Orwell's Last Years, 1984, the List (& the Two Minutes Hate Cocktail)
Joined by John and Ben once again, Erika completes the story of George Orwell’s life. This episode outlines Orwell’s efforts to combat the totalitarian influence of Stalin, whom he feared would foreve...
10 Nov 20211h 7min
Orwell Goes to War (& the George Orwell Cocktail)
In this episode, Erika continues to tell the story of George Orwell’s life to her friends Ben and John. We discuss Orwell’s time fighting fascists in the Spanish Civil War, during which he is shot in ...
2 Nov 202148min
Orwell’s Early Years (& the Victory Gin Martini)
George Orwell offered so much political insight, but his writings and views are widely misinterpreted by conservatives and leftists alike. We begin season 2 of Cocktails & Capitalism by telling the st...
26 Okt 202152min
The Infrastructure Bill (& the Bipartisan Breeze Cocktail)
In this episode, Erika and Christa tackle the infrastructure bill while sipping on a custom cocktail: the Bipartisan Breeze. You’ll hear us discuss key aspects of this huge bill as we play a drinking ...
6 Aug 20211h 25min
MMIW Series, Part 4: Ahyoka’s Survivor Story
In this episode, Ahyoka Atali tells her personal story as an MMIWG2S survivor. If you've ever wondered about the stories behind the countless photos of missing and murdered Indigenous women, this epis...
12 Juli 20211h 32min
MMIW Series, Part 3: Pipelines and Man Camps
In this episode, we dive into the ways that extractive capitalist industries have fueled the MMIW crisis. MMIWG2S survivor Ahyoka Atali joins me in discussing sex trafficking, pipelines, man camps, f...
5 Maj 202144min
MMIW Series, Part 2: From Land Back to Livelihood Rights
In this episode, survivor Ahyoka Atali help us connect the dots between the factors that place Indigenous women at risk of abuse, abduction, trafficking, and murder. Here are some of the main topics ...
29 Apr 20211h 12min
MMIW Series, Part 1: Let's Talk Native Issues
In the first part of this episode series, Ahyoka Atali introduces some of the biggest issues that fuel the MMIW epidemic in so-called Canada and America. Ahyoka is a MMIWG2S survivor -- which stands...
26 Apr 20211h 11min
