We're back from the Christmas break with a three hour discussion of Julian Jackson's biography of Charles De Gaulle.

https://www.powells.com/book/de-gaulle-9781913368784

We hope you enjoyed your holiday festivities because we're going on a strict diet of andouillette and unfiltered cigarettes in 2026.

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Sean and Angela dive into the provocative 1998 book The Fix. Shifting the budget to focus heavily on treatment over law enforcement dramatically reduced the heroin crisis and crime rates. Why did this successful, evidence-based strategy disappear, leading to our current exponential crisis?

Find The Fix here:

https://www.powells.com/book/fix-9780520223356

Thanks to Jackson Duke for tracking down the 48 Hours documentary Heroin Connection, mentioned in the book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHSna7lpYcE

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This week Angela and Sean are joined by comrade Malcom Kyeyune to discuss the triumph of mild social democracy with Twelver characteristics, the importance of packing the security services with loyalists, the peril of cutting food aid to the working poor, and more!

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