David and Rachel talk to Steve about the resolutions he posted on The Journal of the Plague Years on January 1, 2024. You can read the post at https://www.journaloftheplagueyears.ink/blog/13-new-year-s-resolutions-for-saving-democracy
The conversation touches on the dangers of confusing imperfect choices for clear ones; the shift from James Carville's "it's the economy, stupid" to what Steve sees as our current reality ("it's the culture, stupid"); and how his work American Stutter would appear to a novelist in a parallel universe where Hillary won the presidency in 2016.
The talk also turns to living near the stars on Hollywood Boulevard, and plants seeds of optimism that Steve, Rachel, and David agree need urgent, active, and immediate tending.
Bonus: an answer to the question David posed in episode VIII viii about how many different ballots there are in a given US election.