Episode 69: The Rise of the Inexplicable Republican Best Friend
It's a trope that dates back more than a decade, but the rise of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has seen a recent resurgence in the liberal's "Inexplicable Republican Best Frien...
13 Maalis 201937min
Episode 68 - A New Gun Control Debate: Dismantling Our Racist 'Lock 'Em Up' Approach
An uptick in mass shootings over the past decade - one that is well documented and indisputable - has provided the cultural and media context for a corollary effort by big city mayors and certain stat...
6 Maalis 20191h 1min
News Brief: Let's Relitigate the Sh*t Out of 2016 -- with Thomas Frank
In this public News Brief we review the media coverage of Sanders and Clinton in 2016 and how this past is being written and rewritten to set the narrative for 2020. (1000 apologies for the edited swe...
28 Helmi 201938min
Episode 67: The Gate-Keeping, Power-Serving Tautology of "Electability"
"How to Choose the Most Electable Democrat in 2020," advises Politico. "Amy Klobuchar's best argument for 2020: Electability," CNN reports. "Is Electability The Only Thing That Democratic Voters Want?...
27 Helmi 201955min
Episode 66: Whataboutism - The Media's Favorite Rhetorical Shield Against Criticism of US Policy
Since the beginning of what's generally called 'RussiaGate' three years ago, pundits, media outlets, even comedians have all become insta-experts on supposed Russian propaganda techniques. The most cu...
20 Helmi 201959min
Episode 65: How Empire Uses 'Feminist' Branding to Sell War and Occupation
Since the dawn of the American Empire, thin moral pretexts in our politics and press have been used to justify our wars and conquest. The invasion of Cuba and Philippines in 1898 was declared to be a ...
6 Helmi 20191h 22min
Episode 64: Mike Rowe's Koch-Backed Working Man Affectation
In recent years, television personality Mike Rowe has amassed a wildly popular following due to alleged working-class straight talk about topics ranging from the affordability of college to reassertin...
30 Tammi 20191h 8min
Episode 63: Gambling and Neoliberal Rot - How Our Most Regressive Tax Flies Under the Radar
As more and more states turn to casinos and lotteries to 'fill the gap" in 'falling' state budgets, the predatory and regressive nature of gambling as an alternative to increasing taxes on the rich av...
23 Tammi 20191h 7min
