Episode 199: The Golden Age of Crybullyism
"Ex-officer Amber Guyger testifies in wrong-apartment murder trial: 'I was scared to death,'" a " story reported in 2019. "Starbucks Files Complaints with Labor Board, Accuses Union Organizers of Bull...
20 Mar 20241h 41min
Episode 198: How The Atlantic Magazine Helps Sell Austerity and War to Middlebrow Liberals
"Teachers Unions: Still a Huge Obstacle to Reform." "Countering Iran's Menacing Persian Gulf Navy." "Open Everything: The time to end pandemic restrictions is now." "The Good Republicans' Last Stand" ...
13 Mar 20241h 4min
News Brief: Media, Billionaires' Attacks on Homeless People May Pay Off Big at Supreme Court
On this News Brief, we are joined by Jesse Rabinowitz of the National Homelessness Law Center to discuss the upcoming Johnson v. Grants Pass case, which will be heard by the Supreme Court of the Unite...
6 Mar 202424min
Beg-A-Thon Live Show 1-30-24: The Grim Popularity of Rise-And-Grind TikTok #Influencers
In this Live Show Beg-A-Thon recorded Jan 30, we break down the worst Rise-And-Grind social media stars and how they've moved from Silicon Valley-adjacent to subprime motivational content helping midd...
28 Feb 202459min
News Brief: How US Media Obscures the Violence of the Generic, Sterile-Sounding "Border Deal"
In this News Brief we are joined by friend of the show, Maximillian Alvarez of The Real News, to discuss Democrats' pathetic, myopic, and nihilistic attempt to play the Racist Reverse Uno Card on Cong...
21 Feb 202440min
Episode 197: The "Human Shields" Canard as Catch-All Colonial Absolution
"Viet Cong Use Children as Human Shields," the Associated Press alleged in 1967. "'Civilian casualty?" That's a gray area," Alan Dershowitz argued in The Los Angeles Times in 2006. "We can't ignore th...
7 Feb 20241h 19min
Episode 196: Benevolent Billionaire Despotism and US Media's Softball Treatment of 'Effective Altruism'
"Join Wall Street. Save the world," The Washington Post urged in 2013. "How to Know Your Donations Are Doing the Most Good," The New York Times proclaimed in 2015. "I give 10 percent of my income to c...
31 Jan 20241h 11min
News Brief: The ICJ Ruling and the Essentialness of Squishy Western Liberal Support for Genocide
In this public News Brief, we react to the media spin around the ICJ's genocide ruling against Israel and how framing by the NYT and BBC seeks to uphold the logic of the so called "war" creating said ...
26 Jan 202418min
