The Crumbling

The co-hosts are joined by journalist, researcher, and Congressional
 candidate for IL-09 (parts of Chicago and surrounding areas), Kat
 Abughazaleh. They talk about her history working for Media Matters
 and other outlets, why she's running, the term "influencer," ICE, and so
 much more. 

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The co-hosts are joined by journalist and podcaster Heath Druzin
 (Howl, Extremely American, Boise State Public Radio) American
 discuss the direct line from Ron Paul's 2008 and 2012 presidential
 campaigns to the rising popularity of the militia movements. V finally
 lets one of her special interests out of the bag (this exact topic), and
 Heath illuminates the story with deeper knowledge of these
 movem...

The co-hosts continue to discuss the history of the Austrian and 
Chicago schools of economics. From Uncle Milty (Milton Friedman) to 
Murray Rothbard, all your least favorite economists of this era make 
appearances in episodes 24 and 25  part of the Libertarianism 
series. This episode shows how Rothbard especially built a coalition 
that spawned one of the bridges between normal Republicans who just 
k...

The co-hosts start to discuss the history of the Austrian and Chicago 
schools of economics. From Uncle Milty (Milton Friedman) to Murray 
Rothbard, all your least favorite economists of this era make 
appearances in This and the Next few episodes 

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Sophia and V are joined by the talented journalist, Laura Jedeed, to talk 
about her upbringing in the Objectivist philosophy. This is part 2 of a 2 
episode block with Laura, with episode 22 being on Ayn Rand's thought 
in general, and her cultural impact more broadly.

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Sophia and V are joined by the talented journalist, Laura Jedeed, to 
discuss one of the right libertarian movements biggest contributors 
and haters: Ayn Rand. They discuss a bit of her history, but focus on her 
work and the impact it had. This is part 1 of a 2 episode block with 
Laura, with episode 23 being an interview with her on her family's 
adherence to the Objectivist movement. 

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Sophia and V move into talking about two proto-chuds whose 
admissions of elitism would make Anton LaVey blush: HL Mencken and 
Albert Jay Nock. Both were brutally critical of democracy, and Nock 
was one of the first figures on the right to refer to himself as 
"libertarian." This episode explores three of the main characteristics of 
all libertarian ideology that remain elusive unless you've had to read a ...

Sophia, V, and Davin start a journey through the history of right
libertarianism (libertarian capitalism), starting with its ideological
 forebears, and laying out some definitions. They discuss some of the
 greatest sh*t-talkers in philosophical and political history - French
 people in the 18th and 19th centuries. They discuss a bit of the history
 of socialism, and how that relates to the inception of the...

Sophia and V continue the two part interview with Aly Wane, an 
immigrants' rights activist, about his history with the work, his thoughts 
about our current moment, how we got there, and where we can go 
next. The connections between this and the prior interview with David 
Livingstone Smith are discussed, as well as ideas on dehumanization. 
The parallels between the oppression of transgender people, 
i...

Sophia, Davin, and V embark on the first episode of a two part 
interview with Aly Wane, an immigrants' rights activist, about his history 
with the work, his thoughts about our current moment, how we got 
there, and where we can go next. The "post-truth" moment is 
discussed, and how that informs the specific atrocities that we're all 
seeing laid out before us right now, in May 

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Sophia, V, and Davin interview David Livingstone Smith, a professor of 
philosophy at the University of New England. The crew take a deep 
dive with Professor Smith into his area of expertise - dehumanization. 
They talk about how he got started studying dehumanization, how it 
arises, how it leads to genocides and other atrocities, and how it relates 
to our ongoing epistemic crisis (or, as we like to call ...

Sophia and V are once again schooled by Davin on the court...the 
actual court, though, and not physically on it, and really it's other people 
that got schooled...but you get it! They talk about how a certain UConn 
athlete (!!!) accidentally revealed the truth of how student athletes were 
compensated (or not), and how things have changed since then. The 
connection between this kind of exploitation and pa...

Finally, Davin gets to tell a story! He fills the other co-hosts in on the 
story of the exploitation of NCAA athletes, prior to the push for 
some of them unionizing. He describes the conditions that led up to 
that movement, showing how the league continuously profited off 
of them, while denying them any chance at making money from 
their work.
 Also, two announcements:
 Tragically, Andrew has left ...

Returning for Part 2 of their deep dive into labor history. with a (mostly) serious panel discussion, Sophia and Andrew explore where we stand today, the historical impact of labor movements, and how they can help us build a future rooted in trust, authenticity, and solidarity. Join the conversation on the past, present, and power of collective action.

Featuring 
Kim Kelly (  Author, Journalist )
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T he co-hosts have a chance to chat with the journalist Kim Kelly, author of the book Fight Like Hell and the upcoming book Fight To Win, about how labor movements provide a way to build a society based on trust, where disinformation doesn't have a chance to flourish. They also ask her what killer metal records have been coming out lately. 

• Bill Flarsheim
• Ghosty
• jason lev
• Josh ...

The co-hosts are rounding out the journey through showing how 
climate change disinformation has led us to where we are now. They 
discuss the second Trump administration, and how it has, through 
DOGE and its own actions, buried information on climate change in 
order to benefit the American kleptocracy. They discuss the details of 
grants and other funding from the federal government that would aid 
res...

Sophia , Andrew & Devon are joined by comedian and science educator Annam Choudhry 
 https://www.instagram.com/annamlaughs

. They all continue on the climate change journey, this time 
discussing the careers of two men who both worked for the Cato 
Institute (a right wing think tank co-founded by Murray Rothbard, one of 
the Koch brothers, and another person), and we're Fox News 
contributors. Those men h...