#1077 Witnessing an Emerging Autocracy (Trump’s America)
Air Date: 2-3-2017
#1064 Desperate times, desperate measures (Voting Rights and the Electoral College)
Air Date: 12-13-2016
Today we look at the systematic suppression of voting rights during the election and the hail mary attempt to avert a Trump presidency through the electoral college
Read more#1060 We should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings (Godwin’s Law)
Air Date: 11-25-2016
Today we look at the comparison between the rise of Hitler and the rise of Trump, not to say that they are the same but to try to learn from the past in order to see farther into our own future and avoid the terrible ends that are possible
Read more#1059 Hatred Unleashed (Trump’s America)
Air Date: 11-18-2016
Today we look at the wave of white-supremacist hatred that was unleashed on election day and Trump’s pick of a white nationalist, anti-semite to work in the White House
Read more#1058 Where we go from here (Progressives and Democrats)
Air Date: 11-15-2016
Today we look at how the Democratic party has been going wrong for decades in a way that partially explains their electoral loss in 2016 and then use this information as a guide to see where the progressive movement should go from here
Read more#1057 In the Days After (Election 2016)
Air Date: 11-11-2016
Today we reflect on the 2016 election, examine the variety of feelings it has brought fourth and contemplate the next steps ahead of us
Read more#1055 What is at stake (Climate Change and the Supreme Court)
Air Date: 11-04-2016
Today we look at the two biggest issues with the most limited timelines and far-reaching consequences of our era and how they are both at stake in this election
Read more#1017 The Lay of the Land (Election)
Air Date: 05-31-2016
Today we take a look at the sorry state of the 2016 election with two of the most hated people in politics leading the way.
Read more#1004 Understanding the 2016 election conservative wedge issue (Trans Rights)
Air Date: 04-05-2016
Today we take a look at the hate-mongering conservative fright fest issue du jour, trans people being allowed to use public restrooms without harassment. Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate and ignorance, fear and hatred lead to voting for Republicans. That’s been their strategy for decades: exploiting fear of black people, brown people, drugs, gay people and now trans people. They’re always wrong about what they fear but that’s never stopped them before and it isn’t stopping them now.
Read more#999 Playing with the Fire of Fascism (Trump and his Supporters)
Air Date: 03-18-2016
Today we again ring the fascism warning bell as we look at the continuing saga of the Donald Trump presidential campaign. And remember: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
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