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Bonus Sample #276 There Are No Mild-Mannered People on the Internet
Air Date: 8-15-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - The Internet, it turns out, is bad - Musk and Zuckerberg cage fight - The "Dopamine Detox" movement REFERENCES: Leave a message
#1577 Trump's historic third indictment containing three counts of conspiracy and one of obstruction regarding the 2020 election and Jan 6th, 2021
Air Date 8/12/2023 Today, we take a look at the most consequential case against Trump which summarizes his direct involvement in using allegedly illegal means to contest the 2020 election while making
#TBT #1054 What Drives Trump Conservatives - "Strangers in Their Own Land" (Throwback)
Original Air Date 11-1-2016 Today we dive deeply into the world of conservatives as described in the new book Strangers in their own Land by Arlie Russel Hochschild in an attempt to understand how s
#1499 January 6th Insurrection Hearings (Everyone Knew The Lie Was A Lie) (Repost)
Original Air Date 6/25/2022 Today we take a look at some of the takeaways from the hearings investigating the January 6th insurrection. Most notably: they knew, they knew, they knew, they knew from th
#1576 How Florida's education reform works to maintain unjust power imbalances
Air Date 8/6/2023 Today, we take a look at the education curriculum reforms currently being pushed through in Florida through the lens of the long pattern of choosing to see our history in a way that
Bonus Sample #275 Alternate Universes
Air Date: 8-4-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Barbie, Black Mirror and corporations in on the joke - The Extended Mattel Cinematic Universe - The alternate conservative commerce unive
#1575 Cluster Headache, Matching War Crimes with War Crimes Against Russia in Ukraine
Air Date 8/2/2023 Today, we take a look at the status of the war in Ukraine and the decision made recently for the US to provide cluster bombs to Ukraine, a munition that Biden's Press Sec. referred t
#1497 A Healthier Humanity Through a Wellness Economy (Repost)
(Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Original Air Date 6/17/2022 Today we take a look at many intertwining realizations that are beginning to permeate society which include but are not limited to the dea
#TBT #1250 Teachers at the forefront of a resurgent progressive labor movement (Throwback)
(Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Original Air Date: 2/15/2019 Today we take a look at recent teachers union strike in the Los Angeles school district and see it as another event in an emerging patter
#1574 Creative vs Control: Hollywood strikes for livable wages and the future of human creativity
(Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Air Date 7/25/2023 Today, we take a look at the impact of the rise of streaming video services and the potential for AI-written scripts on the future of show business