This is episode 101 of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to talk about contentious issues.

What do you think about?

• Control over our own bodies in reproductive choices.
• Federal funding for women's healthcare clinics.
• A national healthcare system.
• Responses to public health emergencies.
• Governmental food or housing subsidies.
• A cleaner environment and clean renewable energy sources.
• Vaccines.
• The teaching of race, gender, sexuality, and the "hard" history of the United States in schools.
• "Controversial" books.
• Government funding of public and school libraries.
• National progressive movements such as Black Lives Matter.
• Firearms safety legislation.
• Bilingual education programs.
• Free public higher education and suspension of student debt.
• Marriage equality.
• Non-binary conceptualizations of gender.
• Pronouns.
• Separation of church and state.
• Religious exemptions to laws.
• Christian nationalism and white supremacy.
• Consumer protections.
• Labor unions and collective bargaining.
• A guaranteed federal minimum living wage.
• Workers' rights.
• Regulations on unfettered capitalism.
• Authority of the federal government over the states.
• Engaging in world affairs.
• Authoritarian dictators.
• Aid to Ukraine.
• Limits on fossil fuel emissions.
• Firearms regulations.
• Black and brown immigrants.
• Police reform and accountability.
• Public safety net programs.
• Reductions in prescription drug prices.
• Voting rights and gerrymandering.
• Trust in the electorate to make informed decisions.
• Equitable and fair tax policies.
• Narrowing the massive income and wealth gaps.
• Supporting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
• Regulations on business and industry.
• Prosecution of Capitol insurrectionists.
• Accountability.
• The notion of "woke".
• The Constitution of the United States of America.
• Democracy.