#1368 Our Essential, Yet Disposable, Labor
Air Date: 9–18-2020
Today we take a look at some of the dynamics at play for some of the most vulnerable people in America who are doing much of the most essential work under the most precarious circumstances
Read more#1344 Everything is Political (Social Safety Net in a Time of Pandemic)
Air Date: 3–20-2020
Today we take a look at the social safety net we need in the face of Coronavirus and the forces preventing us from having it.
Read more#1343 Bread and Roses (Socialism is Freedom and Firefighters)
Air Date: 3–10-2020
Today we take a look at Democratic Socialism and how to explain it because socialism and the freedoms it provides is a lot more American than we tend to think.
Read more#1333 An Examination of Fear, Anger, Forgiveness and Grace (and Mr. Rogers)
Air Date: 2–2-2020
Today we take a look at the relationship between fear, anger and how to deal with the structural forces of harm in our society. To help us, we examine two of the greatest thinkers of the past 65 years, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mister Rogers, and go beyond the nonviolence of King and interrogate Mr. Roger's insistence on liking everyone just the way they are.
Read more#1318 Why We Cannot Have Nice Things (How Racism Hurts Everyone, Including White People)
Air Date: 11–12-2019
Today we take a look at some of the ways that conservative policies, willed into existence almost exclusively by white people, measurably hurt people and shorten life expectancies, including those who most fervently support the self-destructive policies.
Read more#1293 Debating Democratic Socialism and How to Get There
Air Date: 7–30-2019
Today we take a look at the ongoing debate about socialism between socialists and non-socialists alike, including discussion of tactical strategies on where to set our goals and how to get from here to there
Read more#1261 Profitable Extremism (How Social Media Propagates Hate)
Air Date: 4–2-2019
Today we take a look at the so-called "Algorithms of Oppression." Not that they're made to be that way on purpose but that it is a natural outcome of a profit-based system that incentivizes people to post the most click-baity content while the system learns the viewer's weaknesses to ruthlessly feed them whatever will keep them engaged.
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