Podcastis. North American History, Politics and Soundscapes Hosted by Andrew Roof

We came close to political Armageddon under Donald Trump. Luckily our institutions seem to have held under this extreme pressure test.Will we be so lucky next time?Join us as we discuss some possible fixes to the political, communication and policy challenges we face as a nation.

New World Order, Deep State, Qanon, Marxism (of course) and even a Kraken...Conspiracy theories aren't new, but something's different in 2020. How do we slow the conspiracy peddling down? I think the Biden Administration needs to "Drain the Swamp" for real if we have any hope of ending the madness we're currently in.In the meantime keep an eye out for mythical vote stealing sea monsters.

An hour and ten minutes of relaxing sounds from a forest in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Canada. Great for unwinding, meditating or putting on to take a nap.This recording consists of 2 tracks, both recorded on the same day. The recorder was left in the ruins of a catholic church for one track (the wind through the trees and most of the squirrel noises were recorded here).The recorder was left on a rock by a small stream for the second track.

It's November 14, 2020 and Donald Trump and most of the GOP establishment are still falsely claiming that a massive voter fraud conspiracy cost them the presidential election.Ted Cruz and the GOP leadership know better, yet they're still along for the ride, blindly following Trump, a man that Cruz himself labelled as a pathological liar in 2016. The damage being done to our nation is incalculable... with half of the electorate being led to believe that our democracy is a sham.It's time t...

It's November 10, 2020. Joe Biden is the President-elect and Donald Trump still refuses to accept defeat. We discuss the very real dangers the United States faces, and the need for the GOP to step up and put an end to this madness before it gets completely out of control.

The culture and philosophy of white supremacy that existed in the South prior to the end of the Civil War didn't end with the South's defeat. Many of the evils of slavery were repackaged and absorbed by the system that replaced it... segregation.This episode follows the beginnings of the freedom movement that took place in St. Augustine Florida between the years 1963-1965.This is part two of a three part series on the freedom movement in St. Augustine.