On
todays show I recapped a few great moments from the emmy awards
including Last Week Tonight winning the Emmy again! I am proud to
be a small part of the show every week as the audience warm up
comic. I deserve most of the credit. I talked Ukraine with Bill
Boyle and History , fascism and more with Jared Yates
Sexton
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Jared Yates Sexton is the author of American Rule: How a
Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People,
Currently, he serves as an associate professor of writing at
Georgia Southern University and is the co-host of The Muckrake
Political Podcast.
From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes a
journey through the history of the United States, from the nation’s founding to the twenty-first century, which examines and debunks the American myths we’ve always told ourselves. In recent years, Americans have faced a deluge of
horrifying developments in politics and culture: stolen elections,
fascist rallies, families torn apart and locked away. A common
refrain erupts at each new
atrocity: This isn’t who we are.
In American Rule, Jared
Yates Sexton upends those convenient fictions by laying bare the
foundational myths at the heart of our collective American
imagination. From the very origins of this nation, Americans in
power have abused and subjugated others; enabling that corruption
are the many myths of American exceptionalism and steadfast values,
which are fed to the public and repeated across generations.
Working through each era of American growth and change, Sexton
weaves together the origins and perpetuation of these narratives
still in the public memory, and the acts we have chosen to
forget. Stirring, deeply researched, and disturbingly
familiar, American Rule is
a call to examine our own misconceptions of what it means, and has
always meant, to be an American.
Bill Boyle is
a well sourced and connected businessman who lives in Washington DC
with his wife and son. Bill is a trusted friend and source for me
who I met after he listened and became a regular and highly
respected caller of my siriusxm radio show. Bill is a voracious
reader and listeners love to hear his take. I think his analysis is
as sharp as anyone you will hear on radio or TV and he has well
placed friends across the federal government who are always talking
to him. As far as I can tell he is not in the
CIA. Follow him on twitter and park at his garages.
On today's show I also profiled voice over actor , musician ,
father husband and daily contributor Pete Coe! Follow him on
Twitter