S03E15 - Sausage Making

Germany had an election.  It's still being worked out.  So, we look into what the German government is like.  It's complicated.  Also, Kayla gets her car washed and Stephen takes the kids to Disneyland.

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Election breakthrough

The German Election explained (by someone else)

S03E14 - Stranger in a strange land

The status of 800,000 resident in the U.S. is teetering on a precipice and the slightest breeze could tip this thing one way or the other.  So, what's DACA; who are the Dreamers, how does the budget factor into this?  It's.... it's just chaos.  Also, Kayla STILL hates the cold, and Stephen has a late Christmas present for Kayla.

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Immigration policy timeline
NYT Court blocks Trump policy on DACA
DOJ plans to ask the Supreme Court to Intervene on DACA
How much sympathy does Tonya Harding deserve?

S03E13 - Iran ran ran doo-ran Iran

Iran had about a week of protests that ended just as abruptly.  Ok.  What's the deal with Iran, the Shah, the Ayatollah the whole deal. We take a peak at the Iran Nuclear deal as well.  Also, Co-host Kerry gets a fit bit, we can't quote the president, and Stephen has a raging party with his kids.

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NYT The Daily Podcast on why the Iran protests happened
What the protests do (and don't) mean
The Revoutionary Guard arrests 3700 people
The Terms of the Iran Nuclear Deal