What does it really mean to be a "conservative," a "liberal," or a "progressive"? What are some of the ideologies that underlie these common labels? Why all this obsession about our political tribes to begin with?
We hash it out together, leaning heavily on our resident political scientist to treat us as if we're first year students in his "politics for idiots" class.
Here's the link to the "Political compass" test mentioned in the show:
https://www.politicalcompass.org/
Not mentioned in the podcast, but very interesting, is the “Hidden Tribes” project, found here:
https://hiddentribes.us/
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Gustov Holst's Thaxted, as performed by Kevin MacLeod, and "red tailed hawk" (no, it's not an eagle; eagles don't sound like that) as recorded by Craig Smith, both under the Creative Common License.
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https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Thaxted
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