Air Date: 12-10-2024
In a moment of darkness, it's important to not only look for light but also understand how to create your own. Today we're exploring the philosophy of Tragic Optimism, the differing frameworks of freedom-from and freedom-to, and the slow progress of democracy but also the organizing strategies that are themselves the best coping mechanisms and path to progress.
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KEY POINTS
KP 3: How To Fight Fascism In America - Why, America? with Leeja Miller - Air Date 11-20-24
KP 4: Timothy Snyder: Is Freedom Misunderstood? - The Agenda - Air Date 10-9-24
KP 5: Neoliberalism Borrowed From Lenin, Why Can’t We? - Unf*cking The Republic - Air Date 11-22-24
(49:55) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
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DEEPER DIVES
(52:31) SECTION A - ORGANZING
A1: Organizing in Rural America (w/ Luke Mayville) - Know Your Enemy - Air Date 11-27-24
(1:11:16) SECTION B - COPING
B3: How To Spot Authoritarianism — and Choose Democracy | Ian Bassin - TED - Air Date 6-18-24
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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