For this week's current event we discuss the Cambridge Analytica bombshell(s). Then, to better understand where we are as a culture, we're trying to wrap our heads around American philosophy. This is the first of three episodes that will touch on US history. Our historical and philosophical subjects this week both cover the early European colonies …

This week's current event casts some shade on the democratic party, using a current congressional candidate as our springboard. Then our historical and philosophical subjects our linked, as we try to wrap our heads around the philosophy of Rousseau and the French Revolution. This helps us tee up a subject we'll be spending more time with in the wee…