Across The Aisle

Across The Aisle

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Your Facebook feed probably never disagrees with you.We will.We live in an increasingly segregated world. Major media like Fox News, MSNBC, Rush Limbaugh, and Rachel Maddow preach, earsplitting and vulgar, to the choirs of the left and the right. Everyone is told that God and George Washington is on their side, and their opponents are Hitler in high heels or Stalin in shorts. Im right, youre wrong, and all of America sleeps content in their goodness. Our friends, family and co-workers are increasingly judged quickly and entirely on who they voted for in the last election and disposed of if their answers dont add up.Yet this has bred an increasingly dysfunctional society. Washington, even with one party in power, seems incapable of getting anything done. And Americans have begun to look on each other with fear, hostility, and even sometimes hate.But what if there is another way? Across the Aisle attempts to find it.We believe that discussion, persuasion, evidence, and compromise can find solutions to the problems of the 21st century that both left and right can agree on.We believe that things cant stay as they are, so we need to find a new way forward.Wont you come with us?

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Episodes

  • 9: What We Learned So Far

    9: What We Learned So Far
    04/08/2017 Duration: 01h14min

    This week, Erin & Ben take a moment to talk about what they've learned so far in discussing politics with a person of the opposite persuasion. Conclusions are reached, and thoughts had!   Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Tell a friend to listen to Across the Aisle!  

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  • 8: Agreement on Common Core?

    8: Agreement on Common Core?
    19/07/2017 Duration: 01h13min

    The Common Core Standards Initiative is a state-led initiative to put in place common expectations for students around the country. But is it really a stealth set of national standards? Ben & Erin argue like never before, but seem to find common ground by the end.  Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Tell a friend to listen to Across the Aisle!

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  • 7: Syria Existentialism

    7: Syria & Existentialism
    28/06/2017 Duration: 01h19min

    How can we solve a problem like the Syrian Civil War? In a wide-ranging discussion, the conflict is linked to the problem of modernity, atheism, fundamentalism, and the surveillance state. We hope you enjoy it!   Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Tell a friend to listen to Across the Aisle!   Image courtesy Mada Media.      

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  • 6: Helicopter Parents

    6: Helicopter Parents
    15/06/2017 Duration: 01h08min

    This week, Ben & Erin discuss helicopter parents. This should, be a non-partisan issue. Will partisan points of view still come in to play? Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Tell a friend to listen to Across the Aisle!

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  • 5: What Went Wrong with the 2016 Election?

    5: What Went Wrong with the 2016 Election?
    30/05/2017 Duration: 01h15min

    Is politics as we know it dead, and was it killed by Donald Trump? What do a progressive and a libertarian both have in common? They both think the presidential election of 2016 went about as well as a 25 year-old attending a prom afterparty. Why was the election such a shambles? How can people of all stripes move forward with national politics in the future? And is the left wing alarm at Trump mere hysteria?  Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Tell a friend to listen to Across the Aisle!  

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  • 4: (Not) Funding the Dept of Education

    4: (Not) Funding the Dep't of Education
    22/05/2017 Duration: 01h01min

    The Department of Education has deep roots in American history, but Erin wants to pull out the money tree and send those dollars back to the states. Ben, a teacher by day, has his own ideas about that. Can they find common ground?   Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Tell a friend to listen to Across the Aisle!  

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  • 3: $10,000 a Year from the Government Just for Being Alive?

    3: $10,000 a Year from the Government Just for Being Alive?
    16/05/2017 Duration: 01h13min

    Automation is taking jobs at an unprecedented rate.  Can a program of universal basic income, where the government sends citizens money just for being alive, help guarantee lives of dignity for all? Can a progressive and libertarian possibly agree on this? The answer will surprise you! Follow us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Tell a friend to listen to Across the Aisle! Feature image in the public domain.

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  • 2: $10.10 or No Minimum Wage?

    2: $10.10 or No Minimum Wage?
    10/05/2017 Duration: 58min

     Ben & Erin cross rhetorical swords in this episode on the minimum wage. Ben says an America with a $10.10 minimum wage has a brighter future, but Erin asks why the government has the right to stop workers from being paid less than the minimum wage if they want. Can they find a common ground? Like the show? We need your support! Back us on Patreon   Click here to find us on Twitter @AcrossAislePod!       Image is in the public domain.  

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  • 1: Taxes Un/Fair?

    1: Taxes Un/Fair?
    03/05/2017 Duration: 01h25min

    Welcome to Across the Aisle, a podcast of conversation and solutions. In our premier episode, hosts Erin & Ben chew on taxes. What is a fair rate of taxation? Is taxation even a problem worth of the name? Find us on Twitter at @AcrossAislePod and our website, AcrosstheAislePodcast.com! Enjoy, and tell your friends! 

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