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The American Farewell

The American Farewell

Written by: Gary Wells
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 Welcome to “The American Farewell” podcast! The focus of this podcast is to chronicle the fragmentation of this country along seemingly intractable partitions, as we move through what might be described as an existential crisis of the American identity. Who are we as a nation, and how did we get here? Is this where we’re supposed to be? If not, where should we be going?Copyright 2023 Gary Wells Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Episode 6 - Who Will Speak For Me, the Problems With a Representative Government

    Episode 6 - Who Will Speak For Me, the Problems With a Representative Government
    Jul 2 2022

    On today’s podcast, we will be following

    up from Episode 1, where we talked about the colonials’ desire to get out from

    underneath a monarchy, and we will be focusing on the notion of representation

    within the government. Specifically - why have a representative government? Who

    should represent our interests? Did we ever achieve adequate

    representation? These are some of the questions we will try to answer here.
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    14 mins
  • Episode 5 (Hot Take) - The Truth About Guns in America

    Episode 5 (Hot Take) - The Truth About Guns in America
    May 27 2022

    We are bumping this week’s planned podcast, where we were going to address the issues with a representative government, and use current events to take on one of the most divisive issues in this nation – guns. Why do we have them, who should have them, is there something we’re missing in the debate about guns? We’ll go through these questions and more on today’s podcast.
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    24 mins
  • Episode 4 - Taxes and Debt and other fun stuff

    Episode 4 - Taxes and Debt and other fun stuff
    May 16 2022

    On today’s podcast, we will be talking about what is perhaps the most commonly cited reason for the American Revolution against Great Britain – taxes. Here’s a little fun fact for you: unjust taxes were only one tiny thing included way down on the list of grievances which are to be found in the Declaration of Independence. So why do we end up talking about taxes as such a big, important issue for the colonials? Tune in and find out!
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    16 mins
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