#1130 Schoolyard bully with nuclear weapons (Foreign Policy)
Air Date: 9-5-2017
Today we look at just a couple of the major international conflicts Donald Trump is severely under-qualified to navigate
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#1129 The free press has been bought (Corporate Media and Billionaires)
Air Date: 8-29-2017
Today we look at the systemic problem with advertiser-driven, for-profit media and how billionaires have begun exploiting the system to their own benefit even more
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#1128 Confronting fascism in the land of free speech
Air Date: 8-25-2017
Today we look at the constant struggle between the freedom to speak and the necessary limits placed on that freedom due to the rights of others to not be substantially harmed by that speech
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#1127 White supremacy requires violence and there is more to come (Charlottesville)
Air Date: 8-22-2017
Today we look at what may be the violent death throes of white supremacy. As Trump and the GOP embolden white supremacists to action and violence, the rest of the country is awoken to the need to deal swiftly and decisively with the relics of our racist past
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#1126 Explaining the concept you need to understand, Neoliberal Economics
Air Date: 8-15-2017
Today we look at the origins, underpinnings and effects of neoliberal economic thinking and policies. #1, it has nothing to do with who Americans think of as “liberals”. #2, both major US political parties are on board with it to varying degrees. #3, it’s pretty much what everyone in the world is pissed off about without necessarily knowing that there’s a name for it
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