The week in news
December 18, 2020: Sayonara, 2020
Jean and Aaron send off 2020 – and look forward to a (hopefully) positive 2021 – in the year’s final edition of Thing/Not A Thing.
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November 20, 2020: Democracy
Lacking any evidence of widespread fraud, Trump and his team now are doing nothing but sowing distrust in democracy – and in our fellow Americans.
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November 13, 2020: The Fifth Risk
Jean and Aaron discuss the Trump administration’s apparent lack of concern about the boring day-to-day activities of government – the important stuff.
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November 6, 2020: Election Reflection
Jean and Aaron reflect on the 2020 election – including the role and the impact of two key women, Kamala Harris and Georgia’s Stacey Abrams.
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October 30, 2020: Election “Preview”
Jean and Aaron look ‘ahead’ to Tuesday’s election – though of course early voting has been ongoing for two weeks, so the election’s already here.
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October 9, 2020: Cinema and Cunningham
A movie theater closes in Carrboro, Cal Cunningham admits an affair, and a fly lands on Mike Pence’s head during a debate. Things, or Not-A-Things?
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October 2, 2020: Covid and the President
Trump’s Covid diagnosis is definitely a Thing – but are people right to worry about the impact on the election? (Or the White House’s trustworthiness?)
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September 25, 2020: When Everything’s A Thing
Everything in the news this week is a Big Thing. What can we do, in that situation, to keep each other calm while still taking serious things seriously?
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September 18, 2020: I Voted!
Jean (who just voted!) and Aaron discuss the importance of voting in this year’s fall election – a very, very big Thing if there ever was one.
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September 11, 2020: “Rage” and Unity
Jean and Aaron discuss Bob Woodward’s new book on Donald Trump – and look back on the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, 19 years ago today.
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