#1320 The Rise and Inevitable Fall of Neoliberalism (Repost)
Air Date: 11–20-2019
Today we take a look at how Neoliberalism was born, how it was maintained and why it is on the verge of collapse.
Read more#1269 Following the thread of the global Great Transition (Repost)
Air Date: 5–3-2019
Today we take a look at several topics that, at first glance, may seem to be unrelated but that I think are all tied together with a thread that runs through all of them and points the way toward The Great Transition we are currently in the middle of.
Read more#1321 Decolonization is for Everyone (Repost)
Air Date: 11–23-2019
Today we take a look at just a few forms the decolonization movement is taking from finance to cartography to the internet and beyond.
Read more#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#1350 Reach For The Good Ideas That Are Just Lying Around (Disaster Capitalism)
Air Date: 5–21-2020
Today we take a look at the classic battle between good and... not evil exactly but worse than just 'bad'... 'malicious indifference to suffering in the pursuit of ideology over real-world outcomes' maybe?... as seen through the lens of trying to destroy or save the US Post Office, the battle for basic labor rights and protections and the struggle to define the revolutionary change we are going to experience on the back end of the pandemic for either good or ill.
Read moreBonus Edition #208 Planet of the Humans from Michael Moore, Explained
Air Date: 5–15-2020
Today, Amanda and I discuss the new film Executive Produced by Michael Moore, Planet of the Humans. We try to hit as many topics as we can but do not claim this is an exhaustive list of problems with the film. In short, the film tries to make a few good points but they are completely drowned in a sea of misinformation potent enough to send climate deniers into a joyous tizzy.
Read moreBonus Edition #207 Hope springs eternal and tries to kill you
Air Date: 5–7-2020
Today, Amanda and I discuss the dangerous, pervasive epidemic of hope fueled by desperation spreading throughout the country that is leading people to self-destructive thoughts and actions.
Read moreBonus Edition #205 A Pandemic of American Myths
Air Date: 4–29-2020
Today, we discuss clips that highlight two of the most powerful American myths that consistently drive us into calamitous territory: the primacy of market-based solutions and hyper-individualism
Read more#1324 State of the Unions and the 2020 Elections
Air Date: 12–10-2019
Today we take a look at the labor movement as energy and power continue to build and more workers continue to strike to demand better conditions for themselves and all of society in an intersectional movement for social justice. Though not much thanks can be given to either political party.
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