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December 21, 2025 74 mins

Re-Air Date: 12–18-25

Unless you were a member in December of 2024, this episode of SOLVED! will be brand new to you! If you were a member back then, THANK YOU and this one is worth a re-listen. We're slowing down production for a little bit to reorganize our production processes, so enjoy this episode from our archives (and before YouTube) where Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

 

  • Ch. 1 -  What the orcas are up to
  • Ch. 2 -  Confronting the truth about eating meat
  • Ch. 3 -  How to not let grief destroy leftist movements
  • Ch. 4 -  Living a better life by accepting our own mortality

 

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REFERENCES:

Confessions of a Former Carnivore - The New Republic

For Our Movements to Win, We Must Learn How Not to Let Our Grief Destroy Us - TruthOut

You Are Going to Die - The Atlantic

EXTRAS:

00:50:04 - Best of the Left Ep. #1672   - "Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out' (11-26-24)

 

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