#1465 Epidemic of Patent Protection and Propaganda
Air Date: 1–9-2022
Today we take a look at some of the explanations for why life-saving vaccines against COVID-19 are unavailable in much of the world while being refused by substantial numbers of people where they are widely available.
Read more#1452 Worked to Death: Pandemics Expose the Power of Labor
Air Date: 11–3-2021
Today we take a look at the current wave of strikes and labor movements through the lens of pandemic economics and the history of businesses abuse of the worker.
Read more#1349 A Deep Dive on the Dysfunction of Trump and his Followers (Coronavirus)
Air Date: 5–3-2020
Today we take a look at the unique, profound dysfunction at the heart of the train wreck that is Trump's response to the Coronavirus. Plus, we explore the death cult that is the group of people still supporting the president.
Read moreBonus Edition #205 A Pandemic of American Myths
Air Date: 4–29-2020
Today, we discuss clips that highlight two of the most powerful American myths that consistently drive us into calamitous territory: the primacy of market-based solutions and hyper-individualism
Read more#1348 Not the Great Equalizer, the Amplifier of Disparity (Coronavirus)
Air Date: 4–21-2020
Today we take a look at the ways that COVID-19 are impacting the most vulnerable communities the worst and how our legacy of discrimination is being put on full display.
Read moreBonus Edition #203 The Fog of Work
Air Date: 4–16-2020
Today, Amanda and I discuss a few of the aspects of life during a pandemic that's causing mental fog and affecting our work.
Read more#1347 Locked in a Petri Dish (Mass Pandemic Incarceration)
Air Date: 4–12-2020
Today we take a look at the way mass incarceration is coming back to bite the US, as jails, prisons and immigrant detention centers are becoming Petri dishes for the coronavirus that will help perpetuate the pandemic as well as non-virus related deaths throughout the population.
Read moreBonus Edition #201 Forget Positive Thinking, Feel Better by Contemplating the Worst
Air Date: 4–8-2020
Today, Amanda and I discuss the extremely counterintuitive practice of Negative Visualization and how it could be one of the most powerful tools to help you feel better about your circumstances and the state of the world during the pandemic crisis.
Read more#1346 Pandemic Economics and the Reverse Robin Hood Bailout
Air Date: 4–4-2020
Today we take a look at many of the economic angles of the COVID-19 pandemic including the role of the shock doctrine in the wake of the coronavirus, calls for a socially just economic recovery, calls for the elderly to be turned into Soylent Green and the biggest Reverse Robin Hood bailout of all time.
Read moreBonus Edition: No Time for Individualism (Dealing with Coronavirus)
Air Date: 3–14-2020
Today, Amanda and I discuss the emotional toll of dealing with a pandemic, some facts about how math works in cases of exponential growth, the unfortunate truth about what we should all be doing right now, the predictable amorality of the health insurance and Pharma companies, the unconscionable propaganda from Trump and his supporters and the aspects of humanity that are revealed when tested.
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