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Lessons on how to present sleight of hand and details explanations on misdirection, as Meyers breaks the magicians' "rule" and teaches us tricks of his trade - or at least some of them!

The course will analyze how campaigns in the modern age are structured for success, looking at messaging strategies, costs for running, and ways to effectively engage voters. IMPORTANT: Please note the new dates/times for this course.

The United States is much more religious than European countries, but that is changing. In the 1940s and 50s, the mainline denominations had churches that were packed, and the denominations promoted and taught social justice. Judaism was shaped by the Holocaust, the creation of Israel, and splits within the U.S. community.  The 1960s began a change, both away from the denominations and towards alternatives to Christianity, such as Buddhism and Islam.  Evangelicalism emerged in the Jesus Movement, the charismatic movement, and also in the rise in the South of white evangelicalism.  After 1980, white evangelicalism became increasingly politicized and focused on abortion and distrust of government.  Now, with the second Trump administration, with sexual harassment scandals, and with a public moving away from religion, we are again in times of change.