https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling Mark Twain said, "Get your facts first, and then distort them as you please." American politics is one of the few areas that is completely influenced by the opinion. Therefore, the way we tell political stories influences our lives on an intimate level. en-us 2019-03-06 20:24:37 UTC 2024-10-02 20:31:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png abbyvg https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338607067 A revealing approach to political happenings is the satire. Saturday Night Live first aired in 1975, and has criticized American government and culture to the delight of its people ever since.]]> 2019-03-06 20:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338607067 rose_carter https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338608835 Presidential is a podcast hosted by Lillian Cunningham of The Washington Post. It is dedicated to exploring different aspects of each president and their administration. This episode is about Abraham Lincoln. Cunningham focuses on Lincoln's writings and talent as an orator. ]]> 2019-03-06 20:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338608835 abbyvg https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338609244 Sarah Koenig of This American Life takes her audience through true and astonishing stories of the justice system in Columbus, Ohio in the third season of the podcast Serial. Columbus, one of the most "middle of the road" cities in the country, represents the deeply broken nature of the American justice system.]]> 2019-03-06 20:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338609244 rose_carter https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338611186 Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream is in depth biography of Lyndon Johnson written by his friend and confidante Doris Kearns Goodwin.]]> 2019-03-06 20:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338611186 abbyvg https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338641535 The Rocky Mountain Collegian, run by Rocky Mountain Student Media, is our independently run Colorado State University Student newspaper. We often forget that we have to power to make our own communities better. This paper can keep you up to date on the issues faced by our campus community.]]> 2019-03-06 22:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338641535 abbyvg https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338642760 Hasan Minhaj provides hilarious and scathing criticisms of political policies in his Netflix Original The Patriot Act. Minhaj brings a refreshing young, immigrant, Muslim perspective to the world of current events. The best part about it? He backs up all of his claims with loads of facts- and jokes.]]> 2019-03-06 22:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338642760 abbyvg https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338645637 "May you live with hysteria, and out of it make fine stories — science fiction or otherwise. Which finally means, may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.” Ray Bradbury understood how to place oneself in our chaotic world and he shared this through his science fiction writing, which often resembled this world.]]> 2019-03-06 22:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/338645637 rose_carter https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/339010159 The Seventies is a Netflix docuseries that focuses on the decade of the 1970s. It brings an interesting perspective as each episode has a different focus. The Nixon episode is more powerful after watching other episodes, because the other episodes lead to better understanding of society at the time. ]]> 2019-03-07 18:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/339010159 rose_carter https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/339014984 David Halberstam of The New York Times analyzes Doris Kearns Goodwin's Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by bringing insight into Goodwin and Johnson's friendship.]]> 2019-03-07 18:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/339014984 rose_carter https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/339172346 Reading the president's actual words helps in understanding them as a person. Harry S. Truman said, “The only language they (Japan) seem to understand is the one we have been using to bombard them.  When you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast.” This shows the thought that went into this difficult decision, and that he did not want to kill innocent people for the fun of it. He ultimately felt that it was the only option.]]> 2019-03-08 03:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/abbyvg/politicalstorytelling/wish/339172346