Episode 146: Bill Gates, Bono and the Limits of World Bank and IMF-Approved Celebrity 'Activism'
"Feed the world." "We are the world." "Be a light to the world." Every few years, it seems, a new celebrity benefit appears. Chock full of A-listers and inspirational tag lines, it promises to tackle ...
27 Loka 20211h 43min
News Brief - Colin Powell: Stumbling Empire Personified
In this News Brief, we recap the recap of Powell's life, from the handwringing over his Iraq War UN speech to the erasure of his role in covering up My Lai massacre to training rightwing death squads ...
20 Loka 202126min
Live Interview: How 'The Kaepernick Effect' Revealed Reactionary Forces in Youth Sports. with Dave Zirin
In this recording of a Live Interview for Patrons from 9/22, we speak with The Nation sports editor Dave Zirin about his new book, The Kaepernick Effect, and how a series of protests in youth sports, ...
6 Loka 202158min
Episode 145: How Real Estate-Curated 'Mom & Pop Landlord' Sob Stories Are Used to Gut Tenant Protections
"The eviction moratorium is killing small landlords" CNBC cautions. "Some small landlords struggle under eviction moratoriums," declares The Washington Post. "Economic Pressures Are Rising On Mom And ...
29 Syys 20211h 2min
Episode 144: How the Cold War Shaped First-Person Journalism and Literary Conventions
"Write from experience." "Show, don't tell." Self-knowledge. Self-discipline. Well-known conventions like these, whether delivered in classrooms, writing seminars or simply from one writer to another,...
22 Syys 20211h 8min
Episode 143 - PR and Prop 22: How Silicon Valley Uses Hollow "Anti-Racist" Posturing to Sell Its Exploitative Business Model
In June 2020, founders of the ride-request app Lyft announced that they had launched "allyship dialogues" and were committed to fighting "systemic racism" which they said is "deeply rooted in our soci...
15 Syys 20211h 12min
Ep 142: The Summer of Anti-BLM Backlash and How Concepts of "Crime" Were Shaped By the Propertied Class
"Concerns rising inside White House over surge in violent crime," CNN tells us. "America's Crime Surge: Why Violence Is Rising, And Solutions To Fix It," proclaims NPR. "Officials worry the rise in vi...
4 Elo 20211h 55min
Live Interview: How the 'Pandemic Games' Expose the Neoliberal Scam of Global Sporting Events
In this recording of a Live Interview for Patrons from 7/22, we discuss the scheduled shock doctrine of global sporting events like FIFA and the Olympics and how they use the PR spectacle of sports––a...
28 Heinä 20211h 2min
