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Hosted by Ron Forstrom · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 25 episodes
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Breaking down the issues of the left and right. What is true. What are lies. How do we know what to believe? What else may be their motives? That plus I throw in my two cents on the subject matter. Have a subject you want to discuss? Like what you hear? Do you want to hear more? Give me your thoughts and ideas and maybe I'll bring those subjects into an episode. Share my podcast with your friends and families and let's engage in productive talks. You can also find me on Facebook. Search for Unpopular Politics and look for the same artwork you see connected to this podcast. You can send me a message there or share your thoughts on my latest podcast or posts. Need to email me. Easy peasy; Wordsaladmediallc@gmail.com
Ron Forstrom hosts Unpopular Politics, a news show with 25 episodes published.
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Left-Right. It doesn't matter. For decades, politicians have made grand promises and not delivered. When there is a backlash, the party leaders clamp down and stop the extremists or pragmatists from changing their base o
Fake News! This widely used political term today was used once before, but has become a growing theme in the political narrative that the parties like to use to describe either untruthful reports, or just as a dumbed dow
Will there ever be a deal made with Iran? If so, how much will Israel affect it's outcome? One thing for certain, the current plans being thrown around are not good and many people even on the right are calling it a bad
Nearly every single topic in America at one time felt singular, yet today each and every one is tied to the other through politics. More importantly, to how you view politics. While we do have our similarities, it's the
It's a war. It's a conflict. It's an exercise. We're in a cease fire. We're still shooting. A deal is in place. No deal is in place. Welcome to the Iran/USA conundrum. A little bit of history will tell us that what some
This episode is a history lesson on the origins of Decoration Day and how it ultimately became Memorial day. I'll share some interesting tidbits as well as a fair share of social media bias that's turned a moment we used
A few high profile primaries have taken place across the country in the past week. What does it say about each party, their candidates and the future going forward?
People seem to think the political climate today is worse than it has ever been. This episode, I'll give you a little history lesson on Tribalism and let you be the judge.
Your eyes can play tricks on you or is it just that you've been lied to for so long, that you can no longer see the truth? Gaslighting plays a big role in convincing you that you're wrong and because of this, more Americ
Extremism. In politics, it's been steadily on the rise. Fueled by "network" tv and social media, what we once thought of as our political beliefs have steadily changed with the aid of people in power who are more interes
The debate over the current government shutdown. Who is at fault, who isn't? Throughout the course of the Great American Experiment, we've had plenty of hotly contested moments that defined us as a nation, until now.
No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at injustice to himself. -Aristotle
We vote for them. Rely on them. Defend them and pretend to think they have our best intentions. But do they? Congress is supposed to be about the people, but the reality is their more interested in themselves to care abo
The health of us all is in the hands of Robert F. Kennedy jr. For decades we've had a singular sense of healthy eating/lifestyles. But how much of what we've known over the years is true? Has big Pharma and Food Business
In 2025, one of the big stories was the recession waiting to happen because of the Trump Tariffs. But a funny thing happened... or didn't. So why didn't it and could the recession just be playing hard to get?
HR 22, the bill so many in Washington are talking about, for or against. What is it? What's in it? In terms of Bills, this is a short one and I'll go over each line for you and let you decide.
What is going on in Iran? What are the motives? Who is setting up the puzzle pieces? Or is this just some other grand game of chess? So if it's chess, then who's really moving the pieces and why?
There's a lot going on about Iran but is the next target going to be Cuba? Here' my take on it.
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Unpopular Politics is hosted by Ron Forstrom. The show is categorised under news (politics) and has published 25 episodes.
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