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This week Trevor is joined by guest Dr. Jesse Smith to discuss his article ‘Sociology in the Age of Trump: The Clash of Deep Stories on the Left and Right’.  Dr. Smith received his PhD in sociology and demography from Penn State University in 2023. Prior to his graduate training in sociology, Dr. Smith obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work. He spent several years in south-central Indiana working in the fields of mental health, addictions treatment, and child services.

Dr. Smith’s research interests are diverse, focusing on such topics as religious nationalism, moral development, and the transmission of faith between generations. His work has been published in journals such as Sociology of Religion, Journal of Marriage and Family, Socius, and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Links in this episode can be found at:

• “Sociology in the Age of Trump: The Clash of Deep Stories on the Left and Right” https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2024/04/93081/
• “The Right Has Become Post-Religious” https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2023/07/89591/
• “Fear and Loathing across Party Lines: New Evidence on Group Polarization” https://sci-hub.ru/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajps.12152
• “The Deep Story Beneath the Big Lie” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-deep-story-beneath-the-big-lie/

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

This week Ken and Trevor open the show w/ a discussion on a new and rather odd production of Show Boat and how it’s another chapter of tragic presentism in todays entertainment.  Then, the focus turns to hip hop and updates on the downfall of Drake.  This episode is a patreons only feast for the ears.

Apologies for some audio issues we had with Kens feed near the end of this episode.

Links for this episode can be found at:

• Drake’s Alarming OBSESSION With Street Gangs & Violence – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3EhThQuYVo
• Drake’s Assault case on Producer ‘Detail’ has been Dismissed after Drake claims Detail has going MIA – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeerWAlmdYE
• Drake Sued For Assaulting Beyonce Producer, Detail Says Drake Let Bodyguard Chubbs Beat him Down – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdVsyTC4Qyo
• Bobby Brown ‘Girl Next Door’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br-rvb0TAFU

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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This week Trevor sits down with Alex Skopic to talk about his article on Vivek Ramaswamy, and what he means to the new political landscape.  Alex Skopic is presently Associate Editor at Current Affairs and you can find his writings both fiction and non-fiction on his website https://alexskopic.com/

Links for this episode can be found at:

• Alex’s article https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/12/the-lessons-of-vivek
• The Trump question with Mehdi Hasan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoGBZNe4YvU&t=899s&ab_channel=VivekRamaswamy
• The Tweet https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1872312139945234507?mx=2
• The economic rant retweeted by Wall Street Apes https://x.com/wallstreetapes/status/1877846116529558005?s=46

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This week Mario and Ken talk tech as elon lets it be known what he thinks of american workers.  The future of education and certain jobs both have a chance of disappearing with elon and trump coming in to power, and The Sharks got some thoughts about that.

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (https://www.patreon.com/PiercedEarsRecordingCo). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)