Ben Franklin Was Probably As Annoying As Jordan Peterson

Published: July 4, 2023, 4 a.m.

b'It\\u2019s Independence Day but hosts of The New Abnormal are not in a patriotic mood. Hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie discuss last week\\u2019s \\u201cgrifting ass\\u201d Supreme Court decisions, including the student debt, anti-LGBTQ same-sex website, and affirmative action rulings\\u2014and Danielle makes the case for students of color filing a lawsuit against universities for their legacy student practices. Also on this episode: Andy plays a game of American \\u201c20 questions\\u201d with David Roth, editor at and co-owner of Defector and co-host of the Distraction Podcast, and Jeb Lund, a journalist whose writing has appeared in such places as The Guardian Vice Rolling Stone, Gawker, and The New Republic, each whom answer questions like \\u2018what was the best year in American history?\\u2019 \\u2018who is the most annoying president in American history?\\u2019 and \\u2018how is Donald Trump celebrating the July 4th holiday?\\u2019 Then, on a serious note: Al\\xed R. Bustamante, deputy director of the Worker Power and Economic Security program at The Roosevelt Institute, reveals a hard truth: The American economy isn\\u2019t functioning \\u201cin any Democratic way.\\u201d


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