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A Pivotal Moment for Big Tech, Both Old and New: Google Search, the A.I. Boom, Antitrust, and Regulation
Episode 1655
Air Date 9/13/2024
We've been living through the modern equivalent of the oil boom, back when poking a hole in the ground would make one of the world…
1 year, 11 months ago
Demographics of Democracy: Decoding cohorts of voters that will decide the election (Updated)
Episode 1654
Air Date 9/10/2024
It's said that we live in a melting pot here in the United States. Perhaps it's more of a salad bar, who knows? In any case, there…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bonus Sample: If you can't stand the heat, someone will profit from your misery
Episode 319
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Air Date: 9-8-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:
- la…
1 year, 11 months ago
Money-N-Politics: SuperPACS, Crypto, Billionaires, and Public Funding of Elections
Episode 1653
Air Date 9/6/2024
We're living in the world that dark money in politics and Citizen's United built. But since that Supreme Court ruling in 2010, we'v…
1 year, 11 months ago
How the GOP became the most destructive force in the world (Throwback)
Episode 1219
Original Air Date: 10/16/2018
Today we take a look at the distant and recent history of conservatism in America and beyond and follow the steps that …
1 year, 11 months ago
Bonus Sample: Staring Unblinkingly Into the Future
Episode 318
Air Date: 9-1-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:
- The ever-stranger headlines about RFK Jr. ...and dead animals
- The political philosop…
1 year, 11 months ago
Denial, Delusion, and Devastation: Israeli genocide made possible by a nurtured ignorance and deft dehumanization
Episode 1652
Air Date 8/30/2024
Israel's assault on Gaza is fueled by pain, rage, trauma... a desire for safety, a desire for revenge, the hope for the safe retur…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Politics of Migration in the Age of Insecurity: From the UK riots to GOP fear-mongering
Episode 1651
Air Date 8/27/2024
People feel lots of ways about immigration. Sometimes it's fear of the other, other times it's not about the people but just disma…
2 years ago
The Vibes Election Explained: Harris is up, Trump is down and Gaza will not be forgotten
Episode 1650
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 th…
2 years ago
Positive masculinity is a process that is underway (Throwback)
Episode 1579
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 hop…
2 years ago