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        <description>Separating reality from distraction, The Pundit Class holistically utilizes the social sciences to examine the reality behind the everyday media rhetoric that we encounter. This unique bimonthly program presents — and wades through — the history, talking points, ironies, and huge chunks of creative hyperbole that tells the story of all of us with sound evidence.</description>
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        <managingEditor>thepunditclass@gmail.com (Keith Williams)</managingEditor>
        <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2016 10:26:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <itunes:subtitle>Telling the story of all of us through sound evidence.</itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Separating reality from distraction, The Pundit Class holistically utilizes the social sciences to examine the reality behind the media rhetoric that we encounter everyday. This unique biweekly program presents — and wades through — various media narratives through their histories, talking points, ironies, and the huge chunks of creative hyperbole that tells the story of all of us with sound evidence.]]></itunes:summary>
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            <title>The United Citizens Of Money</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Money by its very nature is a commodity that many cultures assign values to. Whether it be made of paper or metal, many societies have found the need to facilitate exchanges based on these materials. In the American political system, many experts have illustrated that the costs goes beyond the fairness of advocating for a want. Is the name of the game is controlling the needs of a democracy? On this episode, we look at the the biggest American phenomenon that is helping shape many American institutions and its people - Citizens United.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Money by its very nature is a commodity that many cultures assign values to. Whether it be made of paper or metal, many societies have found the need to facilitate exchanges based on these materials. In the American political system, many experts have illustrated that the costs goes beyond the fairness of advocating for a want. The name of the game is controlling the needs of a democracy. On this episode, we look at the the biggest American phenomenon that is helping shape many American institutions and its people - Citizens United.]]></itunes:summary>
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            <title>War On Women</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>***Important Note: Since portions of this episode cover a conflict of an adult matter, it may not be suitable for children under 18.*** </p>

<p>Let’s start with this simple truth — women run the universe. It’s true. Women comprise a great portion of the population and they are currently the majority attending colleges and universities. Although they make less on the job than their male counterparts, women have been steadily increasing their majority on the workforce. This is not to say that men are second class citizens or unimportant as we move forward. Women are putting themselves in better positions to rule the world.</p>

<p>So far, in American society, women’s collective worth and needs have historically been relegated to the back burner of American priorities. Men have made and have been making laws to limit women’s right to choose their own paths in their own particular ways. This week on The Pundit Class, we provide you with the two biggest examples we come to know as of late. Plus, a quick aside to show you how a woman’s work is never done.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2016 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <itunes:subtitle>What evidence exist that there is a war on women?</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary><![CDATA[***Important Note: Since portions of this episode cover a conflict of an adult matter, it may not be suitable for children under 18.*** 

Let’s start with this simple truth — women run the universe. It’s true. Women comprise a great portion of the population and they are currently the majority attending colleges and universities. Although they make less on the job than their male counterparts, women have been steadily increasing their majority on the workforce. This is not to say that men are second class citizens or unimportant as we move forward. Women are putting themselves in better positions to rule the world.

So far, in American society, women’s collective worth and needs have historically been relegated to the back burner of American priorities. Men have made and have been making laws to limit women’s right to choose their own paths in their own particular ways. This week on The Pundit Class, we provide you with the two biggest examples we come to know as of late. Plus, a quick aside to show you how a woman’s work is never done.]]></itunes:summary>
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            <title>On Wisconsin</title>
            <description><![CDATA[What if you decided to run away from your job because your coworkers voted to fundamentally change the way you have done business for over 50 years? In 2011, 14 Wisconsin state senators took to the unusual tactic of running away to the state of Illinois to protest a bill in their state that they disagreed with. This action wound up triggering one of the rarest forms of political solutions. On this episode, we travel back to the wild and crazy story that was the 2012 recall election of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:00:08 -0700</pubDate>
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            <itunes:subtitle>We go back to the wild and crazy Wisconsin recall of 2012</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if you decided to run away from your job because your coworkers voted to fundamentally change the way you have done business for over 50 years? In 2011, 14 Wisconsin state senators took to the unusual tactic of running away to the state of Illinois to protest a bill in their state that they disagreed with. This action wound up triggering one of the rarest forms of political solutions. On this episode, we travel back to the wild and crazy story that was the 2012 recall election of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.]]></itunes:summary>
            <itunes:duration>24:56</itunes:duration>
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            <title>The Cost Of College</title>
            <description><![CDATA[How much do you owe in student loan debt? No matter what it is — if you are currently in student loan debt — it's imagined that you're not as far in paying them down as you thought you might be at this point. However, no matter where you are on the spectrum, not many people have wondered how the modern student loan program came into being or why the price tag of going to college is so costly in the first place. On this episode, Keith makes an effort to ask and answer what really hasn't been asked and answered about this.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Two of the key reasons why the cost of college is the way it is.</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How much do you owe in student loan debt? No matter what it is — if you are currently in student loan debt — it's imagined that you're not as far in paying them down as you thought you might be at this point. However, no matter where you are on the spectrum, not many people have wondered how the modern student loan program came into being or why the price tag of going to college is so costly in the first place. On this episode, Keith makes an effort to ask and answer what really hasn't been asked and answered about this. ]]></itunes:summary>
            <itunes:duration>24:32</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Why Is Man?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[On this episode, we make the honest attempt to understand all the ways and means humans have defined themselves. Through the various sciences, man has developed some interesting theories about how he/she has evolved throughout time. Are we products of the past? Or are we products of more immediate times? Why do we do what we do? Keith uses various media expressions to do a little digging to find some conclusions.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <itunes:subtitle>How do we know what we think we know about humanity?</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary><![CDATA[On this episode, we make the honest attempt to understand all the ways and means humans have defined themselves. Through the various sciences, man has developed some interesting theories about how he/she has evolved throughout time. Are we products of the past? Or are we products of more immediate times? Why do we do what we do? Keith does a little digging to find some conclusions.
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            <itunes:duration>23:29</itunes:duration>
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