Context And Clarity- A Political History Podcast
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Context And Clarity- A Political History Podcast
A liberal and a conservative try to a common set of facts by applying historical context to current events.
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Filibuster Facts
Chuck and Karen discuss the history of the filibuster. Some interesting historical filibusters. And how we think we could fix it!
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The President and the Power to Pardon EP 27
Chuck and Karen unravel the history of presidential pardons and discuss many of America’s most controversial pardons. They also unpack what it means f...
The Rambling Return
Context and Clarity returns with an exceptionally talkative Karen and weary Chuck. An improvisational episode where Chuck and Karen react to the atte...
What is a Constitutional Crisis?
Karen and Chuck attempt to define “Constitutional crisis.” They fact check a meme. Chuck chats (also know as a rant). Karen talks civility-what it is...
Dark Money
Chuck and Karen talk PACs and Dark Money. As usual, Chuck tries to steal the last word and Karen sighs again. Several times.
Lobbying
Show notes: Chuck and Karen talk about the history of brib-we mean lobbying . Karen can barely get it together to start the show, and Chuck doesn’t re...
Special Investigations Part Two
Chuck and Karen finish up their episode on Presidents and special investigations. Chuck makes Karen want to scream. Which is nothing new.
Special Investigations Part One
Chuck plays Karen’s new game and they both go through some of history’s presidential special investigations and laugh at the interesting names within....
A Brief History of U.S. Relations With N.Korea. (Or Don and Kim: A Love Story)
Chuck and Karen learn a bit about North Korea and go over the timeline of US/North Korea relations. They also talk about the cult of personality (some...
Trump's Emergency. Can He Do That? Yep (for now) and Why.
Chuck and Karen go into the history of executive action and the nuances between different types of orders, especially emergency declarations. They dis...
Context and Clarity
Chuck and Karen get a little serious and talk about the important reason they changed the name of the show. Karen admits she is wrong and Chuck admits...
You're Fired! Trump Staff Turnover.
Karen gets Chuck excited by telling him the show is going to be about turnovers. When he realizes it is not the flaky pastry but Trump she is talking...
State of the Union history
Chuck and Karen discuss the evolution of the State of the Union address, the hospital Karen was born in, and of course, Johnson.
Sorry Folks, the Government is Closed.
Karen and Chuck discuss government shutdowns, past, present. Why this one is different and potential consequences.
Reflections
Chuck and Karen reflect on their favorite and least favorite episodes and their podcast journey through the year and make a couple of big announcement...
Marley's Chains
Karen and Chuck discuss Christmas stories, political regret and how guilt can be good. And what matters most.
Election Fraud Part 3
The annoying statistical nightmare that finally ends Karen’s series on election fraud...I mean Chuck and Karen finish their discussion on election tam...
Election Series 2 - Just the Facts
Karen and Chuck talk about fraud claims from the left and right. We address gerrymandering, voter ID laws, Crosscheck, voter impersonation and all the...
Free Bird- A History of Turkey Pardons
Chuck and Karen examine the fowl innards of the turkey pardons.
What Did We Just Do? History of Voting and Voter Fraud (Part 1 of 3)
After the dust settles on the mid-terms, Karen and Chuck take a look at how voting has evolved since our founding. Bloodbaths, Mobs and Cults, oh my!
Midterm Melees
Karen and Chuck look at ghosts of midterms past and compare those to the 2018 midterms. Karen once again swoons over a certain Midwestern Senator and...
Cracking Conspiracies
Karen and Chuck discuss false flags. why Karen is a conspiracy nut and what they can do about it.
R and R Raw. Just Our Brief Opinion
Karen and Chuck discuss the political strategies that they would use if they were the heads of each party.
Meme Monday- Antisocial(ism)?
Karen and Chuck discuss the differences between Socialism and Communism. Chuck gets ranty, Karen gets reasonable. (According to Karen)
Supreme Failures. SCOTUS Nominees That Didn't Make the Cut.
Karen and Chuck discuss previous SCOTUS controversies, Mitch McConnel and Costco samples.
Meme Monday- I'm a Hypocrite, You're a Hypocrite. We Don't Have to Be.
Chuck and Karen bemoan the loss of decency, and try to create a roadmap back to it.
Religious Freedom 3 - Hobby Lobby
Chuck is grumpy. Karen gets lost in research, and we discuss the religous freedom implications of the Hobby Lobby case.
Meme Monday 9-13-2018 The 25th Amendment
What the 25th Amendment is, what it is not. And Karen laughs AGAIN at inappropriate things.
Meme Monday- The Lesson of John McCain
Chuck and Karen explore whether bipartisan is really better and ruminate over the legacy of one of America’s true heroes.
Religious Liberty- 2 The Exercise Clause
Chuck and Karen discuss the Exercise Cluase, chickens, pigs, and bug bites. Oh, and RFRA. (UGH)
Meme Monday- MCCain. Is the Truth MIA?
Karen does some of her best research and finds out who is behind the McCain smear campaign. IMPORTANT-
Religious Liberty-Clauses and Cases
Chuck and Karen try to unravel the mess of religious liberty laws. Chuck tries to do away with adjectives. Karen refuses to let him. Chuck has to take...
Meme Monday- We Are Being Persecuted! All of the Time!
Chuck and Karen rant about perceived persecution and victim mentality. How to identify it. And the problems it causes. While identifying it, Chuck r...
Meme Monday 8-6-2018 Split My Ice Cream Not My Justice
Chuck and Karen discuss whether or not the Supreme Court is actually partisan. Chuck pontificates. Karen cites research. No one is surprised. Except C...
Meme......Sunday? Kavanaugh: Sheep or Wolf? 8-5-2018
Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing will be coming up soon and with it will be an political apocalypse of epic proportion. Or will it? Chuck and Karen un...
Trump, China and The Art of the Deal
Karen and Chuck discuss trade negotiations if using the principles outlined in the Art of the Deal. Jumbo makes another appearance.
Meme........Tuesday 7/24/2018 Term Limits
Chuck and Karen discuss term limits. Chuck and Karen disagree on term limits.
Say What? Dumb Things Politicians Say.
Chuck and Karen get dumber than usual and have a bit of fun reviewing political verbal blunders of the past. Dan Quayle shows up a lot. Uncle Joe does...
Meme Monday 7-16-2018 Fear and How they Use It.
Karen and Chuck discuss why the use of fear is so effective in politics. Karen works Johnson into the program, AGAIN! And Chuck has his own tin foil h...