Welcome to the season 2 finale of Anti-Social Studies! Think about how far we’ve come. This season we’ve talked about Putin and Kim Jong Un, Colin Kaepernick and Squanto. We’ve traveled to England to figure out what the heck is going on with Brexit and Saudi Arabia to figure out what the heck is going …
Category: Season 2: Current Events
Current Events Ep. 17: Abortion or, “Tough Life Choices”
Appreciate good content? Show your support with a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! I’ve taught some version of a Current Events class for eight years. I’ve waded into the depths of almost every contemporary debate you can think of: immigration, gun reform, nuclear warfare, police brutality, sexual harassment and …
Current Events Ep. 16: Puerto Rico or, “To Be or Not To Be… a State”
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Current Events Ep. 15: Game of Thrones or, “The George R.R. Martin Historical Plagiarism Tour”
Appreciate good content? Show your support by making a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! On the vast grasslands, a fierce warrior arose on horseback to become the leader of a great empire, uniting the previously warring clans together and molding them into a skilled army that stoked fear in …
Current Events Ep. 14: Brexit or, “Should Have Signed a Prenup”
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Current Events Ep. 13: 2019 Oscar Nominees or, “The Vice Favourite Green Panther Klansman from Bohemian Roma is Born”
Appreciate good content? Show your support with a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! Happy Spring Break! Oh what’s that? You have to go into work over spring break? That sucks. Well, at least you have summer to look forward to. What?! Normal adults just work in July?! That’s unfathomable …
Current Events Ep. 12: Saudi Arabia or, “Jared and the Crown Prince sitting in a tree”
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Current Events Ep. 11: North Korea or, “If you give a Kim a country, he’s gonna want some nukes”
Appreciate good content? Show your support with a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! I had planned this big dramatic intro where I would go over all of the juicy details about the most recent U.S.-North Korea summit in Vietnam. I postponed this episode for a month just so that …
Current Events Ep. 10: Political Gridlock or, “Do Something, Congress!”
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Current Events Ep. 9: Thanksgiving or, “The Squanto Treatment”
Appreciate good content? Show your support with a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! Fair warning: I’ve given myself a challenge this episode. I’m going to try to teach you a story from American history without cynicism. I’ve realized that my US history class has become a Who’s Who of …