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#1650 The Vibes Election Explained: Harris is up, Trump is down and Gaza will not be forgotten
Air Date 8/23/2024 The vibes of this election are nothing anyone could have predicted a month ago. And yet, some of the details have played out as though by a script. Democrats drink hope like ambrosi
#1579 Positive masculinity is a process that is underway (Throwback)
Original Air Date: 8/23/2023 For decades, we have rightly been focused on dialing back endemic misogyny and poking holes in the patriarchy in the hopes of a new normal of gender relations emerging tha
Bonus Sample #317 Don't Forget the Philosophers (AI in our politics, art, and humanity)
Air Date: 8-19-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - How we likely all have COVID and can't believe we did a Bonus Show - The bizarre ways AI is already part of our political systems - Stro
#1649 Race in America and the Moral Clarity of James Baldwin
Air Date 8/17/2024 James Baldwin's 100th birthday passed by recently and we're using the occasion to draw on his moral clarity and eloquence while we assess the state of race in America Be part of the
#1648 Power Grabs, Elections Optional: The threat of minority rule through election denialism
Air Date 8/13/2024 Spirits among Kamala Harris supporters, Democrats, and anyone opposing Trumpism are at an all-time high right now. That's both fortuitous and crucial to the upcoming election. By th
Bonus Sample #316 How are you gonna fix that garden?!
(Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 8-11-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: - Understanding the New Right - JD Vance's mangled metaphor - The best headline a
#1248 There you go again. Venezuela and America's addiction to imperialism (Throwback)
Original Air Date: 2/8/2019 Amid the ongoing fallout of a contested presidential election, we take a look back, briefly, at the last 100 years of Venezuelan history to understand how they went from oi
#1647 How to Eliminate Homelessness While Maintaining Our Humanity
Air Date 8/6/2024 After the recent Supreme Court ruling that allowed governments to constitutionally purge unhoused people from public spaces, we are getting an immediate lesson in the difference betw
Bonus Sample #315 You Do You, You Weirdos
(Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 8-4-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The use of strategic ambiguity as a way to ensure everyone hears what they want t
#1646 The Kamalanomenon and the Inevitable Misogynoir Backlash of Racism and Sexism
Air Date 8/2/2024 The Kamala Harris presidential campaign has been on a wild ride since it unexpectedly began less than two weeks ago. Record fund raising, organic enthusiasm not seen since Obama, and