Introduction

i've got one of those ideas buzzing around in my brain that may not sound as good when iv put it in front of you as it does unexpressed. I think there are four elements to what iam about to talk to you about. The first and biggest is joe byden's speech yesterday on the anniversary of the attempt, really, by the defeated candidate in the last american election,. To launch an armed insurrection by his own supporters upon the actual capital. Then cabaret, or the warning, or the way that the worst stuff creeps up on you. And then a rather splendid podcast which i have started listening to by the b b c journalist, gabriel gatehouse