{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62c3caa7a5c33d0012028362/6542e55f5012af0012c6233e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Media Literacy and American Politics with John Pierce","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62c3caa7a5c33d0012028362/1698896807003-4e02ae6878395118a0a283473a7db586.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>108 - John Pierce is a public sector servant and consultant, having worked for the cities of Philadelphia, Alexandria and San Francisco, as well as consulting for national governments.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Timestamps:&nbsp;</strong></p><p>3:00 - Media Literacy; choosing information sources. Vaccine hesitancy, Jared Kushner, Russia &amp; Ukraine, Israel &amp; Palestine&nbsp;</p><p>13:00 - Pernicious Ideologies &amp; How to Engage with them. Examples: American Civil War</p><p>22:00 - Conspiratorial thinking is selfish&nbsp;</p><p>28:00 - Are the conventional understandings of liberalism and conservatism accurate? 2-Party realignment in the 1960s, welfare state,&nbsp;</p><p>40:00 - Civil Rights post 2020; improving outcomes for the poor and people of color. Potential solutions; funding education, entrepreneurship&nbsp;</p><p>54:00 - How impactful is the money going to Ukraine on the US Budget?&nbsp;</p><p>56:00 - Morality ; being a good man&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Items Referenced:</strong> </p><p>AllSides.com</p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Intellectualism-American-Life-Richard-Hofstadter/dp/0394703170\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Anti-Intellectualism in American Life</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Thomas Pierce"}