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If Facebook Crashes, Does The World End? Oct 05, 2021

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the effect the Pandora Papers have had on the world, considering how many wealthy people intentionally hide their money all over the world- including South Dakota. They then turn their focus on Krysten Sinema and Joe Manchin, two senators hellbent on holding up the process of passing Joe Biden's agenda.

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WEEKENDER PREVIEW: The Senate and Neoliberalism in Crisis Oct 01, 2021

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Nick Hauselman is out of town, so Jared Yates Sexton flies solo in this Weekender episode, going deeper into Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema's opposition in the Senate, detailing the history of neoliberalism and how its crisis is holding us all hostage, and checking in on some truly horrendous exploitation in Vietnam.

Pete Dominick On The GOP's Willingness To Default The Gov't Sep 28, 2021

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman welcome back Pete Dominick of the Stand Up! with Pete Dominick Podcast to discuss the debt ceiling and whether the Republicans will force a government shutdown to own the libs.

Haitian Refugees Cause GOP To Advance White Replacement Theory Sep 24, 2021

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Jared and Nick expand upon the Haitian crisis both at the Southern border and in Haiti itself, which is remarkable in that it touches upon so much of the fear and anger rooted in the GOP itself.

Turns Out Trump Was Crazier Than We Thought Sep 21, 2021

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the bombshell reporting from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's new book, detailing a mini-coup from JCOS Milley and Vice President Pence's ol' college try to overturn the election.

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How Capitalism Breaks The Planet: Kate Aronoff Sep 17, 2021

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Jared and Nick host Kate Aranoff, author of Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet--And How We Fight Back, to discuss how the nature of our monetary system is set up to destroy the environment.

Trump's Day Out On 9/11 Sep 14, 2021

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss Donald Trump's appearances as a boxing commentator and a Moonies convention - on a day when almost every other living president spent this solemn moment commemorating those who lost their lives on 9/11 twenty years ago.

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9/11 Twenty Years Later: LIVE Show Sep 10, 2021

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Jared and Nick discuss their memories of 9/11 as it unfolded and then trace the history of events that led up to the disastrous day, and how it connects to a lot of political unrest we see today.

The Media Continues To Let The Right Win Sep 07, 2021

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss how the media consistently portrays the right, and the very real danger the Democrats have of losing control of their agenda despite broad support across the country. It gets worse as they portray President Biden as out of touch and unempathetic to our troops.

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SCOTUS Attacks Abortion And Democracy Sep 03, 2021

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Jared and Nick discuss the 5-4 decision to allow a new Texas law to stand, which would enable private citizens to sue anyone involved in helping a woman have an abortion any time after 6 weeks into her pregnancy. There are long term ramifications to democracy baked into the decisions this court is making, and they try to make sense of it all.

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