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Looking Back to Trump 1.0 (Remix)
Episode 1682
Air Date: 1/11/2025
Today, we look back to the warnings we gave ourselves at the beginning of the first Trump administration. In 2017 there was conce…
1 year ago
Trump's American Imperialism: Threatening Friends and Annoying Neighbors
Episode 1681
Air Date 1/8/2025
Trump's first term was marked by all of the friendships he built with some of the world's worst, most oppressive leaders. His secon…
1 year ago
Bonus Edition: Transgressive Thoughts in a Villain Era
Episode 332
Air Date: 1-6-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- Why people love villains
- How plutocracy kills
- Why the path forward is through mem…
1 year ago
The US puts the Hell in Health Care: For-profit insurance, Pharma, and the hatred and conspiracies they breed
Episode 1680
Air Date 1/4/2025
The murder of a health insurance CEO being met with widespread approval and the risk of going backward on life-saving vaccines pret…
1 year ago
Destroying Education and Democracy for Fun and Profit (Throwback)
Episode 1554
Original Air Date: 4/19/2023
Today, we take a look at the history and present of the interconnected movements to privatize education and dismantle de…
1 year ago
The Middle East War Process: Syria's Transition, Israel's Expansion, and Beyond
Episode 1679
Air Date 12/28/2024
Decades of dictatorial rule in Syria have come to an end, leading to something else to be determined. Israel sprang into action t…
1 year ago
Wrestling with Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism (Throwback)
Episode 1566
Original Air Date: 6/13/2023
Today, we take a look at the struggle to act ethically, at least by our own measure if there's not a universally-agreed …
1 year ago
Bonus Edition: The Realignment Will Make You Seasick
Episode 331
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Air Date: 12-23-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon (Erin was again missed) discuss:
- The Realignm…
1 year ago
Trump's Total Dominance Over the Republican Party and the Resistance Efforts Already Underway
Episode 1678
Air Date 12/20/2024
There's no denying that things are about to get bad, Trump and company have had years to prepare for their next turn in office, …
1 year ago
Dems Can't Have Their Billionaires and Beat Them Too: The politics of anti-elitism
Episode 1677
Air Date 12/17/2024
Changing the direction of a political party doesn't happen overnight and it usually takes a major disrupting event to shake it ou…
1 year ago