Air Date: 5-6-2025

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The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month we look at government surveillance overreach, challenges facing immigrant and refugee communities, the shifting landscape of American culture brought on by Christian Nationalism and the emerging broligarchy, and grassroots movements challenging institutional power.

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PART 1: GOVERNMENT POWER & ITS MISUSE

#1697 The Trump World Order: Are we the Baddies?

1: Global Chess Europe's Unity Strengthens While American Trade Policy Falters - The Tristan Snell Show - Air Date 3-6-25

2: Trumps On-and-Off-Again Tariffs, and Decoding Make America Healthy Again - On the Media - Air Date 3-7-25

3: After restarting aid to Ukraine, U.S. will present ceasefire proposal to Russia - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 3-11-25

4: Global Chess Europe's Unity Strengthens While American Trade Policy Falters Part 2 - The Tristan Snell Show - Air Date 3-6-25

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(00:27:13) #1699 A Government Of the People, By the People, and Weaponized Against the People

5: Special - The Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil w/ Spencer Ackerman - American Prestige - Air Date 3-12-25

6: John Harwood on Trump's attack on free speech: ‘Everyone in civil society needs to stand up' - Velshi - Air Date 3-6-24

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(00:41:10) #1704 Weaponization and Capitulation: Trump vs Immigrants, Universities, and Media

7: Free Mahmoud Khalil with Ben Wizner and Baher Azmy - At Liberty - Air Date 3-26-25

8: Mahmoud Khalil and a New Red Scare. Plus, Press Freedom Under Threat. - On The Media - Air Date 3-14-25

9: Trump and the Courts w Samuel Moyn - Behind the News - Air Date 3-7-25

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(01:05:30) #1706 Trump's Kafkaesque Deportation Nightmare is the Shame of the Nation

10: Are Trump Administration Officials in Criminal Contempt - Strict Scrutiny - Air Date 4-21-25

11: Sen. Van Hollen on Meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador & Escalating Constitutional Crisis - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-21-25

12: Trump's Real Plan With El Salvador Revealed - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 4-15-25

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PART 2: VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES & CIVIL RIGHTS

(01:29:29) #1700 Dehumanizing Trans People is Always the First Step for Fascists

13: The fight to protect LGBTQ+ rights from Trump - Politics Weekly America - Air Date 1-31-25

14: Imperialism and Totalitarianism Go Hand in Hand M. Gessen on Trumps Policies at Home & Abroad - Democracy Now! - Air Date 3-14-25

15: The Fight for Trans Futures - In The Thick - Air Date 12-12-24

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(01:49:55) #1705 Threatened Social Safety Nets Are Foundational to Healthy Societies

16: INTERVIEW: Tim Faust on Defending Medicaid - The Worst of All Possible Worlds Part 1 - Air Date 3-31-25

17: Important HHS services "will grind to a halt" with cuts, former Secretary Sebelius says - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 4-2-25 

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PART 3: CULTURAL & SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION

(02:03:47) #1702 Destroying Education, Boosting Christian Nationalism: Rewriting the Past and Hamstringing the Future

18: Donald Trump is Rewriting the Past. Plus, the Christian Groups Vying for Political Power - On The Media - Air Date 2-17-25

19: How to Stand Up to Project 2025 and Save Public Education - Assembly Required - Air Date 12-12-24

20: Make America Great Again means segregation - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 3-25-25

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(02:24:21) #1703 The Broligarchy and the Rise of Techno-Feudalism

21: Capitalism Has Mutated Into Something Worse with Yanis Varoufakis - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 2-7-24

22: How Technofacism is Rooted in Silicon Valley / Becca Lewis Part 1 - This Is Hell! - Air Date 2-11-25

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PART 4: OPPOSITION & RESISTANCE

(02:39:54) #1698 Resistance is Not Futile: Support the collective revolt against Trumpism (Special Podcasthon!)

23: Republicans finally go NUCLEAR over town hall disasters - Brian Tyler Cohen - Air Date 3-5-25

24: Massive Crowds Show For Bernie Sanders In Trump States - The Rational National - Air Date 2-24-25

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(02:53:32) #1701 Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: Installing the Backbone Democrats Need

25: 'Now is the time to break glass’: Chris Hayes reacts to Schumer interview 'Now is the time to break glass’: Chris Hayes reacts to Schumer interview - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 3-19-25

26: WATCH: Crowd ROARS As AOC Lays Out Fighting Strategy For Democratic Party - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 3-23-25

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