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Rainbow flags symbolising LGBT freedoms are being flown in many parts of the world this Pride month, but in some parts of America they are being lowered due to state bans. Why have these kinds of issues become so political?

Bobby Berk, star of hit makeover show Queer Eye, joins the Americast team, along with a Republican activist, to tell us how LGBT people are feeling across the US political divide.

HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Sarah Smith, North America editor • Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent • Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUESTS: • Bobby Berk, ‘Queer Eye’ host • Jerri Ann Henry, Republican LGBT rights activist

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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg, with Alix Pickles, Natasha Fernandes and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Mike Regaard and the sound designer was David Crackles. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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Today on the Matt Walsh Show, a new report shows how government handouts have enabled record numbers of able-bodied young men to opt out of the workforce entirely and indefinitely. But why would young men want to opt out of work? Isn’t that the real problem? We’ll discuss today. Also, the Virginia governor’s race will be settled tonight. Terry McAuliffe made his closing case to voters last night, and I do not think that it will prove effective. Plus, the Supreme Court refused to step in an hear a case from a Catholic hospital that was sued after refusing to perform a sex change operation. And Sleepy Joe falls asleep at the UN climate summit. Finally, Atlanta Braves fans are still doing the tomahawk chop even though the media has repeatedly informed them that it is racist. But is it really racist? We’ll talk about that today and much more on the Matt Walsh Show. 

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Here is the first episode in a 12 part series that could only be found on youtube until now! In this lecture, I discuss the context within which the theory I am delineating through this course emerge: that of the cold war. What is belief? Why is it so important to people? Why will they fight to protect it? I propose that belief unites a culture's expectations and desires with the actions of its people, and that the match between those two allows for cooperative action and maintains emotional stability. I su

Today on the show, the Democrats conducted a hearing yesterday on reparations. But there are a lot of serious problems with the reparations idea: namely it’s immoral, impractical, and insane. Also, amazing advancements in medical technology continue to render abortion obsolete. Finally, I'll answer your emails. Date: 06-20-2019

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