We begin with corrections and respond to a listener comment on the difference between losing and conceding in life and elections.

We then share news of interest to us in the past week and get each other’s fresh takes. Stories involve Kamala Harris, the Pope, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos as well as wars and culture wars.

We share a Dispatch from America.

Jerry Seinfeld is our whack-job for backtracking on his free speech stance and now thinking comedians should docilely go where society herds them.

John’s hero left the Washington Post in protest.

Referred to:

US public schools burned up nearly $3.2bn fending off rightwing culture attacks – report | US news | The Guardian

Opinion | On political endorsement - The Washington Post

The Washington Post Bends the Knee to Trump

Vatican debate over women as deacons hits a big obstacle: Pope Francis - The Washington Post

Exclusive | Elon Musk's Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin, a WSJ Investigation - WSJ

Washington Post editor at large quits after paper declines to endorse presidential candidate | Fox News

Why Does the WHO Exclude Taiwan? | Council on Foreign Relations

A Civil War: Army vs. Navy A Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry by Feinstein, John

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This is a brief clip from our podcast episode View from the other side where I share why I have hope for America after this election or any election.

As an intellectual exercise, we each offer our case to vote for the presidential candidate most opposed to our views.

We talk about what gives us hope for America, regardless of the election outcome.

A listener answers John’s trivia question and John offers another.

Tim’s whack-job is a bad sport about sports and John praises foster parents as his heroes of the week.

Referred to in this podcast:

Wisconsin Sends Embarrassing Tweet After Beating Northwestern | OutKick

Love Actually starring Hugh Grant

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