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Original Air Date: 5/27/2022
Today we take a look at the disruptions to society that can unfold in times of economic distress such as high inflation, price gouging, wage stagnation and income inequality as well as some policy ideas for turning things around.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 2: You Are Being Lied to About Inflation - Robert Reich - Air Date 2-28-22
Ch. 9: Elon Musk's Billionaire Games - The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - Air Date 5-7-22
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Air Date 10/15/2024
Just as COVID tended to expose the preexisting fractures and inequalities in our society causing undue harm, supercharged by disinformation, so do natural disasters. And the impact of disinformation and conspiracy has only grown in recent years.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Election Denials, Asheville, Israel & Inequality. - Unf*cking The Republic - Air Date 10-25-24
KP 2: Meteorologist Guy Walton on Hurricane Milton's threat to Florida - The Bradcast - Air Date 10-8-24
(54:00) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On how to work with distrust in government
DEEPER DIVES
(58:58) SECTION A - NATURAL DISASTERS
(1:09:28) SECTION B - INTERSECTIONAL ISSUES
(1:31:26) SECTION C - POLITICS
(1:45:45) SECTION D: TRUMP AND DISINFORMATION
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Watercolor-style illustration of people of all abilities on a Main St. with houses and trees, and smaller groups of people sitting together.
Credit: "ai generated inclusion community" by Franz26, Pixabay | License: Pixabay
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Air Date: 10-14-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - A member voicemail about autopilot cars - Some call backs, including JD Vance being unsurprisingly weird with his dog - The frustrating shift in the Kamala Harris campaign - Biden's continuous blundering of Israel's war on Gaza - The historical precedent for Harris to depart from Biden on Israel war policy ASAP
REFERENCES: Finally, The New York Times Is Getting Real About Trump's Mental...Status
An Entirely Necessary Investigation Into JD Vance's Relationship With His Dog, Atlas
Professional Dog Walkers Aren't Sure JD Vance Has Ever Walked—or Even Met—His Dog Before
Kamala Harris Is Taking a Big Risk by Playing It Safe
Joe Biden Chose This Catastrophic Path Every Step of the Way
Netanyahu Doesn't Care About His Friendship With Biden
Biden Gives Shocking Answer on Potential Israeli Election Interference
Biden May Be the President Who Kills the Two-State Solution
Biden's Gaza policy is a liability for Kamala Harris. She must break with Biden now
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Air Date 10/11/2024
Humans insatiable need for increasing amounts of energy and our tendency to want to at least have the option to wipe entire populations off the map has led to a renewed age of risks related to nuclear power, nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, and nuclear fallout.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Can clean energy handle the AI boom? - Vox - Air Date 10-1-24
KP 2: Why Nuclear Energy Is On The Verge Of A Renaissance - CNBC - Air Date 6-7-22
KP 3: Is Nuclear Energy the solution? - Our Changing Climate - Air Date 5-10-19
KP 6: Are we facing a new nuclear arms race? - This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler - Air Date 9-17-24
(47:23) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the nature of humans and energy use
DEEPER DIVES
(54:59) SECTION A - ENERGY
(1:31:22) SECTION B - CLIMATE
(1:56:40) SECTION C - RISK
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: A photo of two, active nuclear power plant towers on the bank of a river at sunset.
Credit: "nuclear power plant, Rhine, flow" by distelAPPArath, Pixabay | License: Pixabay
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Presenting an episode of 'To See Each Other,' a show that complicates the narrative about small town Americans in our most misunderstood, and often abandoned, communities. This season, host George Goehl travels to Lincoln County, Wisconsin to follow a small town battle for the last remaining public nursing home in the community. It's a heart-pounding roller coaster of a fight - in a swing state that could determine the election. Over the course of the show, a universal truth emerges: That in every complicated set of politics, when we refuse to give up on each other, we can build a better future.
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Air Date 10/8/2024
Immigration dominates our politics in the worst way because one side benefits from lying about it and the other can't get their messaging together to create an effective rebuttal. Opposing immigration and stoking blatantly racist arguments doesn't just make the right bad or unsavory, it also makes them wrong on literally all of the facts.
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KEY POINTS
KP 4: Did Donald TRUMP Make Germany RACIST Again - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 9-27-24
KP 6: Trump's rhetoric on immigrants gets even darker - The ReidOut - Air Date 9-27-24
(55:21) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On what Democrats need to do on immigration messaging
Articles:
The Democrats' Shameful, Foolish Surrender on Immigration
Kamala Harris Needs to Meet the Moment and Reframe Our Poisonous Immigration Debate
DEEPER DIVES
(1:01:12) SECTION A - DISINFORMATION
(1:14:11) SECTION B - WHITE SUPREMACY
(1:37:38) SECTION C - LATINO ANTI-IMMIGRATION VIEWS
SHOW IMAGE CREDIT
Description: A stenciled image on a metal trailer structure shows the words "I stand with immigrants" in the shape of a rectangle.
Credit: "Stand with immigrants" by Quinn Dombrowski, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Added lower metal space and increased contrast.
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Air Date: 10-7-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The Today Show's take on viral phenom Moo Deng - The GOP's obsession with killing animals - How the media made a mess of Rashida Tlaib's comments and missed the key point - How some Nazi language is infiltrating left wing spaces & what to do about it - How to solve antisemitism
REFERENCES: Meet Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo taking the internet by storm
How the GOP Became the Party of Pet Slaughter
Anatomy of a Smear Campaign Against Rashida Tlaib
Fact-check: Tlaib did not say Nessel charged pro-Palestinian protesters because she's Jewish
Normalizing Nazi Rhetoric Won't Further the Goal of Palestinian Liberation
A Leftist Analysis of Antisemitism
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Air Date 10/4/2024
When women's value is seen only in relation to their ability to bear and raise children, you get policies that strip them of the right to choose whether that is something they actually want for themselves - the lived consequences are devastating.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: Where Did MAGA's 'Post-Birth' Abortion Claim Come From? - NowThis Impact - Air Date 9-12-24
KP 3: Woman Shares 'Trauma' of Abortion Bans During Senate Hearing - NowThis Impact - Air Date 9-24-24
KP 6: Texas Republicans ARE KILLING WOMEN!!! - Brittany Page - Air Date 9-26-24
KP 7: Everyone Loves Someone Who's Had an Abortion - The Defenders - Air Date 12-30-23
(48:52) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the further demands for reproductive justice
Articles:
We Need Better Than a Return to the Roe Status Quo
National Abortion Rights Groups Have the Wrong Priorities for Our Movement
Abortion Access Right Now Fund
DEEPER DIVES
(56:49) SECTION A: THE CASUALTIES
(1:32:58) SECTION B: RELIGION
(2:00:00) SECTION C: THE PUNISHMENT IS THE POINT
(2:26:03) SECTION D: BLACK WOMEN
(2:42:41) SECTION E: THE PUSHBACK
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: A protestor holds a hand-painted sign that says "Justices Lie. Women Die!" with a drawing of a coat hanger.
Credit: "220503_RoeVWade_Rally_Pittsburgh-100103" by Mark Dixon, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0
Air Date 10/1/2024
There's still no end in sight to Israel's war on its neighbors and the US continues its toothless efforts to de-escalate while maintaining seemingly unconditional support in spite of standing laws that should prevent our sale of weapons to any country committing war crimes - which Israel certainly it.
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KEY POINTS
(55:08) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the ease of misunderstanding when discussing Israel
Article: A Leftist Analysis of Antisemitism - Jacobin
DEEPER DIVES
(1:01:15) SECTION A: STATE TERRORISM
(1:27:44) SECTION B: GLOBAL COMPLICITY
(2:00:10) SECTION C: PROTESTS AND INDOCTRINATION
(2:14:13) SECTION D: RESISTANCE
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Description: A black and white photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making a speech with the flags of Israel and the United States behind him.
Credit: "Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in a joint press briefing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, April 12, 2021" by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders / U.S. Secretary of Defense, Wikimedia Commons | License: Public Domain
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Air Date: 9-29-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Why Cards Against Humanity is fighting Elon Musk - How car-related deaths have soared in the US - How partial automation tech in cars is making driving more dangerous - Why truck bloat(or C.O.U.S.s, if you prefer)is deadly - Surveillance CARpitalism that will blow your mind - The electric school bus fleets sweeping the nation - The fratzonic sound of the electric Dodge Charger
REFERENCES: "Cards Against Humanity Sues Elon Musk's SpaceX "With Great Vengeance and Furious Anger" For Trespassing"
"Cards Against Humanity Sues Elon Musk for 15 million dollars"
The Stubborn Problem of Cars Killing People
Tesla and Volvo drivers using partial automation tech were studied. Here are the results
The US finally takes aim at truck bloat
It's Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy
Electric school buses are the future we deserve
Here's what the new Dodge Charger Daytona's fake engine sounds like
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