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856 - Bear Market feat. Jeff Stein (8/5/24)
The Washington Post’s Jeff Stein stops by to discuss his extensive new piece investigating the ever-ballooning U.S. international sanctions regime. Despite Biden recently bragging he’s leaving office with the U.S. not involved in any foreign conflicts, the U.S. now has sanctions in place in over a third of all nations around the world, including more than 60% of “developing” nations. Jeff walks us through this increasingly central policy of worldwide economic coercion, how it shapes American imperial aims, and some intended & unintended consequences of the exponential expansion of sanctions in the 21st century. Then, we take a quick look at the state of the Veepstakes, Josh Shapiro’s whole deal, and of course, RFK Jr. and the road-kill bear.
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855 Teaser - The Soul of a Nation
Will, Felix & Séamus discuss western reporting on recent “unrest” in Israel that tries very hard to elide the root cause.
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854 - Medbed Bugs feat. Alex Nichols (7/29/24)
Felix and Alex provide some Olympics commentary by reviewing the last few Assassin’s Creed games. Plus, a return of our Animal News segment with a discussion of how much screen time captive gorillas should get. Then: Republicans get “weird,” Megyn Kelly critiques Kamala’s rise to power, Trump seems like he’s running out of gas, and Israel gets a January 6 by people demanding their soldiers’ freedom to commit sexual violence. Finally, a reading series on the phenomenon of “medbeds” and the people who hope Trump will unleash unlimited free space healing technology.
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853 Teaser - Price of a Vote
Will, Felix & Kath discuss the moral imperative of Gaza with a new Kamala candidacy.
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852 - Do the Dew feat. Hasan Piker (7/23/24)
We’re joined by streamer Hasan Piker for an honestly unprecedented news round-up. Joe Biden is OUT of the Presidential race (and possibly dead??), and Kamala Harris is now the presumptive nominee. Mere days after avoiding getting his head blown off by millimeters, it appears Donald Trump has LOST the mandate of heaven. And Trump’s VP pick, as recently as last week a symbolic football-spike in a race presumed already won, is rapidly deflating when put in front of real people. All that plus Lord of the Rings and Aarons Sorkin reading series inside!
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850 - Enter the Battle Box feat. Kath Krueger & Mina Parkison (7/15/24)
I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND THEY SHOT AT ME! Kath joins us today to review a somewhat eventful week, from Trump’s shooting and the various reactions to it, to more extremely statesmanlike appearances from Joe Biden, to ol’ JD from the holler makin’ it all the way to vice presidential nominee, we’ve got a lot to go over. PLUS, we’re joined for a bonus interview by Middle Tennessee DSA’s Mina Parkinson to hear about their project abolishing medical debt through QUILT, as well as the right-wing Daily Wire led assault on sexual education and books in general in the Volunteer State.
AND: Live show at the DNC with True Anon. Park West Chicago, August 21st. Tickets on sale TODAY, JULY 16th, at 10am CST. This link should go live then, get your tickets asap!
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Customer Reviews
Where’s Matt!
I used to listen to this all the time tuned back in but not Matt? What’s up with that ?
Unbearably dumb…
Hey guys, I think they dislike Israel. Not sure if anyone’s picked up on that yet.
Never ending cynicism
This podcasts aims to take every shred of hope that you have for the future and say “here is why it won’t get better” To an extent I understand that after 2020 you might want the dem establishment to get their comeuppance. I am even on board with bashing Biden because he should have stepped down earlier. Now that he has and Harris is the presumptive nominee I am bewildered as to why she is still not good enough to say there is a shred of hope. It’s like no one will ever be good enough for them. If it was AOC they would be talking about how she has fallen off. Never any positivity ever. How about recognizing that Harris will likely be better than Biden or at least will certainly be better than Trump. They hate liberals so much that they don’t even want to acknowledge an objectively better situation for the left if Harris gets in. At this point they are just overly cynical so they can brag about being right if she loses or vindicated if she is not good on a particular issue. They triumphantly declare that she will be just as bad on Gaza as Biden as if they will be rewarded for being right. Why even talk about politics if nothing can ever get better? Do you think Gaza will be better under Trump? Don’t you think that if there is even a 1% that Harris is better that you should just vote for her and cross your fingers? You guys never change your attitude towards liberals and I honestly think they hate liberals more than republicans at this point which is just crazy. You need to do some reflecting guys.