Miscellaneous
On this episode, I relaunch my show after an almost 1-year hiatus with a post US Presidential Elections 2020 Discussion: - I roundup and explain the events of the 4 groundhog days of Election Day. - I explain how projections work. - We hear from a poll worker’s firsthand experience, her motivations behind her application, her thoughts on Trump’s accusations and his transition, her take on the US voting system vs. France’s, and how she as a democrat lives amongst her Trump supporting neighbors in her home state of South Carolina. - I start setting up the context by reviewing why people around the world are so captivated with US politics in general and specifically this year. - Mariam and I play a game of Trivia to review American history. I explain how Indigenous Americans first came to the Americas, the European expeditions and the 13 colonies established by the British, the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the First Amendments, the American Civil War, Slavery and the Civil Rights Act. We continue to list out key events in American history throughout the timeline of the 20th and 21st century. - I review some American civics to better understand how its political system works including: The State and Federal Government, the 3 Branches of Government, the Two-Party System, the Electoral College, Safe States vs. Swing States, Gerrymandering and the Census, the Popular Vote vs. the 2000/2016 exceptional outcomes. - The transitional period: I round up the electoral vote count so far, and we ask the golden question: When will Trump concede? - I reveal the planning for my next US related episode which will be Georgia heavy, with a focus on the incoming Biden-Harris Administration. Recommendations made during this episode: - An Emily In Paris discussion podcast! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1416538 - 13th, a thought-provoking Netflix documentary released in 2016. It features scholars, activists and politicians analyzing the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom. - Movie recommendation: Pearl Harbor. Released back in 2001, it’s based on real historical events, following American boyhood friends Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) as they enter World War II as pilots. Rafe is so eager to take part in the war that he departs to fight in Europe alongside England's Royal Air Force. On the home front, his girlfriend, Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), finds comfort in the arms of Danny. The three of them reunite in Hawaii just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Social Media and Feedback: - Instagram: @MyFellowLaymen - Twitter: @MyFellowLaymen - Website: www.myfellowlaymen.com - Email: myfellowlaymen@gmail.com - YouTube: My Fellow Laymen