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Bonus Sample: At the Carwash: Living in a World Not Built for Humans
Episode 303
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Air Date: 5-16-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:
- How…
2 years, 3 months ago
Hitting Where it Hurts in Our Era of Negative Partisanship: Messaging left-wing politics amid cultish politics
Episode 1629
Air Date 5/15/2024
In an age of cultish in-group/out-group politics and media, we seek to find messaging for progressive partisans to achieve elector…
2 years, 3 months ago
New Era of Antitrust for a New Era of Capitalism, Mega-Corporations and Big Tech
Episode 1628
Air Date 5/11/2024
The effort to turn theory into practice that will open up new ways of thinking about antitrust lawsuits attempting to rein in big …
2 years, 3 months ago
#1627 Campus Protests and the Crackdown: Civil resistance against Israeli genocide in Gaza, responses from university presidents to Biden
Episode 1627
Air Date 5/7/2024
Civil resistance on campuses across the country against Israeli genocide in Gaza calling for cease fire and divestment, university …
2 years, 3 months ago
Bonus Sample: Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target lest it be mistaken for and contribute to that which it intends to criticize.
Episode 302
Air Date: 5-5-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:
- Jerry Seinfeld blaming the "extreme left" and "PC culture" for the death of sitcoms
- …
2 years, 3 months ago
Remix - Protest Crackdown: Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand and the Response is Predictable
Episode 1626
Air Date 5/3/2024
A look back at previous coverage of criminalizing protests, weaponizing civility, and violent responses to peaceful dissent.
Be par…
2 years, 3 months ago
Society of Extreme Wealth and its Discontents: Tax avoidance, wealth inequality and the detrimental effects felt by us all
Episode 1625
Air Date 5/1/2024
The past, present, and future of tackling the uselessness of extreme wealth by exposing and closing tax avoidance loopholes and pus…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bonus Sample: War Is the Continuation of Policy with Other Means
Episode 301
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Air Date: 4-29-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:
- how the film 'Civil War' intentionally avoids any spe…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Morality of Debt and Forgiveness (Throwback)
Episode 1513
Original Air Date 9/14/2022
Today, we take a look at the history and hysteria behind debt and debt forgiveness while Biden is canceling student debt …
2 years, 4 months ago
Island Fervor: Cuba and Haiti Struggle for Economic and Political Self-Determination in the Face of Respective Histories of Exploitation and Embargo
Episode 1624
Air Date 4/24/2024
Only by understanding the past can we understand the present and the histories of Cuba and Haiti have very stark lessons to impart…
2 years, 4 months ago