Seeing 2020: A Deafening Roar

Sivan Ben-David

This podcast discusses multiple parallels between the 1920s and present day, and what they mean for our future.

Episodes

  1. 05/05/2020

    Closing Up Shop

    This episode will focus on when the US decides to stop meddling in foreign affairs, i.e., when it “puts itself first.”

    Closing Up Shop

  2. 05/01/2020

    Self-Determination, Democracy, and Rainbows

    This episode focuses on why we typically see a fierce realignment and conservative resurgence after periods of liberal growth.

    Self-Determination, Democracy, and Rainbows

  3. 05/01/2020

    Illusion of Consensus

    This episode focuses on the United States’s favorite way to concentrate and protect its power on the world stage: compromising the rights of minorities.

    Illusion of Consensus

  4. 05/01/2020

    What Goes Up

    Current America is living in another Roaring 20s, as seen through parallels in economic boom and recession, perhaps due to emerging materialism.

    What Goes Up

  5. 05/01/2020

    Snap it Back

    This episode focuses on the cultural clash between modernists and traditionalists, and the potential economic implications this battle of wills can have.

    Snap it Back
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This podcast discusses multiple parallels between the 1920s and present day, and what they mean for our future.

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