Reject Modernity Embrace Tradition

By: Clayton Becker and Megan Cox
  • Summary

  • Two UCLA Political Science PhD Students, Comparativist Megan Cox and Americanist Clayton Becker take you through the ways that previous generations have made the world worse by dismantling the legacy of things like the New Deal and the Great Society. From car dependency to political polarization to our over-reliance on dating apps to helicopter parenting, come along to learn about the many different ways that we should Reject Modernity and Embrace Tradition.
    Clayton Becker and Megan Cox
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Episodes
  • Episode 5: Reject Issue Polling, Embrace Persuasive Politics
    Nov 18 2024

    Progressives, and the Democratic Party more generally, are often vexed by the fact that many voters will report preferring progressive policy in issue polling, and indeed will vote for progressive policy at the polls, but will simultaneously vote for Republican candidates who oppose those very policies. Listen along as Megan and Clayton explore why we might want to take these polls with a grain of salt and what we should do instead going forward.

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    51 mins
  • Episode 4: Reject Helicopter Parenting, Embrace Adolescent Independence
    Nov 11 2024

    The last couple of decades have seen a nationwide trend towards a more overbearing style of parenting, but this "Helicopter Parenting" has a whole host of negative consequences for children and their development into young adults. Listen along and Clayton and Megan examine why we should reject it in favor of more independence for kids.

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    46 mins
  • Pre-Election Special: Reject Voter Suppression, Embrace Voting Rights
    Nov 4 2024

    There has never been a time in American history where everyone could easily vote and there was no voter suppression. However, between 1965 and 2014, we had a powerful tool to stop it in the form of the Voting Rights Act. That is, until the Supreme Court decided we didn't need it anymore. Listen along as Megan and Clayton take you through a history of voting rights in America and explain the consequences of the country's current turn against voting rights.

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    56 mins

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