#1196 Building a media that supports rather than undermines democracy
Air Date: 7–13-2018
Today we take a look at the media landscape and how it enables rather than challenges our horrific political status quo and we also hear suggested alternatives structures that could help us change the game
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#1151 Resuscitating the anti-trust movement (Monopolies)
#1150 The Price of Free (Silicon Valley and Big Data)
#1149 The loss of liberty at the hands of concentrated power (Media and Net Neutrality)
Air Date: 12–1-2017
Today we look at the inevitable results of a lax approach to anti-trust legislation: the consolidation of corporate power and money used to buy influence over the writing of regulations which allow for further consolidation of corporate power. Plus, throw in the suppression of anti-corporate opinions through monopolistic media empires and the dismantling of Net Neutrality principles. Welcome to The Gilded Age 2.0
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#1138 Condemning, Defending and Rebuilding the Media
#1121 This episode is worth your time (Culture and Technology)
#1092 Under surveillance from all angles (Privacy Rights)
#1089 A Corporate Judicial Coup (Judge Gorsuch and the Supreme Court)
#852 Trickle up, up and overseas economics (Corporations)
Today we take a look at the ways in which the game is rigged to keep executive pay high, worker pay low and corporate welfare flowing
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#792 Don't get down with TPP (Corporate Takeover)
We dive into the murky waters of the Trans Pacific Partnership (or TPP to those cool kids in the know). For those who are fans of corporate personhood, you're gonna love corporate sovereignty! Why be a person when you could be a country?!
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