SHOW NOTES! It was George Washington’s great-grand-nephew who was a captive at Harper’s Ferry, Lewis William Washington. It’s really difficult to fathom the Sumner-Brooks debacle. Check out some primary sources here. It’s called the Burned Over district because the Second Great Awakening set the area “on fire.” John Brown’s Body was not only a marching song for the Union Army but also later a poem and play, both based on Stephen Vincent Benét’s 1928 epic poem of the same title.

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Noel's iMac abruptly retired in December 2020 and took a few already recorded conversations with it. So, this conversation is a redo of one we already had in the can. Also, the discussion includes Noel's dogs as notable guest contributors.

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Sorry, for the duplicate, friends. We're trying to get our pod on Spotify as well.

Hello and welcome back to The Strange Tonic Podcast!

We're back from another hiatus with another fun, informative chat. Here are the links to some of the things we discussed.

• An inadvertent companion piece over on the blog.
• The episode of The Ezra Klein Show where Klein and David French discuss polarization, secession, and the filibuster.
• The Weeds episode Matthew Yglesius and Ezra Klein discuss ending the filibuster.
• Author Adam Jentleson discussed his new book on The Bulwark Podcast.
• Pan Astral on Bandcamp.
• Check out our friend Alyssa's awesome business.

Please enjoy the conversation. And I promise you'll be hearing from us again soon.

Cheers!

Hello and welcome back to The Strange Tonic Podcast!

We're back from another hiatus with another fun, informative chat. Here are the links to some of the things we discussed.

• An inadvertent companion piece over on the blog.
• The episode of The Ezra Klein Show where Klein and David French discuss polarization, secession, and the filibuster.
• The Weeds episode Matthew Yglesius and Ezra Klein discuss ending the filibuster.
• Author Adam Jentleson discussed his new book on The Bulwark Podcast.
• Pan Astral on Bandcamp.
• Check out our friend Alyssa's awesome business.

Please enjoy the conversation. And I promise you'll be hearing from us again soon.

Cheers!

Not a lot of show notes here because Tim and Noel cover a lot of ground. Please give it a listen and maybe another one because there is so much to dig into.

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• The American Revolution ended in 1983 officially.
• 12 of the first 18 presidents owned slaves at some point in their lives: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant.
• Originally, each member of the Electoral College cast two votes, generally one for their party’s presidential candidate and the other for their party’s vice presidential candidate. Whoever won the most votes would be president, and the runner-up, vice president. In 1796, Adams won the presidency, while Jefferson came in second and became the VP. But they were from opposing parties and their administration was, in brief, tumultuous. In the 1800 election, Jefferson’s party failed to coordinate electoral voting and both he and his VP running mate, Burr, ended up with 73 votes each. Burr was meant to receive 72, securing him as VP with the top title going to Jefferson. But since they tied, the constitution required a contingent election in the House of Representatives. Bitter political infighting led to 36 contingent ballots until finally Jefferson was elected president by one vote.

Check out Noel’s Good Thing of the Week, Love Your Enemies by Arthur Brooks.

• We discuss a few articles at the beginning of the pod, which can be found at The Bulwark, National Review, and Law Fare Blog.
• Randy Quaid’s video...if you dare.
• Flipping the Senate blue still comes down to two run-off elections in Georgia, so this will likely be major national news come January 5, 2021.
• The Boomers are definitely outnumbered by Gen X and Millennials. And most projections are that 2020 is likely the last time the Boomers are the largest voting block.
• At least four transgender candidates won elections in 2020. Alas, Noel and Michelle were quite wrong though concerning Sarah McBride, who is the new Senator representing Delaware, not Virginia.
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The GOP continues to hang its hat on the Laffer Curve, which in actuality is “uncertain and disputed among economists.”