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Wear is the Love, Episode 27<br/><br/>On this week’s Wear is the Love, we return to our love story. The last episode where we shared a bit about our relationship (<a target="_blank" href="https://reclaiminghope.substack.com/p/ep-15-that-one-time-michael-broke#details">#15</a>) seems to be a fan-favorite, and so we thought we’d pick up where we left off. This will hopefully be a welcome break from a pretty intense news cycle, though rest-assured we’ll be back to break down the news next week.<br/><br/><strong>Episode notes:</strong><br/><br/>From <em>A New Brain:</em><br/><br/>The Top 5 articles for your week:<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/07/climate-change-vancouver-seafood-restaurant-menus/661465/">“You Can Spot Climate Change in Old Restaurant Menus”</a> (<em>The Atlantic</em>)<br/><br/>Because seafood-heavy Vancouver is mostly serving squid these days, due to warming water temperatures. Restaurant menus are now a major marker for those measuring climate change.<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/cognitive-behavioral-soulcraft">“Cognitive Behavioral Soulcraft”</a> (<em>Hedgehog Review</em>)<br/><br/>Because we’ve gone from self-help books to Cognitive Wellness Culture (CWC), a movement for dealing with distraction and the attention economy.<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2019-02-05/new-americanism-nationalism-jill-lepore">“A New Americanism”</a> (<em>Foreign Affairs</em>)<br/><br/>Because while this essay is from 2019, it is an excellent history of the definition of nationalism, how it’s evolved, and how myth-making and the nation-state go hand-in-hand. It’s pertinent for today, when the term (nationalism) is thrown around a lot in current commentary.<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/what-happened-to-consensus-reality">“What Happened to Consensus Reality?”</a> (<em>The New Atlantis</em>)<br/><br/>Because the opening salvo of this essay is a good chaser to the two articles above: <em>“Do you feel that people you love and respect are going insane? That formerly serious thinkers or commentators are increasingly unhinged, willing to subscribe to wild speculations or even conspiracy theories? Do you feel that, even if there’s some blame to go around, it’s the people on the other side of the aisle who have truly lost their minds? Do you wonder how they can possibly be so blind? Do you feel bewildered by how absurd everything has gotten? Do many of your compatriots seem in some sense unintelligible to you? Do you still consider them your compatriots?”</em><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://dirt.substack.com/p/dirt-hot-regression-summer">“Hot regression summer”</a> (<em>Dirt - Substack</em>)<br/><br/>Because - are we experiencing the end of original pop culturemaking? (I don’t think so; I think we’re in a time of looking back - or nostalgia - in order to make sense of the chaos right now, but I’m open to this essay’s argument) <br/><br/>Get full access to Reclaiming Hope Newsletter at <a href="https://reclaiminghope.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">reclaiminghope.substack.com/subscribe</a> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support</a>

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Wear is the Love, Episode 26<br/><br/>With the Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v Wade, we discuss the fallout, and a potential, though unlikely, path forward for Democrats. We also discuss the newly signed gun reform law, which happened in almost near obscurity with all the attention on Dobbs.<br/><br/><strong>Episode notes:</strong><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/25/post-roe-america-roundup-00042377">Dobbs reactions in </a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/25/post-roe-america-roundup-00042377"><em>Politico, including Michael’s</em></a><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://reclaiminghope.substack.com/p/dobbs-accountability-and-the-shifting">Michael’s essay on Dobbs</a> <br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61938109">President Biden signing gun reform into law</a> (<em>BBC</em>)<br/><br/><em>*The support of paid subscribers is what makes this work possible. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber, and gain access to all of our coverage and content in the run-up to the midterm elections in November.*</em><br/><br/>The Top 5 articles for your week:<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thecut.com/article/cancel-culture-high-school-teens.html">“Teenage Justice”</a> (<em>The Cut</em>)<br/><br/>Because though we don’t necessarily agree with all the ways the author frames her arguments, this is an interesting window into young people’s desire to establish and enforce a new culture and set of norms concerning sexual harassment.<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://newrepublic.com/article/166767/christopher-dunn-missouri-murder-innocent">“When Innocence Isn’t Enough”</a> (<em>The New Republic</em>)<br/><br/>Because this article shows another confounding facet of our judicial system by chronicling the life of Christopher Dunn, an innocent man, who was sentenced to life in prison but cannot get out of jail in Missouri due to state laws.<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/06/20/he-man-politics/">“How 2022 Became the Year of Over-the-Top Masculinity in Politics”</a><strong> </strong>(<em>Washington Post Magazine</em>)<strong> </strong><br/><br/>Because <em>“…perhaps the bigger question about the rise of an ultra-macho style in Missouri’s — and America’s — politics isn’t whether it’s effective; it’s what it all means. If this new exaggerated masculinity proves consistently appealing to voters on both the right and the left, then what does that suggest about the kinds of candidates who can, and cannot, realistically seek office in the future? About what types of issues we can debate and on what terms? About what kind of people we want to lead us — and what kind of country we want to be?”</em><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.persuasion.community/p/brexit-good-or-bad-for-britain">“Brexit: Good or Bad for Britain?”</a> (<em>Persuasion - Substack</em>)<br/><br/>Because, hey, the USA isn’t the only country with interesting fallouts from big political decisions. I really like this debate on what’s happened in the last 6 years in the UK with the 2016 vote to leave the EU.<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/the-invisible-man-does-elegantly?s=w">“The Invisible Man Does Elegantly What Promising Young Woman Fails to Do with Lectures”</a> (<em>Freddie deBoer - Substack</em>)<br/><br/>Because deBoer talks about the ham-handedness of some movies lately when it comes to being political, and where we might see filmmaking go. <em>“I look forward to a correction for this stuff in the coming years, where getting more films by women and filmmakers of color stops being a novelty and people are more comfortable letting the stories tell the tale, in and of and for themselves.”</em> <br/><br/>Get full access to Reclaiming Hope Newsletter at <a href="https://reclaiminghope.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;u --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support</a>

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Wear is the Love, Episode 25<br/><br/>On this week’s episode, we discuss Sen. Mitt Romney’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-burr-daines-announce-family-security-act-2-0/">“Family Security Act 2.0”</a> which is a new child allowance bill that looks a lot like his excellent bill from February 2021. We like a lot about the plan, but do have some critiques. What are your thoughts?<br/><br/>We also discuss this article in the NYT, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/politics/democrats-midterms-trump-gop.html?smid=tw-share">“Democrats’ Risky Bet: Aid G.O.P. Extremists in Spring, Hoping to Beat Them in Fall”</a> about some party operatives’ new strategy of propping up MAGA Republican candidates over more moderate Republican candidates. We have a lot of feelings around this one. It’s a Bad Idea.<br/><br/><strong>Episode notes:</strong><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdwwSTYw/?k=1 https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdwwSTYw/?k=1">The croissant TikTok</a><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.niskanencenter.org/analysis-of-the-family-security-act-2-0/">Niskanen Center analysis of the Family Security Act 2.0</a><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MelissaMWear/status/1109304044990939136">The Ariana Grande twitter thread</a>, aka one of Michael’s viral moments<br/><br/>Speaking of 25, you still have time to <strong>grab a one-year subscription to this newsletter for $25!</strong> We’re deep into midterm season, and we know that daily, there’s something new going on in the world that everyone’s talking about. We’re here to help, and your subscriptions help fund the hours we put into this newsletter and its podcasts.<br/><br/>The Top 5 articles for your week:<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/magazine/eugenics-movement-america.html">“The Long Shadow of Eugenics in America”</a> (<em>NYT</em>)<br/><br/>Because the case of the Relf sisters and their government-forced sterilization has had decades of ramifications: <em>“The concept of reparations has long been contentious, debated in Congress and elsewhere as a question of what is owed to U.S. citizens who are descendants of those who were enslaved centuries ago. But the steps to compensate the living victims of forced sterilization can also be understood as reparations, and with three states having done so, new pressure has been placed on the remaining 29 states and the federal government itself.”</em><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://outoftheordinary.substack.com/p/some-quick-thoughts-on-lambda-and">“Some Quick Thoughts on LaMBDA and Sentience”</a> (<em>Substack - Out of the Ordinary</em>)<br/><br/>Because this short Substack piece on what “sentient” actually means in the AI world and how we’re talking over one another right now on this issue is actually helpful. In particular, <em>“Lemoine’s case also demonstrates the ease with which future AI systems may be able to manipulate humans. The large language models of five, ten, and twenty years from today are likely to be far superior to LaMBDA. How many people will these systems be able to convince of their sentience? My guess is that Lemoine is merely an early adopter of a view that will, in future decades, be held by a non-trivial share of people. And once a non-trivial fraction of people think AI systems are sentient the odds that AI comes to dominate our institutions go up. People often ask how a generally intelligent but disembodied AI could wreak havoc in physical reality; this is one clear path.”</em><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/asset-economy-high-interest-rates-inflation/661323/">“The End of the Asset Economy”</a> (<em>The Atlantic</em>)<br/><br/>Because <em>“‘Why not take the loan?’ has been a pretty good summary of American wealth building and class dynamics in the past few decades. An extended period of low interest rates has translat --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support</a>

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Wear is the Love, Episode 24<br/><br/>This week, we discuss the first primetime, live hearing of the January 6th select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection. It’s a brief episode, but we see some glimmers of hope for competence and professionalism in this first hearing, and discuss what comes next from the committee.<br/><br/>What were your thoughts?<br/><br/><strong>Episode notes:</strong><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/10/jan6-committee-hearings-biden/">“After dramatic first night, Jan. 6 panel plans several more high-profile hearings” </a>(<em>WaPo</em>)<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/10/arts/television/january-6-broadcast-prime-time.html">“The Jan. 6 Hearing Put a True-Crime Drama on Prime-Time TV”</a> (<em>NYT</em>)<br/><br/>The Top 5 articles for your week:<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://harpers.org/archive/2022/06/permanent-pandemic-will-covid-controls-keep-controlling-us/">“Permanent Pandemic”</a> (<em>Harper’s Magazine</em>)<br/><br/>Because this essay is particularly thought-provoking. <em>“The new regime is as much a technological regime as it is a pandemic regime. It has as much to do with apps and trackers, and governmental and corporate interests in controlling them, as it does with viruses and aerosols and nasal swabs. Fluids and microbes combined with touchscreens and lithium batteries to form a vast apparatus of control, which will almost certainly survive beyond the end date of any epidemiological rationale for the state of exception that began in early 2020.</em><br/><br/><em>The last great regime change happened after September 11, 2001, when terrorism and the pretext of its prevention began to reshape the contours of our public life.”</em><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/opinion/spiritual-coaches-religion.html?campaign_id=39&#38;emc=edit_ty_20220607&#38;instance_id=63396&#38;nl=opinion-today&#38;regi_id=83562376&#38;segment_id=94433&#38;te=1&#38;user_id=84167d44e2840e00721b5bb349adb599">“400 Years Ago, They Would Be Witches. Today, They Can Be Your Coach.”</a> (<em>NYT</em>)<br/><br/>Because Molly Worthen writes with great care here, while not avoiding critical questions: <em>“Spiritual coaches provoke a raised eyebrow, in part, because secular people still believe in the ghosts of Christendom — including the idea that religion should be hard and not particularly democratic. It shouldn’t be something that a frustrated woman can just assemble for herself; it should require submission to some venerable institution with ancient traditions. I’m not sure those ghosts are entirely make-believe. Self-made liberation can turn into an existential hamster wheel: Manifest one accolade, and then you’re breathlessly onto the next. What’s the point? Perhaps true freedom “is not the absence of limitations and constraints but it is finding the right ones, those that fit our nature and liberate us,” the Protestant theologian Timothy Keller </em><a target="_blank" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-eUbFMEY49QC&#38;pg=PA49&#38;dq=Tim+Keller+%22finding+the+right+ones%22&#38;hl=en&#38;newbks=1&#38;newbks_redir=0&#38;sa=X&#38;ved=2ahUKEwiq1IWX1vj3AhVtm44IHQ5zB84QuwV6BAgEEAc#v=onepage&#38;q=Tim%20Keller%20%22finding%20the%20right%20ones%22&#38;f=false"><em>wrote</em></a><em> in his book</em> The Reason for God.<em>”</em><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/04/03/the-art-of-the-pump/">“The Art of the Pump”</a> (<em>Washington Monthly</em>)<br/><br/>Because <em>“PredictIt, it must be said, is a strange place—an eclectic virtual clubhouse teeming with cliques and crazies, conspiracy theories and camaraderie. But amid the madness, a powerful force is at work. Here, those with a sixth sense for distinguishing news from noise get paid. Here, in a game where information is money, expertise is measured not with blue checkmarks or column inches, bu --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support</a>

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Wear is the Love, Episode 23<br/><br/>This week it’s all about gun safety legislation, which is being voted on in the House. The Senate will also have its chance to have its say, but potentially not until next week. We discuss the possibilities, plus our views on President Biden’s surprise speech on the issue last Thursday. Let us know your thoughts!<br/><br/><strong>Episode notes</strong><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/06/02/remarks-by-president-biden-on-gun-violence-in-america/">President Biden’s speech transcript</a><br/><br/>The Top 5 articles for your week:<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-medicine/waiting-at-a-texas-hospital-for-children-who-never-arrive">“Waiting at a Texas hospital for children who never arrive”</a> (<em>New Yorker</em>)<br/><br/>Because this shorter essay from a doctor at one of the receiving hospitals near Uvalde is heart-wrenching. This line got to me, <em>“At 12:17, my phone rang. It was Dr. Veronica Armijo-Garcia from the pediatric I.C.U. ‘This call just came in, and I don’t think it’s hit the news yet. We need to get ready for a pediatric mass casualty.’”</em><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/28/nyregion/buffalo-shooting-celestine-chaney-family.html">“What the Racist Massacre in Buffalo Stole From One Family”</a> (<em>NYT</em>)<br/><br/>Because this is another heart-wrenching essay about the life of Celestine Chaney in Buffalo, someone who was at Tops Friendly Markets for small dessert cups that she needed for her beloved strawberry shortcake. <em>“Memories, however, refuse to be buried. Her light pinches and offers of peppermints to win silence during church services. Her two-step and arm bob whenever “Uptown Funk” played. Just her voice.”</em><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/uvalde-police-robb-elementary-shooting-dishonor/661184/">“The Uvalde Police Chose Dishonor”</a> (<em>The Atlantic</em>)<br/><br/>Because another week, another recommendation for Liz Bruenig on Uvalde, this time on the failure of police to act during the shooting and the refusal of some of their leadership to cooperate since. <em>“Society cannot demand courageous self-sacrifice; we can only ask for it. Most of us know we ourselves would be too frightened to face an armed gunman in a direct confrontation, and we accordingly choose to seek work that doesn’t put us in such positions—or shouldn’t. But perhaps even some of those who do volunteer for danger now lack the fortitude, the relevant virtues of courage, honor, and selflessness, to take up the task.” </em>Phewwwww.<br/><br/><em>“Imaginology”</em> (<em>Aeon Magazine</em>)<br/><br/>Because Stephen T. Asma, a professor of philosophy, is calling for a new way to organize how we learn, and it’s a daunting proposal — combining how we teach and learn science with how we teach and learn humanities. <em>“Imagination Studies, or imaginology, also promises to reunite the body and the mind, reintegrate emotion and reason, and tesselate facts and values.”</em><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-woes-of-being-addicted-to-streaming-services/">“The Woes of Being Addicted to Streaming Services”</a> (<em>Pitchfork</em>)<br/><br/>Because we’ve shared a lot over the years about the attention economy, and this article on the streaming service Spotify (a service where this podcast is listed!) and what it’s done to listeners (rather than artists) is an angle I haven’t heard before. <em>“Four years ago, while the app’s algorithmic autoplay feature was on, I was served the Pavement song “Harness Your Hopes,” a wordy and melodic—and by all accounts obscure—B-side from the beloved indie band. As of this writing, the song has over 72 million streams, more than twice as much as their actual college rock hit from the ’90s, “Cut Your Hair,” the one Pavement song your a --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wear-we-are/support</a>