#1676 The Incompetence of Authoritarians: Trump's cabinet picks are all loyalty, no ability
Air Date: 12-13-2024
The most important thing to understand about authoritarian governance is that it is neither efficient nor competent, contrary to the myth. The problem lies with the need to hire people based on their unquestioning loyalty rather than any kind of demonstrated ability to do the jobs they're tasked with. The results are, unsurprisingly, chaos.
Read more#1675 Fighting Nihilism to Organize For Freedom Against Fascism
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.
Read more#1595 Pushing for Medicare For All in the Laboratories of Democracy (Throwback)
Original Air Date: 11-29-2023
The movement for universal health care is still underway, though it rarely gets recognized in mainstream discourse. The death of Medicare For All (M4A) activist Ady Barkan is an occasion worth using to look at the progress being made to improve our system of promoting the health of all people in the United States as well as efforts to rein in the power of big Pharma that's used to gouge the American people with exorbitant prices. So, that's what we're doing.
Read more#1674 #MenToo: The Make America Male Again Election and the Media Driving the Message
Air Date: 12-3-2024
At a time when there are very legitimate concerns about men's place in society, the Manosphere has stepped in to fill the gap in the cultural discussion to give an answer, not a good answer but an answer, to young men about modern masculinity which included a strong push to vote Trump.
Read more#1673 Beyond Thanksgiving: Telling Native Stories (Remix)
Air Date: 11-29-2024
Today’s episode is a remix of a 5-part series of episodes we did several years ago about telling native stories beyond what the US tends to share about its history. The series stretched from Columbus to the modern day and today we’re sharing the highlights reel of what stuck out to us looking back.
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