Episode 20: A Buffet of Discontent

Drinkers & Thinkers

English - April 18, 2022 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 19: Inflation...or the Parable of Volcker the Great

Next Episode: Episode 21: The Freedom to Speak and the Wisdom to Listen

In Episode 20 Dan is solo, and takes on a veritable grab bag of issues.

Ginni Thomas, wife of SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas has long swam in the far-right muck, but her profile has been raised now that her January 6th text messages came to light. Does a wife of a Justice get more scrutiny than the spouse of a congressperson or executive official?

After a recent subway shooting in New York City we chat about the safety of big cities and the way we view the different kinds of crime in urban cities.

Low-Skilled workers...a term that has long pissed Dan off, triggers his thoughts on labor in the US

In the first of two listener questions Al from the Bronx follows up on Mike & Dan's supply chain conversation and asks about the 'Right of Repair'.

Jay from Danbury asked about the Elon/Twitter saga, before it even got super interesting.

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