Fireside Chats, Episode 52: Neither the Left nor the Right Will Do (Patreon)
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In today's exceptionally hostile us-versus-them political environment, nuance often slips through the cracks. From immigration and economics to foreign policy and the social contract itself, everything is presented in a binary, and there simply isn't room for discussion or compromise. It's all black or white. One or zero. A or B. Reality, of course, is far more complicated. In today's conversation with Tiana Lowe -- political commentator and podcaster who first appeared on Fireside Chats this past March -- we delve into the fractured American psyche from an admittedly conservative point of view, but a point of view that asks an open question: Can the moderate right and the moderate left put aside their differences, unite with one another, and destroy the extremes that are engulfing them both?