#1479 Torturing Children and Families in the Name of Protecting Them (Trans Rights Throwback)
Original Air Date: 3–29-2022
Today we take a look at the current iteration of the cynical culture wars being waged by conservative Republicans against LGBTQ kids for political gain. The current wave of anti-trans and anti-gay legislation sprouting across the country is not about protecting kids and is absolutely nothing new.
Read more#1085 A case against the myth of individualism (Throwback)
Original Air Date: 3-7-2017
#1676 The Incompetence of Authoritarians: Trump's cabinet picks are all loyalty, no ability
Air Date: 12-13-2024
The most important thing to understand about authoritarian governance is that it is neither efficient nor competent, contrary to the myth. The problem lies with the need to hire people based on their unquestioning loyalty rather than any kind of demonstrated ability to do the jobs they're tasked with. The results are, unsurprisingly, chaos.
Read more#1665 The GOP Is A Grift And Was Long Before Trump
Air Date: 10-29-2024
Trump has only come close to perfecting the grift of the American conservative, he certainly didn't invent the strategy. Today we look at some current and past grifts and explore why they work.
Read more#1657 Modeling Positive Masculinity: Between Tim Walz and the Manosphere, boys are looking for guidance
Air Date: 9-24-2024
The positive dad vibes of Tim Walz came onto the national scene in the middle of an ongoing crisis of masculinity that stretches from the youngest generation to the oldest. Both positive and negative aspects of masculinity tie in with the general election, basically divided right down the partisan line, and the next generation of voters (not to mention humans) are often feeling stuck between the two with insufficient guidance from the men in their lives.
Read more#1656 How Far He Will Go: Election lies, intimidation, interference, insurrection
Air Date: 9-17-2024
It's not just the threat of the electoral college handing the presidency to the loser of the popular vote, nor the specter of a repeat of a January 6th-like event hanging over the election - there's also copious lies and disinformation including a new and improved nazi-to-Republican-talking-point-pipeline, and fresh new intimidation and voter suppression tactic experiments underway in the laboratories of democracy.
Read more#1219 How the GOP became the most destructive force in the world (Throwback)
#1646 The Kamalanomenon and the Inevitable Misogynoir Backlash of Racism and Sexism
Air Date: 8-2-2024
The Kamala Harris presidential campaign has been on a wild ride since it unexpectedly began less than two weeks ago. Record fundraising, organic enthusiasm not seen since Obama, and the ugly pushback to match.
Read more#1644 State of Play: The RNC Cultish Clown Show, Continued Calls for Violence, and Biden Bows Out
Air Date: 7-26-2024
It's clear where the vast majority of violent rhetoric is coming from in the country, and it's clear which party is a cult of personality and which puts country before personal power. This is the state of play in our politics.
Read more#1526 A History of Political Violence in the US
Original Air Date: 11–15-2022
Today, we take a look at our extremely steady history of political violence from the Revolution, through the Civil War, Reconstruction and Jim Crow, into the Civil Rights era, the Militia Movement and domestic terrorism, and now to our current once-again-radicalized, right-wing movement willing to use and tacitly condone violence as a political tactic.
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