50Talk Episode 109

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Welcome back to 50Talk This is episode 109 and your hosts Victor and Cathy are happy to be back with you guys after a little recovery and celebration time. This week we hope to get you guys involved with the conversation right off the back. Send me an email at [e-mail] if you want to add anything to our conversation today or any past episodes to. We want to hear from you guys.
We start the show off with some serious talk about how important this election is this year and why don't people realize some of our freedoms are on the line. Do some people believe that these potential new laws and setbacks won't apply to them? Do you think if abortions are illegal all over the country that that doesn't apply to anyone in your family because you are a lawmaker, a rich person or maybe even just a white person? Are you all okay with one person being in charge and that one person staying as long as he or she wants?
I joined a Zoom meeting last night with my Uncle and his partner, My Uncle Dr. Byron Craig a past guest on the show and Dr. Steve Rahko both of Illinois State University and both co-editors of the book "Rupturing Rhetoric: The Politics of Race and Popular Culture since Ferguson. The topic of the talk was "Legitimacy Crisis" and it was the final part in a series of discussions they have had over time. They said that in order for a Democracy to work we need trust! As Americans as a whole their really isn't the same amount of trust in our government right now a it once had been. Why is that and how do we get that trust back to at least where it was?
Cathy and I have been watching some pretty serious Documentaries the past week or so. I watched most of Anthem, on Hulu and we also watched together The Sixth, on Amazon Prime video and they both led to some serious conversation in this episode as well. Does a new Anthem that recognizes every American make you feel better about our country? Will a new anthem continue to get you to stand and take off your hat and put your hand on your heart with honor? Or do we just keep it all the same and continue to use what we have that surely doesn't represent all Americans?
The Boston Celtics are NBA's new World Champions after crushing the Dallas Mavericks this week in the fifth game of the series this week. Is that who you guys pick to win it all? Caitlyn Clark is still at the top of the sports conversation since her WNBA career has started. She hadn't been playing the best early on and she also feels as if she was being targeted for some reason. Her team right now is on a four game winning streak and she is playing much better.
Next week our first Presidential Debate is happening. They have some rules in play for the debate and the talk is "will Donald Trump show up"? The rules are funny and the way I see it is that rules are only made to be broken. Give it a listen and please, let us know your thoughts on the rules and if Trump will show up.
I have the Audio version of the Anthem: We Are America. Tell me what you think about it. See you all next week for Episode 110.
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