Greenland

This week, America passed the grisly milestone of 300,000 dead from COVID-19. With the first vaccines being televised as being given to VP Mike Pence and others, only 50% of Americans and just 25% of African American males are committed to getting the jab. Dr DeHart gives us some insights into why so many Americans - particularly minorities - are against getting the vaccine, and the grim truth of trying to protect her community from a rampaging virus. We discuss: * The Tuskegee Experiment [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study]and why African Americans have a legitimate fear of government injections * ICE detainees being forced to have hysterectomies . [https://theconversation.com/ice-detainees-alleged-hysterectomies-recall-a-long-history-of-forced-sterilizations-146820] We are immensely grateful to Dr DeHart for not only her huge contribution and sacrifice in helping people in her community, but also for her time in joining us on Greenland and sharing her candid feelings about what is happening. It's grim but with people like Dr DeHart on the frontline, there is hope!

We are delighted to welcome Madam Secretary and former Secretary of Labor in Kansas, Delia Garcia to Greenland. Madam Secretary is in Texas on the eve of the US Presidential Election, where voters are lining up for up to 11 hours to cast their vote in an election that is already breaking records for voter participation. The Latino vote is shaping up to be a critical factor in this election and we get the lowdown on why that is, and how you keep people wanting to keep lining up for more than 11 hours! We also take audience questions - thanks to listener Jensen for the great ones!

Donald and Diana are joined by special guest, Judge Phillip Journey, a Republican  running for re-election for the Division 1 judge of the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District. Phil is also a board member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), which boasts 5 million members and is arguably the most potent activist organisation in the US. In this episode, we chat to Phil about: - the politicisation of judicial appointments in the US - why Americans won't lay down their guns as Australians did after the Port Arthur massacre - his view of the nation's priorities in the wake of the 2020 Presidential Election, no matter who wins. We're incredibly grateful to have Phil share his candid insights with us on Greenland (and some tips for buddying sports gun enthusiasts). Links to some of the things we discussed: Hacking Your Mind TV series [https://www.pbs.org/show/hacking-your-mind/] FiveThirtyEight [https://fivethirtyeight.com] 270toWin [https://www.270towin.com] Real Clear Politics [https://www.realclearpolitics.com] Further reading: Politicization of the Federal Judicial Selection article by P. Journey [https://www.ammoland.com/2020/09/politicization-federal-judicial-selection-next-45-days/#axzz6aAjKYdTR]

It's been a hectic week in the US, with the grisly milestone of 200,000 American deaths from COVID-19, the Great Debate that wasn't between Trump and Biden, and finally news that the President himself, together with the First Lady and members of the Republican campaign inner circle tested positive to the virus. Donald and Diana tiptoe through the mud to try to make some sense of it (and offer a controversial, unfounded but maybe possibly true theory about that awks exchange between Melania Trump and her husband at the end of the debate.

Over the last two weeks, we've borne witness to two very different conventions  - the Democratic National Convention - heavy on the heart strings, celebrities and motherhood statements in place of specific policies. Next up, the Republication Convention - loads of Trumps, 'don't mention The War/aka virus' and animated pitches from Trump's offspring and their sometimes outlandish partners. And the RNC happened right in the midst of yet another brutal assault by police on an unarmed African American man, Jacob Blake, shot seven times in the back, in front of his children. We talk about Donald and Diana's reactions to watching the first ever virtual conventions, and what's at stake.