Episode 62: Sanitizing Our Settler-Colonial Past With 'Nation of Immigrants' Narratives
"The United States is a nation of immigrants." It's a phrase we hear constantly – often said with the best of intentions and, in today's increasingly cruel environment, meant as a strong rebuke of Don...
16 Jan 201949min
Episode 61: What The Hell Is Wrong With MSNBC, Part II -- A Rebuttal
In Ep. 34: 'What The Hell Is Wrong With MSNBC', we discussed with our anonymous MSNBC informant, well, what the hell was wrong with MSNBC? Why do they routinely focused on inane horserace and RussiaGa...
9 Jan 201957min
Episode 60: Kitten Rescues, Lip-Syncing & Christmas Traffic Stops - Your Guide to Clickbait Copaganda
The media – local and national, print and TV – love puff pieces designed to make the police look good and generally improve their overall brand with the public. More often than not, these human intere...
12 Dec 201848min
Episode 59: National Pastimes: Mindless Militarism in American Sports
F-22 flyovers, 160-foot flags draped across the playing field, full color guards, camouflage uniforms, The Star-Spangled Banner, God Bless America, Support The Troops Nights, special perks for vets. W...
5 Dec 201857min
Episode 58: The Neoliberal Optimism Industry
We're told the world is getting better all the time. In January, The New York Times' Nick Kristof explained "Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History." The same month, Harvard professor and Bill Ga...
28 Nov 20181h
News Brief: Consumer Society and the Curation of Culture
Focus groups have long-been derided by the left, right, and center for watering down culture and reducing creative and political endeavors to dull, show-of-hand reductionism. But what if focus groups ...
21 Nov 201840min
Episode 57: A Matter of Survival - Trivializing Trans Rights as a Boutique "Identity" Issue
In the wake of the 2016 election, many conservatives, liberals, and - unfortunately - even some on the left pointed to Democrats' reliance on so-called "identity politics" to explain Donald Trump's up...
14 Nov 201854min
Episode 56: How The Media Learned to Worry About War Without Ever Opposing It
"Bush didn't send enough Troops." "Trump needs authorization from Congress before launching a war." "Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories are not helpful." We hear thes...
7 Nov 20181h 13min
