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		<title>The View From 1964</title>
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		<description>The Long View From 1964 is political commentary for the Americans who can&#039;t find their checkbox. Not Democrat. Not Republican. Just honest analysis from someone who has watched the whole arc — from Superman and the American Way to gilded bunkers and Walmart rejects with guns. Where we&#039;ve been, where we are, and where we might still go.</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>I first voted in 1964</itunes:subtitle>
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		<itunes:summary>The Long View From 1964 is political commentary for the Americans who can&#039;t find their checkbox. Not Democrat. Not Republican. Just honest analysis from someone who has watched the whole arc — from Superman and the American Way to gilded bunkers and Walmart rejects with guns. Where we&#039;ve been, where we are, and where we might still go.</itunes:summary>
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	<title>The Long View From 1964 The Saucepan Hat</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-long-view-from-1964-the-saucepan-hat/</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[The voters that scare me are the sheep. Here is how to vote, do it this way because I told you to. That is what keeps me up at night.
Those are people with unfertilized minds. The seeds didn't find anything to take root in. Dead turf.
Besides, if you find the right pan, it isn't that uncomfortable. And it keeps that mighty fine looking gray hair perfectly in place.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The voters that scare me are the sheep. Here is how to vote, do it this way because I told you to. That is what keeps me up at night.
Those are people with unfertilized minds. The seeds didnt find anything to take root in. Dead turf.
Besides, if you fi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The voters that scare me are the sheep. Here is how to vote, do it this way because I told you to. That is what keeps me up at night.
Those are people with unfertilized minds. The seeds didn't find anything to take root in. Dead turf.
Besides, if you find the right pan, it isn't that uncomfortable. And it keeps that mighty fine looking gray hair perfectly in place.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The voters that scare me are the sheep. Here is how to vote, do it this way because I told you to. That is what keeps me up at night.
Those are people with unfertilized minds. The seeds didn't find anything to take root in. Dead turf.
Besides, if you find the right pan, it isn't that uncomfortable. And it keeps that mighty fine looking gray hair perfectly in place.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>The Long View From 1964 6 of 6 &#8211; Where is Anywhere</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-long-view-from-1964-6-of-6-where-is-anywhere/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Because what we have is broken. The two party system that limits our choices to two flavors of the same noise, backed by dark money from both directions that you mostly never hear about. Citizens United didn't just open the door — it took the door off the hinges. The Federalist Society on one side, the Tides Foundation and Priorities USA on the other, and the rest of us standing in the room where the door used to be wondering why it's so cold.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Because what we have is broken. The two party system that limits our choices to two flavors of the same noise, backed by dark money from both directions that you mostly never hear about. Citizens United didnt just open the door — it took the door off the]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Because what we have is broken. The two party system that limits our choices to two flavors of the same noise, backed by dark money from both directions that you mostly never hear about. Citizens United didn't just open the door — it took the door off the hinges. The Federalist Society on one side, the Tides Foundation and Priorities USA on the other, and the rest of us standing in the room where the door used to be wondering why it's so cold.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Because what we have is broken. The two party system that limits our choices to two flavors of the same noise, backed by dark money from both directions that you mostly never hear about. Citizens United didn't just open the door — it took the door off the hinges. The Federalist Society on one side, the Tides Foundation and Priorities USA on the other, and the rest of us standing in the room where the door used to be wondering why it's so cold.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>The Long View From 1964 5 of 6 &#8211; The Road and The Ground Beneath</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-long-view-from-1964-5-of-6-the-road-and-the-ground-beneath/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant in the Ink Room]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[That is not a rhetorical question. It is the most practical question anyone can ask right now.
Seeds need ground. Ground needs memory. Memory needs honesty.
We are running out of all three.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[That is not a rhetorical question. It is the most practical question anyone can ask right now.
Seeds need ground. Ground needs memory. Memory needs honesty.
We are running out of all three.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[That is not a rhetorical question. It is the most practical question anyone can ask right now.
Seeds need ground. Ground needs memory. Memory needs honesty.
We are running out of all three.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[That is not a rhetorical question. It is the most practical question anyone can ask right now.
Seeds need ground. Ground needs memory. Memory needs honesty.
We are running out of all three.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>The Fastest Gun Alive — A Case for the Second Amendment</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-fastest-gun-alive-a-case-for-the-second-amendment/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
The Second Amendment was never about Vinney the desperado riding into town looking for a fight. It was never about bravado or immunity or masks or the performance of toughness by people who have never actually been tested.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
The Second Amendment was never about Vinney the desperado riding into town looking for a fight. It was never about bravado or immunity or masks or the performance of toughness by people who have never actually ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
The Second Amendment was never about Vinney the desperado riding into town looking for a fight. It was never about bravado or immunity or masks or the performance of toughness by people who have never actually been tested.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
The Second Amendment was never about Vinney the desperado riding into town looking for a fight. It was never about bravado or immunity or masks or the performance of toughness by people who have never actually been tested.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>The Long View From 1964 4 of 6 &#8211; The Land Moved While You Slept</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-long-view-from-1964-4-of-6-the-land-moved-while-you-slept/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[The donkey and the elephant. I'm not sure either animal still exists in any form I recognize.
What replaced them nobody has named yet.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The donkey and the elephant. Im not sure either animal still exists in any form I recognize.
What replaced them nobody has named yet.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The donkey and the elephant. I'm not sure either animal still exists in any form I recognize.
What replaced them nobody has named yet.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The donkey and the elephant. I'm not sure either animal still exists in any form I recognize.
What replaced them nobody has named yet.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>1776 &#8211; The Number That Tells You Everything</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/1776-the-number-that-tells-you-everything/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
He is priming the pump AGAIN]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
He is priming the pump AGAIN]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
He is priming the pump AGAIN]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
He is priming the pump AGAIN]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Second String Donny</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/second-string-donny/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA['Second String Donny' Feel free to use it. Johnny Appleseed didn't trademark the seeds.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Second String Donny Feel free to use it. Johnny Appleseed didnt trademark the seeds.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA['Second String Donny' Feel free to use it. Johnny Appleseed didn't trademark the seeds.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA['Second String Donny' Feel free to use it. Johnny Appleseed didn't trademark the seeds.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>The Long View From 1964 3 of 6 &#8211; The Checkbox Problem</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-long-view-from-1964-3-of-6-the-checkbox-problem/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[There is no party infrastructure, no primary, no institutional home for the person who looks at both options and says — honestly, clearly, without drama — neither of these fits.
The labels don't fit anymore. And the system was not built for the moment when the labels stop fitting.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There is no party infrastructure, no primary, no institutional home for the person who looks at both options and says — honestly, clearly, without drama — neither of these fits.
The labels dont fit anymore. And the system was not built for the moment wh]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There is no party infrastructure, no primary, no institutional home for the person who looks at both options and says — honestly, clearly, without drama — neither of these fits.
The labels don't fit anymore. And the system was not built for the moment when the labels stop fitting.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is no party infrastructure, no primary, no institutional home for the person who looks at both options and says — honestly, clearly, without drama — neither of these fits.
The labels don't fit anymore. And the system was not built for the moment when the labels stop fitting.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>A War Being Run By the Second String</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/a-war-being-run-by-the-second-string/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant in the Ink Room]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
The first string was either fired or asked to resign. What we have left is the second string. At best.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
The first string was either fired or asked to resign. What we have left is the second string. At best.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
The first string was either fired or asked to resign. What we have left is the second string. At best.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[From the Author of The Long View From 1964
The first string was either fired or asked to resign. What we have left is the second string. At best.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Do Not Get Into Political Arguments. It&#8217;s Not Worth It</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[The game was designed so that nobody wins.
Stop playing.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The game was designed so that nobody wins.
Stop playing.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The game was designed so that nobody wins.
Stop playing.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The game was designed so that nobody wins.
Stop playing.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Long View From 1964 2 of 6 &#8211; Maybe Just Listen</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-long-view-from-1964-2-of-6-maybe-just-listen/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[So yes. You have to make mistakes to learn. You have to touch something hot to understand burns. You have to get things wrong before you understand what right costs.
But the secret — the thing the scars actually teach you if you pay attention — is to get a small burn and learn your lesson. Not go down in the flames.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[So yes. You have to make mistakes to learn. You have to touch something hot to understand burns. You have to get things wrong before you understand what right costs.
But the secret — the thing the scars actually teach you if you pay attention — is to ge]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The Long View From 1964 1 of 6 &#8211; Superman</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-long-view-from-1964-1-of-6-superman/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant in the Ink Room]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Back to Superman, because that's what this is all about. Truth, Justice and the American Way. Straight from the 1940's comic books
So I ask you — by today's standards, what is the American Way?]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Back to Superman, because thats what this is all about. Truth, Justice and the American Way. Straight from the 1940s comic books
So I ask you — by todays standards, what is the American Way?]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The President Who Won&#8217;t Leave &#8211; Part 3 of 3 The Third String</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-president-who-wont-leave-part-3-of-3-the-third-string/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant in the Ink Room]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Boy is he in for a rude surprise.
Vinnie is brave only because he thinks he's the fastest. He's never actually been tested. He's never stood in front of someone who knows exactly what they're doing and has nothing left to prove.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Boy is he in for a rude surprise.
Vinnie is brave only because he thinks hes the fastest. Hes never actually been tested. Hes never stood in front of someone who knows exactly what theyre doing and has nothing left to prove.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The President Who Won&#8217;t Leave &#8211; Part 2 of 3 Home Sweet Home</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-president-who-wont-leave-part-2-of-3-home-sweet-home-2/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant in the Ink Room]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[That's why he needs the bunker. And he knows it. Which is why he is in such a panic to get it built. He doesn't plan on going anywhere, and I think he has realized that even Bubba is going to end up on the other side of this one.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thats why he needs the bunker. And he knows it. Which is why he is in such a panic to get it built. He doesnt plan on going anywhere, and I think he has realized that even Bubba is going to end up on the other side of this one.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<enclosure url="https://elephantsinkroom.com/audiofiles/2026/viewfrom64/Part%201%20of%203%20Has%20He%20Been%20Planning%20For%20This%20War%20All%20Along.m4a" length="3781806" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The President Who Won&#8217;t Leave &#8211; Part 1 of 3 Has He Been Planning For This War All Along?</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-president-who-wont-leave-part-1-of-3-has-he-been-planning-for-this-war-all-along/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant in the Ink Room]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[That's why he needs the bunker. And he knows it. Which is why he is in such a panic to get it built. He doesn't plan on going anywhere, and I think he has realized that even Bubba is going to end up on the other side of this one.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thats why he needs the bunker. And he knows it. Which is why he is in such a panic to get it built. He doesnt plan on going anywhere, and I think he has realized that even Bubba is going to end up on the other side of this one.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>The Ash Didn&#8217;t Disappear</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/the-ash-didnt-disappear/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant in the Ink Room]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[A plea to those who still have a choice
The gold can be removed from the walls. The statesman's office can be restored. Exhibits can be returned. Murals can be uncovered if they are not first destroyed.
But only if someone in the room decides that their own legacy matters more than their current proximity to his.
You know who you are.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A plea to those who still have a choice
The gold can be removed from the walls. The statesmans office can be restored. Exhibits can be returned. Murals can be uncovered if they are not first destroyed.
But only if someone in the room decides that their]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Your Grandchildren Will Search Your Name</title>
	<link>https://elephantsinkroom.com/podcast/your-grandchildren-will-search-your-name/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 17:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant in the Ink Room]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">11b38bdc-a741-58fd-bf62-499dc8b9d2f8</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[A plea to those who still have a choice
The gold can be removed from the walls. The statesman's office can be restored. Exhibits can be returned. Murals can be uncovered if they are not first destroyed.
But only if someone in the room decides that their own legacy matters more than their current proximity to his.
You know who you are.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A plea to those who still have a choice
The gold can be removed from the walls. The statesmans office can be restored. Exhibits can be returned. Murals can be uncovered if they are not first destroyed.
But only if someone in the room decides that their]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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