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The Fight for Workers: Oligarchy and its Bipartisan Enablers
Episode 1716
Air Date 6/18/2025
Critics of capitalism like us often advocate for the system to come to an end and be replaced with another that aligns better with…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
New Tech and the New Luddite Movement; Inequitable Distribution of Benefits from New Technology Always Sparks Demands from Labor and AI is Rekindling the Old Arguments (Throwback)
Episode 1612
Original Air Date: 2-20-2024
"Luddite" should never have become the epithet that it is as the Luddites were never afraid of or opposed to technologic…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Weaponization of Antisemitism and Counterproductive Violence
Episode 1715
Air Date: 6-11-2025
Following the 2023 attack and counterattack between Israel and Hamas which brought the simmering conflict into the mainstream of …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
SOLVED! - Culture War Distractions While the Oligarchs Rob You Blind
Episode 11
Air Date: 6-8-25
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Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
The …7 months ago
Trump's Anti-Knowledge Agenda is Inviting the Next Authoritarian Dark Age
Episode 1714
Air Date 6/6/2025
Today, Trump's administration is doing everything in its power to end the era of educational dominance the US has enjoyed for decad…
7 months ago
The rise of fascism around the world driven by economic insecurity (Throwback)
Episode 1597
Original Air Date: 12-8-2023
Neoliberalism has created a lot of economic suffering and insecurity in addition to weakened social ties over the past f…
7 months, 1 week ago
SOLVED! - The Old Guard is Dying
Episode 10
Air Date: 6–2-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
The role of art in political movements and moments under capitalism The problems with …7 months, 1 week ago
Yes, GOP Policies Really Are That Bad: Trump's Corruption and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Episode 1713
Air Date 5/30/2025
Given the overwhelming weirdness of Trump and his malfeasant style of governance, it would be perfectly understandable for casual …
7 months, 1 week ago
Eugenics Redux: A Gilded Age Ideology Brought Back for the Second Gilded Age
Episode 1712
Air Date 5/27/2025
Slippery slope arguments persist because good ideas taken to extremes become bad ones. Eugenics exemplifies this—often starting wi…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
SPECIAL MEMBERS EDITION! Myths, Vampires, and Sinners (the movie!) - SPOILERS!
Air Date: 5-26-25
*CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE "SINNERS"*
You thought you were going to listen to SOLVED! today, and you're not alone. We also th…
7 months, 2 weeks ago