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We're Back! Guest Ryan Schuling surprises Shelley with his support of the New York Times position on defamation and Sarah Palin, smartly differentiates between the Canadian trucker protest and the local teachers' protest, and agrees with Shelley on the disturbing state of our financial crisis.  

Special Guest Jessica recounts the trauma of her mother's COVID19 experience.  Shelley and Jessica discuss whether fear and politics are driving current viewpoints on COVID19, and whether schools and the economy should open up.  What do you think?  

Join Shelley and Guest Scott Romano, a Senior at University of Denver studying International Business and Economics, as they discuss the differing perspective of Generation Z and Millennials on political institutions, social issues, and the 2020 election.  

Join Shelley with special guest, Matt Dunn of Backbone Radio, while they discuss the impeachment proceedings, their favorite Dems in the race, Spygate, climate change, and Prince Harry's and Meghan Markle's decision to give up their royal titles.

It's time for another lightning round episode! Join us for a fast paced conversation about a variety of topics that have been in the news recently that we find interesting (and we think you will too), including: 
Does President Trump really think Colorado is a border state?
Why are Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg running sweepstakes to fly supporters across the country if civil aviation pollution is a key contributor to climate change?
Abortion rates are down in Colorado - is free birth control for teens the reason why?
The TX custody case for 7-year old James Younger:  is he in fact transgender as his mother claims?
Did Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduce taxes only for the 'ultra-wealthy' but not the middle class?
Have Seattle's public schools declared math is racist as part of their newly expanded ethnic studies program? 
2 resources that we promised to share from this episode:
 
NYT op-ed from David Leonhardt (linking to Salt Lake Tribune reprint to avoid NYT paywall restrictions): https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/10/07/david-leonhardt-rich/ 
 
Forbes' rebuttal: https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2019/10/11/are-us-billionaires-really-paying-a-lower-tax-rate-than-working-people-probably-not/

Join us with special guest Alan Zibel of Public Citizen (www.citizen.org) as we discuss Alan's recent report titled "Detained for Profit: Spending Surges under U.S. Immigration Crackdown". For-profit prisons play a key role in U.S. immigration detentions and receive billions each year of our taxpayer dollars.  Are for-profit prisons a good or bad idea?  How do immigration policies like the Flores Agreement impact the number of immigrant detainees arriving at our southern border?  What are potential solutions to ensure immigrant children and families aren't waiting months for their immigration cases to be heard?  Read Alan's report for yourself here: https://www.citizen.org/article/detained-for-profit-spending-surges-under-u-s-immigration-crackdown/