#1576 How Florida's education reform works to maintain unjust power imbalances
Air Date: 8–6-2023
Today, we take a look at the education curriculum reforms currently being pushed through in Florida through the lens of the long pattern of choosing to see our history in a way that comforts the comfortable and afflicts the afflicted.
Read more#1568 The Shifting Landscape of the Religion-Conservative-Political Complex
Air Date: 6–25-2023
Today, we take a look at the state of the religious right as declining religiosity and the looming 2024 election put a strain on the movement.
Read more#1133 Understanding Authoritarianism (Throwback)
#1549 Fox News is worse than we imagined or: they all knew they were lying
Air Date: 3–18-2023
Today, we take a look at how Fox News is being exposed as the alleged liars-for-pay we always suspected they were by the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.
Read more#1548 The War on Woke Pits the GOP Against Their Usual Allies in Big Business
Air Date: 3–14-2023
Today, we take a look at the rise of "woke capitalism" as the cudgel now being wielded against any corporations who dare to seek profits by appealing to the majority of potential customers who prefer progressive social positions to that of Republicans.
Read more#1545 Agents of Chaos: The New Congress
Air Date: 2–22-2023
Today, we take a look at some of the work of the chaotic wrecking crew that is the GOP of the 118th Congress including their plan to hold the world economy hostage and weaponize the government against Democrats all while infighting their way to the 2024 presidential election.
Read more#1538 Authoritarian Coup Attempts Around the World
Air Date: 1–21-2023
Today, we take a look beyond our shores to other examples of anti-democratic forces seeking to take control of governments in Germany, Brazil, and Peru, all of which echo, in some form or fashion, the coup attempt on January 6th, 2021 by pro-Trump insurrectionists.
Read more#1530 The Pillars of Polarization and Persuasion
Air Date: 12–6-2022
Today, we take a look at some of the factors driving hyper-partisanship in the US right now along with multiple arguments to not give up on the power of persuasion.
Read more#1526 A History of Political Violence in the US
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.
Read more#1525 Don't Panic: Irrational Fear and Panic in the US
Air Date: 11–12-2022
Today, we take a look at a few types of panic that regularly strike within communities or across the nation including various satanic panics, Halloween candy panics, and panic over kids being too inclusive and welcoming of all types of people.
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