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Underscored Podcast

Stephen Kent

There is a so much news out there, but what really matters? On Underscored, join Stephen Kent and guests in a discussion of what's important this week in politics, policy and journalism. Fea...

Episodes

20 of 54 episodes

Chris Wallace and America's 90 minute visit to Hades

The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has been had. Or was it? You could be forgiven for not counting the 90 minu...

19:47Sep 30, 2020

Donald Trump's lucky number is 750

We finally know more about Trump's taxes, and he didn't pay much. The NYT got their hands on Trump's tax returns and point to his 2016 feder...

10:31Sep 28, 2020

Can the GOP thrive without young voters who care about climate?

"The 2020 Republican National Convention lasted four days and featured over 70 speakers. The wide range of topics addressed included immigra...

13:28Sep 18, 2020

Getting an education & when to hit pause

It's not an easy choice. Go back to college under the shadow of COVID-19 & often higher cost of attendance....or forego the semester to purs...

15:56Sep 11, 2020

Shootings in Kenosha and a clash of narratives

A police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin reignited rioting across the country. Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a police offic...

26:59Aug 28, 2020

Hugo Dante on the ripple effect of Hong Kong's fall

Hugo Dante joins Underscored to lay out how China's encroachment into the previously autonomous Hong Kong will take a sledgehammer to financ...

25:09Aug 26, 2020

Kamala Harris gets the VEEP spot, DNC goes digital and Brian Bensimon on FBI meddling

This week on Underscored: Young Voices' Editors, Aaron Andrews and Emma Ayers join the show to talk about the 2020 race and Kamala Harris' a...

26:44Aug 18, 2020

How the PRIME Act would break up the meat monopoly and lower prices

The coronavirus has led inevitably to more time spent at home, a huge increase in home cooking and by extension, grocery store shopping. Gro...

10:02Aug 5, 2020

Christos Makridis and the "Tale of Two Pandemics"

Christos Makridis is a Assist. Professor at Arizona State Univeristy, a Young Voices contributor and writer recently in Forbes, on how the C...

12:35Jul 13, 2020

Does America need to reimagine its democracy to survive?

A bipartisan commission, convened by the Academy of Arts & Sciences that recommends 31 steps to strengthen America's institutions and civic...

28:30Jul 9, 2020

Where libertarians fall in this moment of calls for police reform

Libertarians are a fractious bunch, like any ideological movement there are various camps and tensions between the big ideas and practical p...

20:45Jun 11, 2020

Reforming policing in America will take more than Executive Orders

In the wake of Minneapolis PD murdering on of their own citizens, George Floyd, the world is aflame in calls for police accountability. Call...

20:15Jun 10, 2020

A worthy debate on whether SCOTUS should be televised

Young Voices' contributors Michael Rieger and Nate Hochman discuss the merits of televising Supreme Court proceedings. Rieger argued on Glen...

16:57May 15, 2020

Are Americans getting good Internet during a worldwide pandemic?

James Czerniawski (Libertas Institute) and Jennifer Huddleston (American Action Forum) join Underscored to assess the state of American's ac...

16:53Apr 13, 2020

Covid-19 and deregulating all the things ft. Shoshana Weissmann

Why are Federal agencies rushing to remove regulatory barriers in multiple sectors of the economy during the Coronavirus scare? It could be...

16:09Mar 27, 2020

Are millennials finding new hope in the Heartland? Ft. Ross DeVol

There has been a lot of reason for the past decade to count middle America out of the economic and technological future of the country. But...

32:48Mar 20, 2020

Covid-19 could reshape how we think about education and medicine forever

Covid-19 is rapidly becoming a historical event that will define the new decade, or at the least, Donald Trump's presidency. Among the many...

19:02Mar 18, 2020

Trump's immigration policy puts the brakes on American innovation

This week on Underscored, immigration policy in America is leaving a lot of money on the table and key sectors such as technology & STEM, un...

22:05Mar 16, 2020

Is the two party system finally maxing out its credit card? ft. Matt Welch

No one would blame you for throwing your TV out a window at the sight of a Bernie Sanders VS Donald Trump presidential debate. It's just abo...

24:47Feb 26, 2020

Episode 35: Bloomberg takes a million arrows in Vegas

Natalie Dowzicky (Libertarianism.org) and Nate Hochman (Young Voices) join Stephen Kent on Underscored to review the latest Democratic Debat...

24:21Feb 21, 2020