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Destroying Education and Democracy for Fun and Profit
Episode 1554
Air Date 4/19/2023
Today, we take a look at the history and present of the interconnected movements to privatize education and dismantle democracy.
B…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Nuremberg Trials of J.K. Rowling: Misogyny and Authoritarianism in the Bizarro World
Episode 1553
Air Date 4/16/2023
Today, we take a look at some of the arguments of the anti-trans feminist movement, known by its most prominent proponent, J.K. Ro…
3 years, 4 months ago
Elon Musk is Not Your Savior and He Is Actually Awful (Repost)
Episode 1484
Original Air Date 4/20/2022
Today we take a look at the bizarre halo effect that seems to surround Elon Musk and then thoroughly puncture it by just …
3 years, 4 months ago
Bonus Sample: Making Corrections
Episode 268
Original Air Date: 4-6-23
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss:
- Reactions to the Half Hour News Hour
- A layered conservative joke?
- Romance…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Cyberwar Did Not Begin with Cyber Pearl Harbor (Repost)
Episode 1480
Original Air Date 4/2/2022
Today we take a look at the modern reality of cyber war. It's not the mass destruction of attacks that were imagined to lo…
3 years, 4 months ago
Invasion of Iraq, 20 years later
Episode 1552
Air Date 3/31/2023
Today, we take a look at the history and legacy of the invasion of Iraq by the United States under George W. Bush and his administ…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Disinformation War We Are Not Fighting (Repost)
Episode 1476
Original Air Date 3/16/2022
Today we take a look at the dynamics of mis- and disinformation as well as the history of those, primarily Russia, who ar…
3 years, 4 months ago
Making sense of the senseless war in Ukraine
Episode 1551
Air Date 3/26/2023
Today, we take a look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the debate over continuing to support Ukraine heats up, an arrest warr…
3 years, 5 months ago
Bonus Edition: Absurdity on top of absurdity
Episode 267
Original Air Date: 3-23-23
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss:
- giving credit where due
- the mysteries of right-wing comedy through the age…
3 years, 5 months ago
Red States, Where Democracy Goes to Die and Terrible Legislation is Born
Episode 1550
Air Date 3/21/2023
Today, we take a look at how GOP-controlled states are subverting democracy with a form of "competitive autocracy" and some of the…
3 years, 5 months ago