#1536 Your Food Choices Are Not Your Food Choices
Air Date: 1–11-2023
Today, we take a look at the way unscientific guidelines, government subsidies, corporate propaganda, cultural context, capitalism, community stigma, and many actively and loudly wallowing in ignorance has shaped your personal food choices.
Read more#1535 We Don't Do Accountability (Trump and GOP Crimes That Go Unpunished)
Air Date: 1–7-2022
Today, we take a look at the criminal charges against Donald Trump that the January 6th Committee has referred to the DOJ but examine them through the lens of past presidential crimes that have gone unpunished from Nixon to George W. Bush
Read more#1534 Every Move You Make (Facial Recognition, TikTok, and Surveillance Capitalism 2.0)
Air Date: 1–3-2022
Today, we take a look at the emerging implementation of facial recognition technology in public and commercial spaces along with the tracking and "amplifagandizing" capabilities of TikTok
Read more#1451 The Foxification of American Media (Fox News 25th Anniversary) (Repost(
Air Date: 10–27-2021
Today we take a look at some of the ways that 25 years of Fox News has reshaped our media and political landscape. Crucially, understanding Fox isn't just about their influence on their conservative viewers but how they manage to hack the political conversation for the rest of us.
Read more#1533 How Theocracies Begin and End (Rise of the Far-Right + Demanding Women's Rights in Iran)
Air Date: 12–24-2022
Today, we compare the far-right religious extremists who are fighting to gain power in the US with the protests against the theocratic regime in Iran supporting women's rights in the country.
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