Episode GuideOpening Statement - 4minChat with Jeff Smith - 9min 10 secTalkin' Politics - 37 minLast Call - 1hr 13 minAdditional Suggested Readings: Biden’s handling of Afghanistan - media coverage, general leadership questions 538 tracking has it now to basically even at 46 or 47% approve and disapprovehttps://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromoLeaves about an 8% undecided grouphttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/27/biden-is-facing-his-biggest-crisis-yet-and-he-will-survive-ithttps://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/politics/supreme-court-eviction-moratorium/index.htmlhttps://missouriindependent.com/2021/08/23/is-america-experiencing-a-different-kind-of-civil-war/Weak parties to blame? https://news.yale.edu/2020/11/17/polarization-us-politics-starts-weak-political-partieshttps://www.jsonline.com/story/news/solutions/2021/07/21/extreme-political-polarization-tearing-united-states-apart/8033549002/https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1988.htmlhttps://www.statista.com/statistics/1022690/missouri-population-share-age-group/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/MO
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