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/19/what-does-defund-the-police-mean-and-does-it-have-merit/ ╚ ——————————————————————————————╝
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  • #008: George Floyd
    Jun 15 2020

    Today we discuss the situations surrounding George Floyd with our guest Ima Ekong. Ima will be sharing her perspective on everything that is going on as a black woman.


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    » https://secure.everyaction.com/bzqfq2UjO0KM5YtfqwyCOw2

    » https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019

    » https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project



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    ✦ Music is provided by Joseph McDade ✦


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    ✦ Sources from today's episode ✦


    » https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/george-floyd-minneapolis.html

    » https://time.com/3951282/riot-violence-use-american-history/


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    21 mins
  • #007: Women in STEM
    May 25 2020

    Today we discuss Women in STEM with our guest Stuti Arora. We talk about everything from inspirations, stereotypes, and pay gaps. Listen now for an incredibly informative interview!


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    ✦ Music is provided by Joseph McDade ✦


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    ✦ Sources from today's episode ✦


    » https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_STEM_fields

    » https://www.wgu.edu/blog/why-are-there-so-few-women-in-stem1907.html

    » https://ngcproject.org/sites/default/files/ngcp_the_state_of_girls_and_women_in_stem_2018a.pdf

    » https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/5-ways-close-gender-gap-women-stem-ncna1070101

    » https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/world/europe/women-in-stem.html


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  • #006: The World and COVID-19
    May 18 2020

    Today we discuss "The World and COVID-19" with our guest Lap Nguyen. We will touch on everything from The United States, front line workers, and vaccines. Be sure to listen for a very interesting and entertaining episode!

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    ✦ Music is provided by Joseph McDade ✦


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    ✦ Sources from todays episode ✦

    » https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/world/live-coronavirus-tracker.html

    »https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/15/coronavirus-who-raises-alert-on-mysterious-inflammatory-disease-in-children.html
    »https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/updated-timeline-coronavirus

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  • #005: Gun Control
    May 11 2020

    In this episode, we discuss Gun Control with a right-leaning senior Thomas Beskow. We have an amazing productive conversation about gun violence, background checks, mental health, and much more!

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    Music is provided by Joseph McDade


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    Sources from today's episode


    » https://lawcenter.giffords.org/scorecard/#VT

    » https://www.boston25news.com/news/explainers/universal-background-checks-what-are-they-what-do-they-do-does-your-state-» have-them-/973815648/

    » https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128186209

    » https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Instant_Criminal_Background_Check_System#Background

    » https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/

    » https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control#United_States

    » https://everytownresearch.org/firearm-suicide/

    » https://lawcenter.giffords.org/facts/polling/

    » https://www.businessinsider.com/switzerland-gun-laws-rates-of-gun-deaths-2018-2

    » https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-deaths-nearly-eliminated-in-countries-what-us-can-learn-2017-11

    » https://www.shmoop.com/right-to-bear-arms/questions.html

    » https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/02/21/states-most-and-least-gun-violence-see-where-your-state-stacks-up/359395002/

    » http://www.center4research.org/does-gun-control-really-work/

    » https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=4a1b03cf5575487190772768259d653d


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    51 mins