S2 E12 Behind the Scenes: The Very Special Insurrection
Thank you for joining us to celebrate the virtues of self-rule and debate the state of our republic. Welcome to a behind the scenes of the Citizens Prerogative podcast. A little different format with your same hosts.
Discussion topics in this episode:
- The events that occurred at the Capitol in Washington D.C. which inspired this week’s art.
- The reality of true grievances warped by social media and an old foe of liberty and democracy: the lost cause.
- A total layman aside on the nature of our consciousness and placing faith where at the edge of science.
Voices
- Michael V. Piscitelli
- Raymond Wong Jr.
More info
- This episode was inspired by the spirit of trying something different. We will return to our prior format next week and only do these periodically.
- Let us know what you think about hearing the behind the scenes version by reaching out through our Contact Us page.
- If you’re interested in learning more about how Italians and other later arrivals were discriminated against, check out The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America, by Daniel Okrent.
- Regarding the whole rant on dark energy, no I don’t consider it the end-all-be-all of the “me” that’s suspended in our heads. It is interesting however, the deeper we peer into our atoms, the less we find. All matter appears to be built upon nothing more than a weak energy field. Plus, we only call dark matter and energy those things simply because we have no idea what they are… or if they even exist at all. So far we only have hypothesis to test and no real knowledge as of yet.
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- Intro music sampled from “Okay Class” by Ozzy Jock under creative commons license through freemusicarchive.org.
- Other music provided royalty-free through Fesliyan Studios Inc.
An undated wash drawing depicts the burning of Washington, DC, in August of 1814. (Image: © Bettmann/CORBIS used by smithsonianmag.com)