Episode 47 -  Cracking the Hacking Shellacking

We know Russia hacked the Democrats and Republican national committees. We don't quite know why. But, does it really matter why? Also, Kayla eats a bunch of Mexican food and Stephen finds some Christmas songs perplexing.

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Washington Post article that set the hacking scandal off
Is There a Concensus?   ...no
What's the Deal with Trump's computer server and Russia

Episode 46 -  Pick up the Pieces

We follow up on a bunch of stories we've covered in Season 2: The Dakota Access Pipeline, The European Union, Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War, and Taiwan. Also, Kayla can give up sugar whenever she wants, and Stephen tries to revive the show inside jokes.

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3 possible out comes for the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Pipeline goes to court
The Allepo realestate market is... complicated
The Italian referendum 
The French Presidential Election
Mr. President - the international scandal is for you

Episode 45 -  The Devil is in the Details

Post-Truth Politics - that doesn't sound terrifying. Stephen has a theory that some people's Twitter feed may be exploiting a misunderstanding of Postmodernism. Whay? I donno - I don't think the show makes it any clearer. Also, Kayla loves sweating in her sleep and D.J. Stephen E is a huge hit with the kids.

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Lecture of Postmodernism that helped me organize my thoughts
NY Times on post Truth Politics
Maybe the Internet isn't so great for democracy after all.