Topic: Rural Development

A recycled news story from France 24 features social activist Bunker Roy and his "Barefoot College" in India. Roy explains that he only trains women to maintain solar circuit boards because men are "compulsively mobile" and leave the village once they receive a certificate. The hosts identify this as a "War on Men" narrative and note the footage is several years old.

President Obama signs Executive Order 13575, establishing the White House Rural Council to manage 16% of the American population living in rural counties. The council includes high-ranking officials like Tim Geithner, Eric Holder, and Valerie Jarrett, leading to claims that the order is a vehicle for implementing UN Agenda 21 policies in the United States.