My Second Cup of Coffee
By Mark Charles
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A podcast to create Common Memory, Walk in Beauty and help people make sense of the USA's social, political and religious chaos, one cup of coffee at a time.
Mark Charles is a dual citizen of the United States and the Navajo Nation. He lives in Washington DC and is one of the leading experts on the Doctrine of Discovery. He co-authored "Unsettling Truths - the ongoing, dehumanizing legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery". Mark ran as an independent candidate for President of the United States in 2020 with a vision of building a nation where "We the people" actually means ALL the people.
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Remembering 9/11, Decentering Trump (with a prayer) and Decolonizing Health with NEAT
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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No Agenda. Just coffee and some conversation.
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Update on my journey to Decolonize Faith (and why it's important)
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Creating Common Memory (as an Act of Resistance)
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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Are the Founding Documents of the USA Aspirational?
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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NBA Finals, World Cup Soccer & SpaceX's IPO – A world curated for Millionaires, Billionaires (and now Trillionaires)
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Decolonizing Health - Eating Chicken and Waffles until you're 80% Full - Part 2
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Decolonizing Health - Eating Chicken and Waffles until you're 80% Full - Part 1
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May 30, 2026 |
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A Native Perspective on America 250
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May 22, 2026 |
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A Golden Idol, Christian Nationalism & a Secret to Homemade Tortilla Chips
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May 15, 2026 |
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The Discipline of Presence
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May 08, 2026 |
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The Problem with Voting Rights is the US Constitution
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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A Native Perspective on the Birthright Citizenship debate
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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What does meaningful resistance look like?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Laughing Parties and Rolling in the Snow
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Why I Quit Coffee: Decolonizing My Health, My Faith, and Our Politics
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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The problem with Trump's morality
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Playing the Long Game
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The USA’s Shock and Denial of the Massacre at Wounded Knee
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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A few thoughts re: the assassination of Charlie Kirk
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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A conversation with Jennifer Bates re: building a DWI Memorial Wall in Gallup NM
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Living in a Federal Police State (again)
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Addressing the USA's destructive cycle of dehumanizing nationalistic violence
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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White People are not Superior
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Trump’s illusory quest to win the Nobel Prize for Peace
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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The power of the United States is lacking authority (and a Common Memory)
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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What if instead of "No Kings" we protested "No Empire"
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Decolonizing Health: Using Indigenous Wisdom to filter the reductionism of Western Science (Part 2)
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Dear Donald, The 1940s and 50s were not a Golden Era for the US
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May 30, 2025 |
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Why I've said very little re: the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV
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May 09, 2025 |
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Dealing with Disctraction
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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A conversation with Matt Mikalatos re: strategically protesting Trump’s immigration policies
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Why Trump's attack on the Smithsonian is one of his most dangerous moves yet
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Seeking clarity re: who's actually required to keep classified information secure
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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A Conversation with Leroy Barber about President Trump's Address to Congress
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Honoring Marcella LeBeau and discussing the GOP's vindictive Continuing Resolution
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Self Care is why I'm waiting a week to talk about Trump's Congressional address
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Decolonizing Health: Using Indigenous Wisdom to filter the reductionism of Western Science (Part 1)
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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The Cult of Trump Feeds on Chaos - Protest Strategically
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Sorting out the chaotic mix of Trump, DEI, USAID and Musk
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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A few (preliminary) thoughts on Trump's Inauguration Speech
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Mark's Top Books of 2024
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Jimmy Carter, New Year's Resolutions and Christmas Experiences
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Another US Govt. Shutdown? Decolonizing Health and remembering the 2009 Buried US Apology to Natives
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Trump and Biden agree - The US Criminal Justice System is weaponized and cannot be trusted
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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"Living with a Narcissist" - Gearing up for 4 more years of Trump
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Unsettling Truths turns 5 - A Conversation with my co-author Soong-Chan Rah
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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A few thoughts re: Election 2024
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Unsettling Truths turns 5 AND It's #ElectionDay2024
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Re: President Biden's attempt to apologize for Indian Boarding Schools
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Donald Trump and Baby Food Pouches
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Guess who's opposed to Ranked Choice Voting and Open Primaries?
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Billy Graham on Donald Trump and Seed Oils vs Chicken Skins
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Time Restricted Eating
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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A few thoughts re: the 2024 ABC Presidential Debate
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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A Conversation with Katie Graber
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Decolonizing Breath
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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I asked ChatGPT if Abraham Lincoln was a great President. Then I taught it a few things.
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Tim Walz calls out the Boogeyman as "weird"
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Sleep, Politics, Power and Naps
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Can I trust my Fitbit/Smartwatch re: Calories Burned?
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Election 2024 just got interesting
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Odds and Ends for Friday, July 19, 2024
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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The Myth of Political Violence in the United States
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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The Danger Behind Joe Biden's "LORD Almighty" Comments
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Air Conditioning, Surfing and Climate Change - Colonialism and the 2024 Summer Olympics
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Re: the train wreck that was the 2024 CNN Presidential Debate
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Indigenous Wisdom vs. Scientific Knowledge
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Catching up on the 2024 Presidential Campaigns of Biden, Trump, Kennedy Jr., West and Stein
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Impulse Control - An Unexpected Benefit of Running (as a spiritual discipline)
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Does "The Psychology of Money" shed some light on the rise of Trumpism?
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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A Conversation with Rasool Berry re: the documentary "Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom"
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Exercise vs. Movement and why I'm changing my writing style
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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A Conversation with Logan Tsinigine re: the new documentary “Bad Indian: Hiding in Antelope Canyon"
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May 30, 2024 |
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A Native Perspective On Memorial Day, Remembering Morgan Spurlock and Detoxing from the News
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May 28, 2024 |
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The Colonial worldview of Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Lewis and Clark expedition
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May 17, 2024 |
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Trump knows the US Criminal Justice System was not designed to hold white, land-owning men accountable
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May 15, 2024 |
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A Conversation with Jennifer Bates re: 2024 Walk like MADD in Gallup NM`
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May 08, 2024 |
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Indian Citizenship Act of 1924: Citizenship was NEVER the goal
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May 03, 2024 |
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I'm 53 years old, with an artificial hip, and last week I experienced my first "runners high"
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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A Conversation with Lenore Three Stars (a Badass Indigenous Grandma)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Trying to change the world (while people are watching)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Food, Oppression, War and Human Dignity
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Why the term "Racial Reconciliation" is not only inaccurate but harmful
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Toxic Positivity
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Loneliness, Bluetooth Bubbles and our Polarizing Politics
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Book Discussion - The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Let's talk about sleep. And the threat of nuclear war. But mostly sleep.
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Fixing the Gender Pay Gap Requires Editing the US Constitution
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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A Call for both Trump and Biden to withdraw their names as presumptive nominees (for the good of the country)
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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The Real Constitutional Crisis (that no one is talking about)
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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#LeapDay2024, Flaco the Owl and Trump's ignorant and repulsive comparison of his legal challenges with the legal challenges faced by POC
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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White people are not superior
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Building personal integrity in a nation that has little (to none) Corporate/Political Integrity
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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A Conversation with Kathy Khang and Matt Mikalatos, co-authors of "Loving Disagreement"
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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An Apology to the People of Iraq (for our country's blatant disregard for your sovereignty)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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The Bear River Massacre and Abraham Lincoln's Systematic Ethnic Cleansing Policies
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Let's Talk Politics - January 2024
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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A Conversation with Scott Hall - host of the podcast "White People Work"
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Let's Talk About Microplastics
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Indigenous representation at the Golden Globes and capitalism's attempt to desecrate the moon
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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How my journey to Decolonize Faith flipped my paradigm on the Israel-Palestine Conflict and the War in Gaza
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Jemar Tisby re: Christian Nationalism, the Israel Gaza Conflict and talking to young people about racism
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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14th Anniversary of the US government's buried Apology to Native Peoples
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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An El Pollo Loco (copycat) recipe, a few headlines & some thoughts re: #EqualPayDay (for Native women)
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Sarah Augustine and Sheri Hostetler, co-authors of "So We and Our Children May Live"
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Election 2024, the Native vote and remembering the massacre at Sand Creek
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Update on 2023 Travels, Looking towards 2024 and Questions about Thanksgiving
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Green Chile Apple Pie, Hasan Minhaj and the US and Russia's shared value for colonialism
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Let's talk about Speaker Mike Johnson
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Why the GOP should split into two separate and distinct parties
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Israel, Hamas, USA and the God of Abraham: An Indigenous Perspective on the Israel-Hamas War
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Indigenous Peoples Day 2023 - The complexities of celebrating Indigenous people in a nation that is still colonial
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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The Second GOP Debate and Sexist Crash Test Dummies
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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3 disconnected topics: Indigenous Artists, the book "Die with Zero" and creating Common Memory
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Murray Crookes re: the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Trump's Indictment, a muddy Burning Man, Tennis Balls and an update on my work to create Common Memory
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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The Volatile Mix of Presidential Politics and a Traumatized White America
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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A few thoughts re: the first debate of the 2024 Republican Primary (Part 1)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Dams, another colonial tool for Native land dispossession
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples - The divergent values of Western and Indigenous cultures
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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My Inital take on Trump's Indictment, a question about King James I, & the arrogance of the DEMS
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Decolonizing the Klamath River Basin and Tweeting Elon Musk "NO!" (on his app X)
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Ray Minniecon
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Like Richard Pratt in 1892, Ron DeSantis is using White Supremacist arguments to appeal to a traumatized White America
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Arizona v. Navajo Nation - The Ignorance of the SCOTUS Majority and the Cowardice of the Dissenting
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Mass Shootings, Mass Killings, Global Warming and expanding the conversation re: Abraham Lincoln
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Today I discuss 3 separate topics - Technology, Living Healthier and Implicit Racial Bias
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Why the Declaration of Independence Refers to Indigenous People as "merciless Indian Savages"
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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My Second Cup of Coffee: If you've read the US Constitution then the 2023 SCOTUS Opinions re: Native Water Rights, Affirmative Action and LGBTQ are not surprising
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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My Second Cup of Coffee: News headlines and some thoughts about Decolonizing Faith
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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In 'Arizona v Navajo Nation' the US Supreme Court rules against Native Treaty and Water Rights
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Creating Common Memory re: Juneteenth (Excerpts from 2022 episode)
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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A Discussion about Noise, the 4 Indigenous Children who survived the Colombian Jungle and a brief mention of Trump's Indictment
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Unprecedented Air Quality, CNN fails at Centrism and the Irony of the PGA/LIV Sports Washing
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Cornel West, A Religious Public Charter School in OK and Finnish Speeding Tickets
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Exposing Abraham Lincoln and Why the Debt Ceiling Crisis is FAR from over
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Upcoming event re: Abraham Lincoln and the Long Walk and a few thoughts about Ron DeSantis
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May 25, 2023 |
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Dear White Evangelicals, Donald Trump is a narcissistic, selective truth teller who lives in a fantasy world and has no morals. But you already knew that.
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May 16, 2023 |
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How the Debt Ceiling Debate Demonstrates the Immaturity of the USA. And an Update: One Week after my Hip Replacement Surgery
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May 09, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Daniel Immerwahr, author of 'How to Hide an Empire'
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Robert Miller re: Vatican's Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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How using #StandYourGround laws to justify the shooting of #RalphYarl demonstrates the imperative need to de-center whiteness
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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What is the Doctrine of Discovery? And how is the Vatican attempting to re-write its history.
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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White Supremacy in Tennessee, Hypocrisy in the Vatican, Good Friday and the importance of Lament
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, author of "Sisters in Spirit: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Early American Feminists"
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Vatican Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery but limits the liability of the Catholic Church
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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2023 Covenant School shooting, the 2nd Amendment and the Trauma of White America
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Sarah Augustine, author of "The Land is not empty"
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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President Obama's "A Promised Land", Moral Wrongs and Hunting your News
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Shane Claiborne
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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"Equal" pay day, Failing banks and Drilling for oil in Alaska
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Why it's important to say "White People are not superior"
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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The Doctrine of Discovery and Human Rights
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Matt Mikalatos
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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My Second Cup of Coffee: A Conversation with Leroy Barber
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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My Second Cup of Coffee: Presidents Day - How I learned the #UnsettlingTruths about Abraham Lincoln
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The Implicit Racial Bias of the NFL
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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My Second Cup of Coffee: A Conversation with Michelle Ferrigno Warren, author of Join the Resistance
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Atsá̜ Biyáázh (February) the time of "little eaglets" (Recorded February 1, 2023)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Darren Parry re: his book "The Bear River Massacre. A Shoshone History." (Recorded January 26, 2023)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Classified Documents, Mass Shootings & the Capitalism behind Coffee breaks (Recorded January 25, 2023)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Politics of raising debt ceiling & NY's refusal to protect unmarked graves (Recorded January 19, 2023)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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McCarthy's Concessions; the disappearing, great Salt Lake and the urgent need for Indigenous wisdom. (Recorded January 9, 2023)
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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The Emancipation Proclamation, Permastress and Puttering Around (Recorded January 3, 2023)
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Remembering the Massacre at Wounded Knee and 20 Congressional Medals of (dis)honor (Recorded December 30, 2022)
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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A Preview of my Christmas Reading 2022, the #January6thReport (Recorded December 23, 2022)
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Joe Biden's Implicit Racial Bias (Recorded November 30, 2022)
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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158th Anniversary of the Massacre at Sand Creek (Recorded November 29, 2022)
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Why I no longer celebrate #Thanksgiving (and neither should you) (Recorded November 23, 2022)
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Veterans Day 2022
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Joe Biden's Armageddon
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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A Conversation with Siouxan Robinson
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Voices of Lament
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Nov 08, 2022 |