057 - Abolish the Senate / Drag the Duopoly

It's a late night double feature. First up, why and how the Senate should be abolished, razed down passed the roots. Next, third parties and why they're generally banished to the netherworld.General RecommendationsJD's Recommendations: 1) what if the Banana was the same distance as the ISS 2) TitusJNM's Recommendations: 1) Don Hertzfeld's entire filmography 2) HappinessFurther Reading, Viewing, ListeningAbolish the Senate by Thomas Geoghegan, author of Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs a New Kind of Labor MovementThe Case for Abolishing the SenateBehold: The American Political MonopolyLet a Thousand Parties BloomLocationless Locationsheatdeathpod.comEvery show-related link is corralled and available here.Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpodJD Newland - @jdnewlandJoshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingActPlease send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: [email protected] us Fan MailSupport the showSupport: patreon / buzzsprout