We discuss how citizenship is defined relative to a regime and the tension between being a good citizen and a good person, with applications from American history and contemporary politics.    
Matt Parks and David Corbin explore the ideas behind today's headlines.
Opening and closing music from the beginning and end of “2020 Vision (Worse than Blind)” by Fred Lancia. Used with permission.
Opening (0:53) - We talk about the Red Sox’s big victory over the Yankees in the American League Wild Card game, the (Yankees’) Curse of the Parks, Dave’s 50th birthday serenades from Geneva School students, and his upcoming trip to watch the Patriots play the Texans in Houston.
Required Reading (5:26) - We continue our discussion of citizenship in light of chapters 2-5 of Aristotle’s Politics and the question of the relationship between the good citizen and the good man. Link: Aristotle, The Politics.
Tocqueville’s Crystal Ball (29:19) - We make series by series predictions for the baseball playoffs. 
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Matt Parks is the Interim Provost and an Associate Professor of Politics at The King’s College in New York City. David Corbin is Head of School at the Geneva School of Boerne, Texas. All views expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker.

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