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Air Date 2/4/2025
The era of unquestioned US hegemony is undoubtedly on the decline but the future is much more complicated and uncertain than the straightforward idea of China rising to take our place that we've been told. Though Trump is not the cause of US decline, he may send us out in a tragic blaze of glory.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Things Fall Apart - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 1-28-25
KP 2: The end of America's global dominance Part 1 - The New Statesman - Air Date 1-8-25
KP 3: Will France and Germany's woes affect the rest of Europe? | Counting the Cost - Al Jazeera English - Air Date 12-12-24
KP 4: Putin faces 'economic dilemma' amid Trump sanctions threats | World in 10 - Times Radio - Air Date 1-25-25
KP 5: Goodnight, Pax Americana: Neoliberalism and the decline of the US Empire w/ Radhika Desai Part 1 - The Red Nation Podcast - Air Date 9-22-23
KP 6: Yanis Varoufakis on Cloud Capital vs AI: DeepSeek, Technofeudalism, Capitalism and the New Cold War - DiEM25 - Air Date 1-26-24
(46:57) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On soft landings vs crash landings
DEEPER DIVES
(52:56) SECTION A: AMERICAN DECLINE
(1:26:09) SECTION B: CHINA
(1:49:01) SECTION C: RUSSIA
(2:15:18) SECTION D: FRANCE
(2:35:47) SECTION E: CORPORATE CONTROL
(2:59:56) SECTION F: WHAT COMES NEXT
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Air Date: 2-2-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- How the resistance is transforming, not over
- What actually worked when resisting Trump's first term
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Air Date 1/31/2025
The genocide and subsequent ceasefire in Gaza is only the latest horrifying consequence of botched military misadventures in the Middle East and if the history of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay prisons can teach us anything it's that atrocities have long shadows.
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KP 1: Gaza Ceasefire Explained Reading Between The Lines - The Socialist Program - Air Date 1-16-25
KP 2: The Ceasefire in Gaza w Mohammad Alsaafin - American Prestige - Air Date 1-19-25
KP 3: Trump's Middle East Plans w Mouin Rabbani - Behind the News - Air Date 1-23-25
KP 4: On the Situation in Syria and its Implications for the Region - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 1-6-25
KP 5: Katherine Gallagher on Abu Ghraib Verdict - CounterSpin - Air Date 11-29-24
KP 6: Trump's Middle East Plans w Mouin Rabbani Part 2 - Behind the News - Air Date 1-23-25
KP 7: Egypt, Jordan Reject Trump Plan to Clean Out Gaza; Palestinians Return to N. Gaza in Historic Day - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-27-25
KP 8: Gaza Ceasefire Explained Reading Between The Lines Part 2 - The Socialist Program - Air Date 1-16-25
(51:16) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the echos of atrocities
DEEPER DIVES
(1:02:15) SECTION A: THE DEAL
(1:24:41) SECTION B: CEASEFIRE POLITICS
(1:46:00) SECTION C: THE EMPIRE
(2:28:35) SECTION D: NOW WHAT?
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Air Date 1/28/2025
The existence of out-of-control wildfires in Los Angeles amid the rising climate crisis is not confusing or strange. How to deal with such an emergency during our ongoing political and information crisis is a completely different story.
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KP 1: Untold Stories of L.A. Fires: Incarcerated Firefighters, Black Altadena & Octavia Butler's Warning - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-13-25
KP 2: Water Wars - Sustainable Minimalists - Air Date 12-14-23
KP 3: Climate Scientist Debunks L.A. Wildfire Myths with Dr. Daniel Swain - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 1-19-25
KP 4: Wildfire Conspiracies And Reinvigorating Black Male Voters with Mondale Robinson & Trae Crowder (Ep 263) Part 1- The Bitchuation Room - Air Date 1-15-25
KP 5: The Politics of Fire - The Keith Boykins Channel - Air Date 1-12-25
KP 6: Fires, Liars, and Oligarchy Rising; Garland nixes execution drug - The Bradcast - Air Date 1-16-25
(47:06) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On why progressive visions are interconnected
DEEPER DIVES
(55:26) SECTION A: WATER
(1:18:36) SECTION B: INSURANCE
(1:38:09) SECTION C: POLITICAL FAILURE
(2:21:29) SECTION D: CLIMATE
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Air Date: 1-26-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
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- Why many people turn inward and drop out - at their own risk - under authoritarianism
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Original Air Date: 3/7/2017
Today we look at the dangerous myths of individualism and the American Dreamâą, some of their origins and some of their consequences
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Act 1: Cultural influences on our perspective of self w/Gish Jen - Think Again - Air Date 3-4-17
Act 2: You are not as free as you think you are w/Raoul Martinez - @thisishellradio - Air Date 2-24-17
Act 3: Individualism in the prosperity gospel brand of Christianity - Ideas from CBC - Air Date 1-8-17
Act 4: The Cold War propaganda of anti-collectivism w/Gish Jen - Think Again - Air Date 3-4-17
Act 5: The myths of the autonomous individual and free markets w/Raoul Martinez - @thisishellradio - Air Date 2-24-17
Act 6: Training is all that matters - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Act 7: An ignorance of history bolsters acceptance of anti-regulation individualism - You are not so smart - Air Date 2-24-17
Act 8: The Dangerous Myth of the American Dream w/Raoul Martinez - @thisishellradio - Air Date 2-24-17
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Air Date 1/21/2025
Decades ago, the conscious decision was made to exacerbate inequality for the sake of economic growth that would supposedly lift all boats. What probably wasn't understood at the time is that the logical conclusion of that choice would be to break democracy and usher in oligarchy. Now working people are left with only bad choices and empty promises.
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KP 1: Workers Without a Party - Confronting Capitalism - Air Date 12-11-24
KP 2: Democrats Bungled The 2024 Election WAY Worse Than We Thought - The Majority Report - Air Date 1-8-25
KP 3: The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order (with Gary Gerstle) - Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer - Air Date 1-14-25
KP 4: How Democrats Can Win Back The Working Class - Lever Time - Air Date 11-8-24
KP 5: Why Elites Love Identity Politics - Confronting Capitalism - Air Date 1-1-25
KP 6: The failures of liberals and the Left have helped Trump's rise - The Marc Steiner Show - Air Date 10-30-24
KP 7: Democratic Dealignment w Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - The Dig - Air Date 11-9-24
KP 8: Why Elites Love Identity Politics Part 2 - Confronting Capitalism - Air Date 1-1-25
(54:01) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the path Democrats have charted
DEEPER DIVES
(1:02:38) SECTION A: PARTY RECKONING
(1:23:40) SECTION B: NEOLIBERAL STRANGLEHOLD
(1:39:24) SECTION C: CROSSED WIRES
(2:08:27) SECTION D: SOLUTIONS
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Air Date: 1-20-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
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- Getting over hurdles to find and form local community as a form of resistance and preparation
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Air Date 1/18/2025
We are looking back on Jimmy Carter's life and legacy as a lens through which to more clearly see and understand the current state of our politics, our incoming president, the Middle East, the climate, and more.
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KP 1: Jimmy Carter Part 1 - Past Present - Air Date 2-28-23
KP 2: From the Archives: Former President Jimmy Carter on Women's Rights, Religion and Power - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 12-30-24
KP 3: Jimmy Carter's "Decency & Humanity" Came with Deadly U.S. Policies in Latin America_ Greg Grandin - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-7-25
KP 4: The Faith of Jimmy Carter - Facepalm America - Air Date 4-12-23
KP 5: The Jimmy Carter Cudgel & Preparing for Mass Deportations with Gabriel Salguero - Holy Post - Air Date 1-8-25
KP 6: When Carter called out America - Today, Explained - Air Date 12-30-24
(46:27) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the supposed desire for truth
DEEPER DIVES
(52:22) SECTION A: HISTORICAL CONTEXT
(1:33:23) SECTION B: FOREIGN POLICY
(2:07:22) SECTION C: CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
(2:25:30) SECTION D: REPUBLICAN RATFUCKING
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Air Date 1/15/2025
Elon Musk is leading the way for his class of tech broligarchs anxious to take over the MAGA movement and shape it to their own ends of deregulation, tax cuts, and lucrative government contracts. The disappointment that is inevitable for the MAGA populists is coming even faster than expected.
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KP 1: The long con of America's ultra-wealthy elites - The ReidOut - Air Date 1-2-25
KP 2: Crack-Up Capitalism- How Billionaire Elon Musk's Extremism Is Shaping Trump Admin & Global Politics - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-6-24
KP 3: GOP Already At Each Other's Throats While Musk Gloats - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 12-24-24
KP 4: MAGA civil war explodes between Elon & Trump faithful - No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen - Air Date 12-29-24
KP 5: Elon & Vivek's H1-B Crash Out - Bad Faith - Air Date 1-2-25
KP 6: Our Moment is Approaching - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 12-31-24
KP 7: Weekly Roundup Jimmy Carter vs Elon Musk - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 1-3-25
KP 8: The Oligarch Class - Left Anchor - Air Date 1-3-25
(55:27) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the rehashing of the anti-democratic argument for extreme wealth for the benefit of humanity
DEEPER DIVES
(1:07:40) SECTION A: OLIGARCHS
(1:35:23) SECTION B: THE MAGA FRACTURE
(1:51:04) SECTION C: GLOBAL INFLUENCE
(2:21:44) SECTION D: ORGANIZING
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Air Date: 1/11/2025
Today, we look back to the warnings we gave ourselves at the beginning of the first Trump administration. In 2017 there was concern about corruption and his business dealings, ethics around his nominees, and the inability of the media to cover him properly.
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KP 1: What should Trump do to resolve his conflicts of interest? - @DecodeDC - Air Date 1-11-17
KP 2: SHOCKING: The GOP Doesn't Care That the Office of Govt. Ethics Can't Fully Vet Trump Nominees - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 01-10-17
KP 3: Zephyr Teachout on Trump and the emoluments clause - Amicus from @Slate - Air Date 12-24-16
KP 4: Trump's team exhibits classic abuser behavior - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 1-23-17
KP 5: We Need To Talk About That Donald Trump Press Conference - Jay Smooth (@jsmooth995) - Air Date 1-12-17
KP 6: A Taxonomy of Trump Tweets - On the Media - Air Date 1-13-17
KP 7: Masha Gessen on the rules for surviving autocracy - Trumpcast from @Slate - Air Date 11-14-16
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Air Date 1/8/2025
Trump's first term was marked by all of the friendships he built with some of the world's worst, most oppressive leaders. His second term is getting an early start as he has begun making threats toward traditional allies and friends including Canada, Mexico, Greenland, and Panama.
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KP 1: Make US imperialism great again: Trump threatens to colonize Panama, Canada, Greenland, Mexico - Geopolitical Economy Report - Air Date 12-27-24
KP 2: Donald Trumpâs New Manifest Destiny - WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch - Part 1 - Air Date 12-26-24
KP 3: Why Elon Musk interferes in politics around the world - DW News - Air Date 1-3-25
KP 4: Is Musk Flirting With Fascism? - Politics unpacked - Air Date 1-3-24
KP 5: Imperialist Fantasy: Historian Greg Grandin on Trump Threat to Retake Panama Canal, Invade Mexico - Democracy Now! - Air Date 12-27-24
KP 6: The Weekender: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Destruction Part 1 - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 12-27-24
(49:09) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the baby-brained ideas of the far right
DEEPER DIVES
(54:40) SECTION A: PANAMA
(1:16:10) SECTION B: MANIFEST DESTINY
(1:35:47) SECTION C: MUSK
(1:48:38) SECTION D: TRUMP 2.0
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Air Date: 1-6-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
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- How plutocracy kills
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Air Date 1/4/2025
The murder of a health insurance CEO being met with widespread approval and the risk of going backward on life-saving vaccines pretty much sums up the current state of our approach to health care in this country.
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KP 1: Weekly Roundup Luigi Mangione and the End of Civilization - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 12-13-24
KP 2: You Don't Actually Need to Condemn the Murder of the CEO Guy - Serious Inquiries Only - Air Date 12-12-24
KP 3: The Dark History Behind RFK Jr.'s Health Policies - The Majority Report - Air Date 12-11-24
KP 4: Vaccine skepticism Will the new Trump admin axe the polio vaccine - The ReidOut - Air Date 12-13-24
KP 5: Weekly Roundup Luigi Mangione and the End of Civilization Part 2 - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 12-13-24
KP 6: The Health Care Crisis Is The Democracy Crisis - The Lever - Air Date 12-17-24
(48:31) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the racist history of opposing universal health care
DEEPER DIVES
(53:28) SECTION A - RFK Jr.
(1:07:08) SECTION B - Luigi Mangione
(1:22:43) SECTION C - United Health Care
(1:41:01) SECTION D - Health Care History
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Original Air Date: 4/19/2023
Today, we take a look at the history and present of the interconnected movements to privatize education and dismantle democracy.
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Ch. 1: Segrenomics: The Long History of Cashing In On Unequal Education - Have You Heard - Air Date 1-3-18
Ch. 2: Democracy and Public Education: A Future in Peril - Have You Heard - Air Date 8-12-21
Ch. 3: The Hidden Agenda of Privatization with Jessica Piper (pt.1) - Teach Me, Teacher - Air Date 10-31-21
Ch. 4: Betsy DeVos Is Still Making Moves to Destroy Public Schools - The New Abnormal - Air Date 4-1-23
Ch. 5: The Surprising History Behind Charter Schools - WBUR - Air Date 11-4-16
Ch. 6: The Segrenomics of American Education w/ Dr. Noliwe Rooks - Human Restoration Project - Air Date 2-11-23
Ch. 7: The War on Public Education Is Escalating â with Jennifer Berkshire - Is This Democracy - Air Date 3-16-23
Ch. 8: Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-22-20
Ch. 9: Racism-High-Stakes Disaster Education | Dr. Ricardo Rosa - TEDxCCSU - Air Date 11-24-15
Ch. 10: The Secret Power of Homeschoolers - VICE NEWS - Air Date 10-12-22
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Air Date 12/28/2024
Decades of dictatorial rule in Syria have come to an end, leading to something else to be determined. Israel sprang into action taking control of Syrian land on their border. And no one seems to care what the US thinks of all this, which is telling.
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KP 1: Assad Ousted From Syria - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 12-10-24
KP 2: Assad downfall: Is the Arab Spring back from the dead? - Middle East Eye - Air Date 12-14-24
KP 3: Syria's Transition, Biden Migrant Detention Facilities Part 1 - American Prestige - Air Date 12-13-24
KP 4: Why is Israel bombing Syria? - The Take - Air Date 12-17-24
KP 5: âLawlessâ: Marwan Bishara on Israel Bombing Syria 800 Times & Expanding Occupation of Golan Heights - Democracy Now! - Air Date 12-16-24
KP 6: Syria: Western Hypocrisy, Israeli Expansion & The Fall of Assad - Double Down News - Air Date 12-20-24
(53:44) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On closing out the year
DEEPER DIVES
(56:35) SECTION A - THE SYRIAN PEOPLE
(1:38:56) SECTION B - ISRAEL
(2:03:38) SECTION C - HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND THE PROXY WAR
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Original Air Date: 6/13/2023
Today, we take a look at the struggle to act ethically, at least by our own measure if there's not a universally-agreed standard to compare with, relating to the purchase of both the necessities of life we all need as well as the more luxury items that get added on top.
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Ch. 1: No ethical consumption under capitalism: short deep dive - @professor_neil - Air Date 4-13-23
Ch. 2: Hasan and The Left's Paradoxical Relationship with Consumer Capitalism - The Kavernacle - Air Date 5-26-23
Ch. 3: "Separating Art vs. the Artist" doesn't work for Harry Potter - Kuncan Dastner - Air Date 4-14-22
Ch. 4: There are many forms of ethical consumption under capitalism, you just have to understand ethics - poppysaw - Air Date 2-11-23
Ch. 5: Ethical Consumption - Pullback - Air Date 3-7-23
Ch. 6: The moral philosophy of The Good Place (with Mike Schur and Pamela Hieronymi) - The Gray Area with Sean Illing - Air Date 12-9-19
Ch. 7: Ethical Capitalism: Is It Possible? - Wise Crack - Air Date 7-19-21
Ch. 8: Ethical Behavior in Modern Society â Can We Still Get Into The Good Place? - Like Stories of Old - Air Date 4-30-19
Ch. 9: Conscious Consumerism: Does it make a difference - Roundtable - Air Date 7-10-19
Ch. 10: âNo Ethical Consumptionâ is Not License for Nihilism & Hedonism. So What Is It? (Hausfrau Friday) Parkrose Permaculture - Air Date 6-3-22
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Air Date: 12-23-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon (Erin was again missed) discuss:
- The Realignment of the right-wing toward economic populism and government programs- The need for a different kind of government efficiency than DOGE is offering
- The future of the left working to fix government
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The New Pro-Life Playbook - The New YorkerThe American People Deserve DOGE - The Atlantic
In This House, Weâre Angry When Government Fails - The New York Times
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Air Date 12/20/2024
There's no denying that things are about to get bad, Trump and company have had years to prepare for their next turn in office, but those preparing to resist also have the benefit of past experience resulting in a response to Trumpism that looks very different this time around.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: The Shallow, Power-Flattering Appeal of High Status #Resistance Historians - Citations Needed - Air Date 12-3-24
KP 2: Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship? - Boom! Lawyered - Air Date 12-12-24
KP 3: Rep. Delia Ramirez- Trump's Immigration Plans Are -Un-American, Unconstitutional & Undemocratic - Democracy Now! - Air Table 12-11-24
KP 4: Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship? Part 2 - Boom! Lawyered - Air Date 12-12-24
KP 5: Centrists Signal Capitulation After Trump's Victory - The Majority Report - Air Date 12-16-24
KP 6: Trumps Rage at FBI Takes Dark Turn as GOPers Signal They Wont Resist - The Daily Blast - Air Date 12-13-24
(53:43) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the importance of scheduled maintenance for democracy
Reference article:
Reviving the American Tradition of Fusion Voting
DEEPER DIVES
(1:00:59) SECTION A - IMMIGRATION INTIMIDATION
(1:19:46) SECTION B - BENDING THE KNEE
(1:40:16) SECTION C - RESISTANCE
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Description: Composite image of Trump with his arm out admiring a lit match in his hand in front of a burning U.S. Constitution.
Credit: Composite design by A. Hoffman using multiple images from Pixabay | License: Pixabay
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Air Date 12/17/2024
Changing the direction of a political party doesn't happen overnight and it usually takes a major disrupting event to shake it out of its well-wore groove. The loss of the Harris campaign to Trump and the evident desperation people have for a new economics that works for people might finally be enough to put Democrats on track to a more full-throated support of economic populism.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Jon Stewart On What Went Wrong For Democrats - The Daily Show - Air Date 11-11-24
KP 2: The Democratic Party Is A Rudderless Ship - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 11-21-24
KP 3: âBERNIE WAS RIGHT!â: Corporate Democrat ADMITS DEFEAT - The Kyle Kulinski Show - Air Date 11-18-24
KP 4: Assad Ousted From Syria - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 12-10-24
KP 5: Can Ben Wikler Fix The Democratic Party? - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 12-4-24
KP 6: âGet These Incels to Workâ (feat. Hasan Piker) Part 1 - Pod Save America - Air Date 11-27-24
(49:33) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the Democrats perception gap and Ben Wikler for the DNC
DEEPER DIVES
(1:00:11) SECTION A - WHY DEMOCRATS LOST
(1:32:40) SECTION B - TIME TO FIGHT
(1:56:05) SECTION C - MOVING FORWARD
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Description: Photo of billionaire Mark Cuban speaking into a microphone at a Harris Walz campaign event.
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