#1443 Legacies of 9/11: War on Terror, Islamophobia and Conspiracy Theories
Air Date: 9–21-2021
Today we take a look at the parallel legacies of 9/11 including the war on terror and military spending, the casual acceptance of Islamophobia, the adoption of ever-wilder conspiracy theories, and the acceleration of the political divide in America culminating, so far, in the January 6th Insurrection.
Read more#1335 Worldwide Authoritarianism is Built on the Back of Islamophobia
Air Date: 2–8-2020
Today we take a look at the globetrotting trend of building and maintaining far-right, authoritarian political power by stoking fear and hatred of Muslims. We will draw the connections between the Chinese Uighurs, the Rohingya people of Burma, the Governmental policy in India to strip Muslims of citizenship and the actions taken by the US over the past decades that have helped to turbo-charge this trend.
Read more#1328 Iraq, Citizens United, Obamacare, The Tea Party and The Deepwater Horizon (A Look Back at 2010)
Air Date: 1–14-2020
Today we take a look back at the year 2010 in our annual 10-years-past retrospective to see what we may learn. 2010 was an enormous year of news and I've been working on this episode so long that I can hardly remember life before I started.
Read more#1257 Debunking the reactionary intellectuals of the dark web
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#1084 Running the Ship-of-State Aground (Foreign Policy)
#1078 Unnecessary, ineffective and un-American (Muslim Ban)
#982 Beware the creeping fascism (Donald Trump and the GOP base)
Air date: 1-12-16
Today we look at the disturbing trends of racism and violence emanating from the Trump campaign, echoes of which are being felt all over the world
Read more#956 Religion seen through fear (Islamophobia)
Air date: 9-29-15
Today we take a look at a fresh set of news stories that demonstrate how muslims are seen through an often-racial lens of fear, distrust and hatred
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