i can fix america
i can fix america
Podcast Description
‘You are the future!’ is one of the preferred youth-aimed platitudes of various news pundits and politicians. But are they? Hannah Port (resident youth) and Sylvia Taschka (former youth) discuss the younger generation’s potential to incite change for the better or worse as they confront the formidable task of fixing America.
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The podcast focuses on the intersection of youth culture and politics, with topics ranging from the role of social media in elections to the historical perspectives on youth voting. Episodes critically analyze current events, like the impact of internet strategies in the 2024 election alongside discussions on cultural shifts and movements, such as the alt-right's influence on discourse.
‘You are the future!’ is one of the preferred youth-aimed platitudes of various news pundits and politicians. But are they? Hannah Port (resident youth) and Sylvia Taschka (former youth) discuss the younger generation’s potential to incite change for the better or worse as they confront the formidable task of fixing America.
In this episode, we’ll be fixing America by discussing the role of the internet in the 2024 election, as well as discussing each candidates’ successes and shortcomings in this aspect of their campaign. We approach our evaluation of the various online strategies through the lens of the decades-spanning alt-right efforts to shift the cultural discourse using new and innovative technologies—while also examining the current and potential responses. This conversation is the next step taken in our quest to save this country from itself, and it all boils down to the most pressing question on everybody’s minds: was kamala actually brat?
links:
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqqlgq7k374o
- https://www.thecut.com/article/barron-trump-donald-campaign-podcast-appearances.html
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/small-change-malcolm-gladwell
- https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/technology/election-right-wing-social-media.html
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1536504218766547
- https://bipartisanpolicy.org/report/history-tech-elections/
- https://youtu.be/4xGawJIseNY?si=9vSh5TvI_xfk75di
i can fix america:
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Hannah Port:
insta — @authorhannahelisabethport
tiktok — @authorhannahelisabeth
Sylvia Taschka:
insta — @sylviataschka
website — sylviataschka.com
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