#1651 The Politics of Migration in the Age of Insecurity: From the UK riots to GOP fear-mongering
Air Date: 8-27-2024
People feel lots of ways about immigration. Sometimes it's fear of the other, other times it's not about the people but just dismay over a broken system. The validity of these concerns and others certainly exist on a spectrum, some are utter bullshit and others aren't. Left-wing political parties tend to do a terrible job creating immigration policy - in that they just don't do it at all - while the right wing is all too happy to create and implement terrible policy. And given a choice between action and inaction, regardless of how misguided the proposed action is, people with concerns will choose action.
Read more#1650 The Vibes Election Explained: Harris is up, Trump is down and Gaza will not be forgotten
Air Date: 8-23-2024
The vibes of this election are nothing anyone could have predicted a month ago. And yet, some of the details have played out as though by a script. Democrats drink hope like ambrosia from the gods, Trump when confronted with reality initiates a full-blown meltdown, and everyone is doing their best to ignore the genocide in Gaza being carried out with our weapons.
Read more#1579 Positive masculinity is a process that is underway (Throwback)
Original Air Date: 8–23-2023
For decades, we have rightly been focused on dialing back endemic misogyny and poking holes in the patriarchy in the hopes of a new normal of gender relations emerging that would be genuinely healthier for everyone, not just women. But, with so much of the focus on the type of masculinity men and boys shouldn't embrace, we may have fallen short on giving positive direction to boys about what they should be and do.
Read more#1649 Race in America and the Moral Clarity of James Baldwin
Air Date: 8-17-2024
James Baldwin's 100th birthday passed by recently and we're using the occasion to draw on his moral clarity and eloquence while we assess the state of race in America
Read more#1648 Power Grabs, Elections Optional: The threat of minority rule through election denialism
Air Date: 8-13-2024
Spirits among Kamala Harris supporters, Democrats, and anyone opposing Trumpism are at an all-time high right now. That's both fortuitous and crucial to the upcoming election. By the very nature of Trumpism, this election will be the most flagrantly contested in history with far more Trump loyalists in place ready to throw wrenches in the works wherever they can. Nothing short of an overwhelming victory for the Harris/Waltz ticket is necessary to stave off a constitutional crisis.
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