Are you alive or dead?

I hope you liked "Kieck Week" last episode with my buddy, writer Frank Kieck. This week, I discuss the millenia-old stoic concept of "Alive time" vs. "Dead time", and connect it to several prominent artists who used their stay-at-home orders productively instead of just stuffing their faces and binge-watching Netflix. I then ask the question, "Why is Florida getting more coronoavirus resources than New York, Washington, New Jersey, and California?" Could it have something to do with Florida being a deeply "red" state and stalwart supporter of Donald Trump? Hmmmmmm....That might explain why Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, said, "The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile," not for the states. Wait until those red states start melting down; we'll see that stockpile opened up really fast. I cover employee rights under "The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act)", the postponed Democratic National Convention, postponed primaries, why now is the time to institute nationwide paper mail-in ballots, and the "voter fraud" canard Republicans use to discourage voters. I conclude the show with a call to all Canadians and those who know some: I NEED INTERVIEWEES FOR A NATIONAL HEALTHCARE SEGMENT FOR A FUTURE EPISODE. PLEASE D-M ME @tedmillar. Thanks for listening! Website: Daily Stoic "Alive Time" vs. "Dead Time" Video: "Alive Time Challenge" Article: "5 People Who Were Amazingly Productive In Quarantine" Article: "Shakespeare in lockdown: did he write King Lear in plague quarantine?" Article: "Trump Grants Florida Pandemic Resources While Blue States Die" Article: "Our Dunning-Kruger president: Trump’s arrogance and ignorance are killing people" EMPLOYEE RIGHTS: PAID SICK LEAVE AND EXPANDED FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE UNDER THE FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT Article: "DNC postpones convention until August due to coronavirus outbreak" Article: "If Ever There Was a Time for Mail-in Ballots, It is Now" Video: Paul Weyrich--"I don't want everybody to vote" Song: "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ted-millar/message Get full access to The Left Place at theleftplace.substack.com/subscribe