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In this episode, Matt and Matt talk about the idea of secession in modern day America. We talk about what it could take to make secession politically palatable, what secession could look like if it actually happened, and if it would make people's lives better.

In this episode, Matt and Matt discuss the role of empathy in government, policy, and politics. We both listened to an old episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast that touched on the topic, and we riffed off there. We use the word "heuristic" so many times that the word loses all of its meaning. Generally, we discuss the disconnect between our interpretation of events and the true impact of policy or policy-making.