Baehr & Curadh Podcast

Baehr & Curadh Podcast

Episode 101


101 - Contentious Issues

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This is episode 101 of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to talk about contentious issues.

What do you think about?

Control over our own bodies in reproductive choices.
Federal funding for women's healthcare clinics.
A national healthcare system.
Responses to public health emergencies.
Governmental food or housing subsidies.
A cleaner environment and clean renewable energy sources.
Vaccines.
The teaching of race, gender, sexuality, and the "hard" history of the United States in schools.
"Controversial" books.
Government funding of public and school libraries.
National progressive movements such as Black Lives Matter.
Firearms safety legislation.
Bilingual education programs.
Free public higher education and suspension of student debt.
Marriage equality.
Non-binary conceptualizations of gender.
Pronouns.
Separation of church and state.
Religious exemptions to laws.
Christian nationalism and white supremacy.
Consumer protections.
Labor unions and collective bargaining.
A guaranteed federal minimum living wage.
Workers' rights.
Regulations on unfettered capitalism.
Authority of the federal government over the states.
Engaging in world affairs.
Authoritarian dictators.
Aid to Ukraine.
Limits on fossil fuel emissions.
Firearms regulations.
Black and brown immigrants.
Police reform and accountability.
Public safety net programs.
Reductions in prescription drug prices.
Voting rights and gerrymandering.
Trust in the electorate to make informed decisions.
Equitable and fair tax policies.
Narrowing the massive income and wealth gaps.
Supporting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Regulations on business and industry.
Prosecution of Capitol insurrectionists.
Accountability.
The notion of "woke".
The Constitution of the United States of America.
Democracy.