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There are a lot of national security topics to address on this podcast, but we've isolated this episode's discussion to global implications of Iran and North Korea having a nuclear weapon. But first, Schneids gets a little choked up reciting America's National Anthem as a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812. Too often the historical context and lyrics of our National Anthem get overlooked or taken for granted -- it's important to sit back and digest the words once in a while, and then debate the kneeling issue...

0:00 - 4:40 -- Recap of Episode 2

4:41 - 9:36 -- Story Acknowledgements

9:37 - 26:45 -- Soap Box: "Standing Up for What's Right"

26:46 - 55:44 -- Main Event: "Implications of a Nuclear Iran and North Korea"

This episode has two main topics that are not connected at all: tech valuations and gun control. We let Kov soapbox for 3:30 to express his angst regarding tech valuations today, and Harold and Schneids debated him afterwards. In the second half, the three of us discussed gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims of Las Vegas.

0:00 - 3:23 -- Recap of Episode 1

3:24 - 7:06 -- Story Acknowledgements

7:07 - 30:27 -- Soap Box: "The Insanity of Tech Valuations"

30:28 - 55:12 -- Main Event: "Gun Control"

"Why Now?" features us regulars - Schneids, Kov, and Harold - discussing the imminent nature of the need for the millennial voice to hit mainstream media channels. We explore Harold's metaphor of an institution's mean and variance for political thought outside the norm. This is worth listening to.

Please bear with us in the first 9:52 -- we recognize the sound quality is not great, but we figured everything out going forward!

0:00 - 9:52 -- Introductions of Regulars, Segments, and Mission

9:53 - 45:25 -- Main Event: "Why Now?"