This week, a friend introduced me to one of his favorite podcasts: “Sasha Stone’s Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning.”

I jumped right into Sasha’ most current podcast, “The Mugshot Heard Round the World: Did the Democrats finally make a Trump voter?”” Sasha is intensely and creatively thoughtful and her non-partisan ideas will emotionally move for those of us who are not completely enraptured with one political tribe. Hence, the “Free Thinking” part of the title to her podcast.

Despite the paltry and insulting offerings to American voters year after year, the challenge is still to vote for the lesser of two evils, right? What is the lesser of two evils in 2024, at the point where the Democrats have repeatedly shat upon the rule of law, desperately embraced censorship and become louder cheerleaders for endless war than even the Republicans?

And will this be the year when black voters thoroughly reject the political party that has repeatedly taken them for granted, often in insulting ways? I’m speaking of the Democrats. I’m basing this question on several conversations I’ve recently had over the past month, but Sasha also sees a wider trend based on her own research.  And I don’t think that most loyal democrats have the faintest inkling that these tectonic plates are dramatically shifting.

In this single episode, Sasha repeatedly challenged me, forcing me to reframe some of my long-held ideas. I immediately became a subscriber. I invite you to listen if you are looking to be challenged.