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Air Date: 8–28-25
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AOL Dial-Up Ending Reminds Us That All Empires Collapse Eventually - Kotaku
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
What's Behind the Rejection of Science? - American Laboratory
Attacks on the U.S. Innovation Ecosystem Are an Attack on a Wellspring of American Prosperity - American Progress
The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump - NY Times
Science Caught in a Rip Tide: How Authoritarianism Sweeps Away Evidence-Based Policy - USC.org
This 1938 pro-science manifesto defended democracy against fascism - Big Think
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Air Date 8/27/2025
RFK Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again movement aren't completely wrong about everything, they often identify the larger structural problems with the US health industrial complex even if their proposed solutions are wildly off the mark. But the problem they failed to see coming when partnering with Trump and the Republicans is that they're only going to be allowed to misguidedly defund and dismantle parts of the government that support health which is in line with the broader burn-it-all-down vibes of the MAGA movement, but under no circumstances will they be allowed to implement new regulations that might actually do the public some good at the expense of corporate interests because that would go against the pro-corporate/deregulation obsession of the Republican Party. So, MAHA might be a mixed bag but what the country is getting is a lose/lose.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: RFK Jr. Is Putting American Lives At Risk Part 1 - What A Day - Air Date 8-8-25
KP 2: What the Wellness Industry Doesn't Want You to Know Part 1 - More Perfect Union - Air Date 8-4-25
KP 5: The Nutrition Lies We All Fell For Part 1 - Rich Roll - Air Date 8-11-25
KP 6: Dr. Mikes Fight to Save Medicine From RFK Jr. Part 1 - Bulwark Takes - Air Date 8-4-24
(00:53:06) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On why regulations are written in blood
DEEPER DIVES
(01:01:33) SECTION A: MAHA AGENDA
A3: 270 Kennedy's Bloodbath Part 1 - Conspirituality - Air Date 8-14-25
A4: RFK Jr.'s New Vaccine Advisors Signal Big Changes to Come - Short Wave - Air Date 6-30-25
A5: RFK Jr. Is Putting American Lives At Risk Part 2 - What A Day - Air Date 8-8-25
A6: 270 Kennedy's Bloodbath Part 2 - Conspirituality - Air Date 8-14-25
(01:53:49) SECTION B: THE GRIFTERS
B1: What the Wellness Industry Doesn't Want You to Know Part 2 - More Perfect Union - Air Date 8-4-25
B2: Make America Healthy Again Part 1 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Air Date 8-18-25
B3: The Nutrition Lies We All Fell For Part 2 - Rich Roll - Air Date 8-11-25
B4: Dr. Mikes Fight to Save Medicine From RFK Jr. Part 2 - Bulwark Takes - Air Date 8-4-24
B5: Make America Healthy Again Part 2 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Air Date 8-18-25
(02:36:28) SECTION C: CON-TRADICTORY POLICIES
C1: The Nutrition Lies We All Fell For Part 3 - Rich Roll - Air Date 8-11-25
C2: 4 Ways SNAP Benefits Will Change After Trump's Big Policy Act - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 8-9-25
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Description: Composite image showing a circular screen grab showing from HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wearing the MAHA hat and pulling down the brim to show the "Make America Healthy Again" text, on a green background.
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Air Date 8/24/2025
The nature of politics and public policy is that there's always a need to balance opposing interests. Almost nowhere is there a more intractable set of opposing interests than in the attempt to protect children from harmful content on the internet while maintaining free access to adults, particularly because people wildly disagree about what qualifies as harmful and what degree of privacy invasion is an acceptable tradeoff.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Age Verification Will Kill Free Speech Online - Taylor Lorenz - Air Date 6-6-25
KP 2: Can the UK Child-proof the Internet? - Front Burner - Air Date 7-31-25
(00:46:37) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the need to demand serious arguments about serious issues
DEEPER DIVES
(00:52:04) SECTION A: AGE VERIFICATION
(01:19:18) SECTION B: SAVE THE CHILDREN
(01:45:50) SECTION C: CENSORSHIP
(02:20:34) SECTION D: ANTI-PORN AGENDA
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Description: Photo of a stack of protest signs that say "Fight for your digital rights!"
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Air Date 8/20/2025
There's been a faction of conservatives who have been trying to instill king-like powers into the presidency for a long time, so it shouldn't be surprising that Trump is getting so much help from the packed court and the apparatchiks in the states who are more than happy to turn their precious federalism on its head as long as their king is in charge.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Justifying Democracy w/ Osita Nwanevu - The Majority Report - Air Date 8-11-25
KP 2: Texas Hold Dems - Today, Explained - Air Date 8-7-25
KP 4: Bruce Bueno De Mesquita The Five Rules of Power Politics - Big Think - Air Date 5-13-12
KP 5: When Unaccountable People Come for Your Vote - Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick - Air Date 7-26-25
(00:50:56) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On how fascists run interference
DEEPER DIVES
(01:03:07) SECTION A: GRIFT AND FORCE
A2: Trump Threatens National Guard Deployment to DC - DSR Daily - Air Date 8-11-25
A3: Loyalty Over Competence At Trump's Justice Department - What A Day - Air Date 7-31-25
A4: Trump Deploys National Guard - HasanAbi - Air Date 8-14-25
(02:00:53) SECTION B: GERRYMANDERING
B1: Republicans Ramp Redistricting Fight up to a 10 - No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen - Air Date 8-10-25
B3: TEXAS HOLD DEMS Part 2 - Today, Explained - Air Date 8-7-25
B6: Justifying Democracy w/ Osita Nwanevu Part 2 - The Majority Report - Air Date 8-11-25
(02:52:39) SECTION C: COURTS
C1: Stacking the Bench with Creeps and Kooks - Strict Scrutiny - Air Date 8-4-25
C3: When Unaccountable People Come for Your Vote Part 2 - Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick - Air Date 7-26-25
C4: Stacking the Bench with Creeps and Kooks Part 2 - Strict Scrutiny - Air Date 8-4-25
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Air Date: 8–19-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
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States Have More Data About You Than the Feds Do. Trump Wants to See It. - NY Times
Trump Announces Plan to Launch Private Health Tracking System With Big Tech Firms - Time
HIV & Civil Rights: A Report from the Frontlines of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic - ACLU
'A disaster waiting to happen' — Cybersecurity experts react to UK age verification law - Toms Guide
UK Age Verification Laws: How to Comply & Stay Safe in 2025 - WizCase
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Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling 'Porn' Games. Critics Say It's a Slippery Slope to More Censorship - Wired
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SOLVED! #7 - The Deficiency of Efficiency: Why govt is inefficient BY DESIGN, & more - SOLVED! (Recorded April 2025)
All 2025 Health Information Data Breaches (Source: HHS.gov)
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Air Date 8/16/2025
There's the old Douglas Adams quote stating that, "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job" which is a good general rule to live by. But then there are the real baddies, those would-be leaders who possess one or more of the dark triad of traits that spells real doom for the societies that elevate them to power: narcissism, psychopathy, and machiavellianism. Today we compare and contrast Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Benjamin Netanyahu. Xi Jinping also fits nicely on this list as an honorable mention but happens to not be part of the focus today.
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KP 1: The World War II Lessons Trump, Putin, & Netanyahu Actually Learned - Tad Stoermer - Air Date 8-8-25
KP 3: Totally Unexpected - HasanAbi - Air Date 8-7-25
KP 5: Kyiv-based Analyst: 'Ukraine Is Being Sidelined From Talks' - LBC - Air Date 8-10-25
KP 7: Donald Trump Wants to Seize Your Reality - Mother Jones - Air Date 8-8-25
(00:49:39) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On why humanity is better than we seem and how we can save ourselves
'Self-termination is most likely': the history and future of societal collapse
DEEPER DIVES
(00:57:15) SECTION A: TRUMP THE LIAR
A1: Trump Rejects Reality - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 8-5-25
A2: Trump Pushes Forward with Revenge Presidency - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 8-8-25
A4: Trump Vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics - The Journal. - Air Date 8-4-25
A5: Trump Thinks You're Very Stupid - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 8-9-25
(01:32:17) SECTION B: NETANYAHU THE MANIPULATOR
B2: Why Bibi Netanyahu Is on Trial - ABC News In-depth - Air Date 4-26-24
B3: DEBUNKED: 14 Israeli LIES About Gaza Famine - Owen Jones - Air Date 8-8-25
B4: Mehdi Hasan Explains Why the War in Gaza Wont End Soon - LBC -Air Date 8-5-25
(02:09:13) SECTION C: PUTIN THE STRATEGIST
C2: What Happens When You Confront Putin in Public - Penguin History - Air Date 8-7-25
C3: Why Putin Is so Hard to Overthrow - Search Party - Air Date 8-18-23
(02:27:11) SECTION D: MYTHS COLLAPSE
D2: America's Authoritarian Turn - Harvard Radcliffe Institute - Air Date 3-3-25
D4: How Gaza Exposes The Myths Of The System - Andrewism - Air Date 8-5-25
(03:07:29) SECTION E: THE MEN BEHIND THE THRONE
E1: Who's the Man Who Has Putin's Ear? - NewsNation - Air Date 4-8-22
E4: Aleksandr Dugin: The Far-right Theorist Behind Putins Plan - 60 Minutes - Air Date 4-12-22
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Description: A composite image of a pleased-looking Trump holding up a triangle that says "The Dark Triad" in the center, and "Narcissism", "Machiavellianism", and "Psychopathy" along each side. Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Benjamin Netanyahu are pictured underneath.
Credit: "The Dark Triad" by Manitee71, Wikimedia Commons, License: CC-By-SA 4.0 | "Putin-politics-kremlin-russia" by DimitroSevastopol, Pixabay, License: Pixabay | "Xi Jinping 2019" by Palácio do Planalto, Wikimedia Commons, License: CC-BY-SA 4.0 | "31/03/2019 Jantar na Residência do Primeiro-Ministro de Israel" by Palácio do Planalto, Flickr, License: CC-BY-2.0
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Air Date 8/12/2025
The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month, we're covering the full spectrum of authoritarian threats—military in the streets, surveillance in our phones, conspiracies in our feeds, and corruption at the top—before turning to the grassroots organizers and Democratic Socialists who are building the resistance and winning.
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PART 1: DIRECT STATE VIOLENCE
(00:01:34) #1719 - The Fascist Playbook: Immigrants, Brown Shirts, and the Backlash
1: Tanks on DC's Streets and a Us Senator in Handcuffs - Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick - Air Date 6-14-25
(00:22:14) #1722 - Imbalance of Powers: The Supreme Court and Executive Branch Collude for Unchecked Power Grab
4: SCOTUS May End Birth Right Citizenship Soon - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 6-30-25
5: The Injunction Ban, Explained - Leeja Miller - Air Date 6-30-25
PART 2: SYSTEMIC DESTRUCTION
(00:39:30) #1723 - Scam Nation: Trumpism is the Art of Screwing You Over in Every Way Possible
8: The Real Reason Investors Are Going All in on Palantir - More Perfect Union - Air Date 6-24-25
(01:02:26) #1721 - The Evolution of the Military Industrial Complex: Now with AI!
12: The REAL Reason Investors Are Going All In on Palantir - More Perfect Union - Air Date 6-24-25
PART 3: REALITY MANIPULATION
(01:23:14) #1725 - A Flood of Disinformation: A World of Climate Change and Conspiracies
13: Flooding Is Common in Texas Hill Country. This Was Different - Consider This - Air Date 7-7-25
14: Why Kristi Noems Incompetence Matters - Bulwark Takes - Air Date 7-10-25
15: The Real Conspiracy Behind the Texas Floods - More to the Story - Air Date 7-16-25
(01:42:48) #1726 - Epstein Forever: Trump flails as criticism finally comes from inside the MAGA house
17: Epstein Conspiracy, or Epstein Conspiracy Theory? - Radio Atlantic - Air Date 7-7-25
19: We Tracked Every Visitor to Epstein Island - Wired - Air Date 11-22-24
Part 4: Global Chaos
(02:12:24) #1718 - On the Path to Destruction: Israel Attacks Iran as Support for War on Gaza Drops
(02:32:30) #1727 - Super-Powered Men For Good and Ill: Fascism, Media, and the Manoshpere
23: The Next Generation of Maga Influencers - Some More News - Air Date 5-28-25
24: Brief Mehdi Hasan vs Jordan Peterson - Conspirituality - Air Date 7-26-25
PART 5: BUILDING RESISTANCE
(02:54:25) #1720 - Building an Organized Left, the Eternal Oxymoron
25: Ralph Nader's Message to Doomers: "Stop Making Excuses!" - Current Affairs - Air Date 6-22-25
27: Is Protesting Ineffective? | Penny for Your Thoughts - Dasia Sade - Air Date 6-23-25
(03:21:46) #1724 - How to Socialism: Einstein liked socialism, you think you know better?
28: Mamdani's Spectacular Victory w/ Alan Minsk - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 7-2-25
30: Old Democrats Must Go or Trump Never Will - UNFTR Media - Air Date 7-15-25
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Air Date: 8–10-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon (Erin was on vacation!) discuss:
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Life in authoritarian states is mostly boring and tolerable - Vox
Rituals of Conformity in Nazi Germany - The Montreal Review
The Psychological Impact of Despotism on Citizens: Development Implications - GaradeSud
The Language of Surrender - Notes from the Circus
How to Live Under Authoritarianism (And Protect the People You Love) - Dispatch Revolution
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History shows that societies collapse when leaders undermine social contracts - Phys.org
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Air Date 8/10/2025
Trump has been condemning the media for all of his professional life and is pretty open about doing it so that people won't believe the negative press he so richly deserves. Now, with the power of the presidency, he's turned his battle with the press into a protection racket complete with payoffs and side deals in an attempt to turn the media into pro-Trump propaganda.
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PART 1: DIRECT STATE VIOLENCE
(00:01:34) #1719 - The Fascist Playbook: Immigrants, Brown Shirts, and the Backlash
1: Tanks on Dc's Streets and a Us Senator in Handcuffs - Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick - Air Date 6-14-25
(00:22:14) #1722 - Imbalance of Powers: The Supreme Court and Executive Branch Collude for Unchecked Power Grab
4: SCOTUS May End Birth Right Citizenship Soon - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 6-30-25
5: The Injunction Ban, Explained - Leeja Miller - Air Date 6-30-25
PART 2: SYSTEMIC DESTRUCTION
(00:39:30) #1723 - Scam Nation: Trumpism is the Art of Screwing You Over in Every Way Possible
8: The Real Reason Investors Are Going All in on Palantir - More Perfect Union - Air Date 6-24-25
(01:02:26) #1721 - The Evolution of the Military Industrial Complex: Now with AI!
12: The REAL Reason Investors Are Going All In on Palantir - More Perfect Union - Air Date 6-24-25
PART 3: REALITY MANIPULATION
(01:23:14) #1725 - A Flood of Disinformation: A World of Climate Change and Conspiracies
13: Flooding Is Common in Texas Hill Country. This Was Different Part 2- Consider This - Air Date 7-7-25
14: Why Kristi Noems Incompetence Matters - Bulwark Takes - Air Date 7-10-25
15: The Real Conspiracy Behind the Texas Floods - More to the Story - Air Date 7-16-25
(01:42:48) #1726 - Epstein Forever: Trump flails as criticism finally comes from inside the MAGA house
17: Epstein Conspiracy, or Epstein Conspiracy Theory? - Radio Atlantic - Air Date 7-7-25
19: We Tracked Every Visitor to Epstein Island - Wired - Air Date 11-22-24
Part 4: Global Chaos
(02:12:24) #1718 - On the Path to Destruction: Israel Attacks Iran as Support for War on Gaza Drops
(02:32:30) #1727 - Super-Powered Men For Good and Ill: Fascism, Media, and the Manoshpere
23: The Next Generation of Maga Influencers - Some More News - Air Date 5-28-25
24: Brief Mehdi Hasan Vs Jordan Peterson - Conspirituality - Air Date 7-26-25
PART 5: BUILDING RESISTANCE
(02:54:25) #1720 - Building an Organized Left, the Eternal Oxymoron
25: Ralph Nader's Message to Doomers: "stop Making Excuses!" - Current Affairs - Air Date 6-22-25
27: Is Protesting Ineffective? | Penny for Your Thoughts - Dasia Sade - Air Date 6-23-25
(03:21:46) #1724 - How to Socialism: Einstein liked socialism, you think you know better?
28: Mamdani's Spectacular Victory W/ Alan Minsk - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 7-2-25
30: Old Democrats Must Go or Trump Never Will - Unftr Media - Air Date 7-15-25
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Air Date 8/6/2025
Today's slate of topics may feel disjointed at first until you realize that they're not. We set out to produce an episode in which we explored powerful men and those who look up to them from various angles and so that ended up including both real and fictional men from supervillains to superheroes.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: What Does Trump See in Putin? Part 1 - The Foreign Affairs Interview - Air Date 3-14-25
KP 3: Russia's Indoctrination Machine Ft. Ian Garner Part 1 - The New Liberal Podcast - Air Date 5-31-25
KP 4: The Next Generation of Maga Influencers Part 1 - Some More News - Air Date 5-28-25
KP 6: Super Mad About Superman Part 1 - Today, Explained - Air Date 7-18-25
KP 7: Brief Mehdi Hasan Vs Jordan Peterson Part 1 - Conspirituality - Air Date 7-26-25
KP 8: Mehdi Hasan Jubilee Debate Left Me Speechless Part 1 - Bulwark Takes - Air Date 7-22-25
(01:02:25) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On why supporting the rich and powerful is pathetic
DEEPER DIVES
(01:10:31) SECTION A: RUSSIA
(01:46:10) SECTION B: MANOSPHERE
(02:21:33) SECTION C: DEBATE CULTURE
(03:39:51) SECTION D: SUPERMAN/MEDIA
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