PODCAST #121

Participants: John Steppling, Dennis Riches, Shaenah Batterson, Max Parry, and Hiroyuki Hamada. Subjects covered: the Olympics opening ceremony, the rise of Kamala “Kamalot” Harris, the Clinton-Obama factional divide, the disappearance of the Trump assassination attempt from Internet searches, elections in Venezuela, the demise of Israel, “Cuba: An African Odyssey” (documentary film) and the demise of apartheid South Africa, the privatization of forest fire suppression. Music track “Carpenter’s Son” by Jack Littman, used with permission.