#1369 The Business Model That Ate the World (Facebook)
Air Date: 9–22-2020
Today we take a look at the rising concern over Facebook as more and more negative impacts of the site become evident to an ever-expanding group of concerned people and, more specifically, we show how it is the fundamental business model of Facebook that is at the heart of its problems.
Read more#1368 Our Essential, Yet Disposable, Labor
Air Date: 9–18-2020
Today we take a look at some of the dynamics at play for some of the most vulnerable people in America who are doing much of the most essential work under the most precarious circumstances
Read more#1367 The Post Office and the Census, Unmaking the American Institutions That Most Bind Us Together
Air Date: 9–15-2020
Today we take a look at two of America's oldest institutions which are both under attack, the US Post Office and the Census. The clear through-line of the attacks on both is a classic struggle over power.
Read more#1366 The Great Unhousing of America
Air Date: 9–11-2020
Today we take a look at the easily predictable, yet growing, eviction crisis in America that is entirely thanks to a political and economic system that is structurally incapable of functioning for the benefit of people over profit.
Read more#1365 White Supremacy, Authoritarians, Trump and the Coming Election
Air Date: 9–8-2020
Today we take a look at the dynamics of the white nationalist movement, authoritarian psychology, the legacy of Richard Nixon and the uncertainty of a peaceful election.
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