Seasons & episodes

S2 · E2Where Is Our Tax Money Going? 2022-10-13 · 41 min＋

Sure, people hate taxes—but maybe they wouldn't if they knew where the money went? Well, we found out, and now we hate it even more.

S2 · E3Globalization: Made in America 2022-10-20 · 34 min＋

America's leaders know what's plaguing the country: globalization. Thankfully they have a plan—globalization of their own, American-style.

S2 · E4Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like? 2022-10-27 · 37 min＋

The most important U.S. midterm elections of all time are here (again). But the game has changed.

S2 · E5Allies: Friends Without Benefits 2022-11-03 · 40 min＋

When America needs help from allies, it makes promises. When those allies ask for help, it breaks those promises.

S2 · E6Election Wrap-Up Special 2022-11-10 · 35 min＋

Who won? Who lost? Are we still a democracy? All we know is that everyone is happy and absolutely no one is questioning the results.

S2 · E7Chaos, Law, and Order 2023-03-02 · 37 min＋

Can you be tough on crime but soft on guns? The numbers say no, but too many legislators say yes.

S2 · E8The Military Industrial Excess 2023-03-09 · 34 min＋

Can the U.S. be the world’s arms dealer and its policeman all at the same time? The government sure thinks so.

S2 · E9The Inflation Blame Game 2023-03-16 · 34 min＋

Inflation is hard on everybody. So why is the Fed making it even harder by helping push people out of work?

S2 · E10America's Incarceration Epidemic 2023-03-23 · 31 min＋

We have a simple philosophy in America: You do the crime, you do the time. But why is the time always a life sentence?

S2 · E11Searching for Allies 2023-03-30 · 31 min＋

Jon heads to Europe on an urgent diplomatic mission to see who’s with us, who’s against us…and who makes the best pastries.

S2 · E12Trump Indicted 2023-04-06 · 36 min＋

A former president getting indicted makes us wonder: Do we have a two-tiered system of justice in the United States?