Is nature healing? Is Trump bringing world peace? Will San Francisco become an iconic city again? Auguste is joined by special guest and OG Everyman contributor Katya Sedgwick to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, the precarious peace deal in Gaza, and the prospect of Trump sending the troops into San Francisco. To all these questions, Katya is more circumspect, appreciating the various nuances of these challenges while Auguste is already popping the champagne on a Pax Trumpana and a new American Golden Age. He stopped short of singing “Imagine” by John Lennon, but he might have been thinking about it.

Articles referenced in this episode:

• “Derussifying Russian Art” by Katya Sedgwick

• “A Case for the National Guard in San Francisco” by Katya Sedgwick