Air Date: 5–3-2020
Today we take a look at the unique, profound dysfunction at the heart of the train wreck that is Trump's response to the Coronavirus. Plus, we explore the death cult that is the group of people still supporting the president.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Memory Hole - On the Media - Air Date 4-18-20
McKay Coppins [@mckaycoppins], staff writer at The Atlantic, on the latest pivots in the Trump administration's ever-evolving "disinformation architecture."
Mehdi talks with Glenn Kirschner about Trump's inaction and misinformation that is leading to deaths.
We look at how President Trump led the country to this point with Eric Lipton, lead author of The New York Times’s explosive new exposé, “He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus.”
Ch. 4: Warnings To The White House - Frontline - Air Date 4-10-20
Trump and the government's response to the Pandemic are explored.
Ch. 5: Explaining why he can't do that but just did anyway - The Bugle - Air Date 4-18-20
The answer to everything strange in America is slavery.
In The Fifth Risk, Lewis portrayed Donald Trump as a man totally ignorant of and disinterested in the actually functioning of the federal government.
President Donald Trump says he will cut U.S. support for the World Health Organization. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet medical journal, called it a “crime against humanity.”
Ch. 8: Bleach? Nevermind - The Bugle - Air Date 4-25-20
Andy, Nish and Hari attempt to make sense of another week of transatlantic buffoonery.
Ch. 9: Is the Trump Cult a Death Cult? - Deconstructed with Mehdi Hasan - Air Date 3-25-20
The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss the President’s continuing refusal to take the Covid-19 pandemic seriously.
Jared Yates Sexton reflects on his childhood and life in Trumplandia and the power that Trump’s cult holds over so many white right-wing so-called “Christians.”
Tim Wise reflects on how only white men such as Donald Trump and his cabal could still be viewed as competent given their gross and willful negligence in how they chose to (not) respond to the pandemic.
Joshua Kahn Russell joins us to analyze the reopen America protests.
Kurt Andersen, the author of Fantasyland, explains what happens when the departure from empirical, reality-based thought plays out during a global pandemic.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 14: Final comments on my use of The Al Franken Show
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions):
- Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
- Haena - Cloud Harbor
- Arizona Moon - Cholate
- Decompression - Rayling
- Waterbourne - Algea Fields
- Molly Molly - Barstool
- Take a Tiny Train - Ray Catcher
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7.1 The Spinnet - Castle Danger
- Tar and Spackle - Plaster
- Denzel Sprak - CloudCover
- Feather on the Crest - Wax Museum
- Interlude - The Nocturne
- Tripoli - Pecan Grove
- Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
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No one can understand the depth of the brainwashing by FOX.
I recently was hospitalized with covid. I was to weak to eat or drink and was in and out of consciousness.
I had to go to rehab from there, but I’m finally home.
I spoke to my mother this week, who ignored my month of devastation, and instead complained about having to stay in by herself. I agreed it’s hard, but added that the drastic measures are needed.
She said that the country was making a mountain out of a molehill and that covid is little more than the flu. I noted that I will have long-lasting effects from my bout, including palsy in my hands and worsened vertigo. I reminded her that covid killed my brother-in-law and six people where I live.
She dismissed the deaths noting that the victims were old people and should be ready to die anyway.
I asked her to listen to a few stations other than FOX, that she was getting misinformation. Young people are being hurt. People living active lives were killed. This covid is ravaging our country.
She replied: “I don’t want to talk politics with you.”
I had to hang up.
Recycledgrandma from Brighton, MA