News Brief: The Battle Over NYT's Lurid, Tabloid Coverage of 'Trans Issues'
In this News Brief, we break down the recent controversy over the open letter sent by 1200+ NYT contributors pushing back on The Times' salacious coverage of "trans issues," and how the Paper of Recor...
24 Feb 202347min
News Brief: How Newspapers Aided Genocide in California - An Interview with Benjamin Madley
In this extended interview, we speak with UCLA Associate Professor Benjamin Madley about his book, "An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe," and discuss how news...
15 Feb 202348min
Episode 176: How the "Parental Rights" Rallying Cry Has Been a Rightwing Stalking Horse for Over 100 Years
"Surrounded by children, DeSantis signs the 'Parental Rights in Education' bill," ABC13 reports. "Biden partnered with organization which questioned parents' rights to be notified about their kids' tr...
8 Feb 20231h 9min
Episode 175: Selective Humanitarianism and the US Role in Afghanistan's Post-Occupation Famine
"History will cast a shadow over Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan," the Washington Post's David Ignatius warned in April of 2021. "Biden's Betrayal of Afghans Will Live in Infamy," George...
1 Feb 20231h 31min
Episode 174: How Your Favorite 1990's "Very Special" Anti-Drug Episode Was Probably Funded by the US Government
On a Very Special Episode of "Home Improvement," Tim and Jill lecture their son about the dangers of marijuana after he's caught smoking a joint. On a powerful episode of ABC's "Sports Night," written...
25 Jan 20231h 27min
News Brief: 'Tough Love' Used to Justify Abusing Children and Surplus Black Population in Alabama
In this News Brief, we talk with Josie Duffy Rice about her new podcast, "Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children," incarceration as racial disciplining mechanism, an...
18 Jan 202339min
Episode 173: How to Sell Police Crackdowns on Homeless People to Liberals
"The city has had 125 daily interactions," New York Mayor Eric Adams tells the Daily News. "We're working to solve the homelessness crisis, with innovative mental health interventions," San Francisco ...
21 Dec 20221h 23min
Episode 172: The Foundational Myth Machine - Indigenous Peoples of North America and Hollywood
Soldiers from the US Cavalry defeat the Plains Indians, securing new territory for their burgeoning empire. A group of settlers fends off an armed Indigenous tribe on horseback in their intrepid effor...
14 Dec 20221h 30min
