1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 About a year ago, I started publishing draft chapters of my book in progress, The Liberal Backbone. It hit me lately that the draft is done – I realized that with the latest chapters I’d started writing a second book. That one will be on alienation, which I think deserves a book of its own. So I’m calling it. I’m going to switch to editing The Liberal Backbone — and, no doubt, editing some more, and then, more. To make time for it, I’ll be cutting back on the frequency of podcast episodes for a while. For this one, I want to sum up why I think it’s so crucially important for the lost liberal backbone to be restored. In a nutshell: the future of democracy depends on it. — Spencer Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good https://dastardlycleverness.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/39489475/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/39489475