Author Alex Wade joins us to discuss his new book “The Pac-Man Principle: A User’s Guide to Capitalism.” Dr. Wade is a senior research fellow at Birmingham City University whose focus is on British video game histories. PLUS: We dissect the failed “Unite The Right 2” Neo-Nazi rally which took place in Washington D.C. last week, and Ralph awards “heroes” honors to a landlord going on hunger strike against a new homeless shelter in his Queens neighborhood.
00:00 - CLIP: Neo-Nazi douche and “Unite the Right” organizer Jared Kessler gets yelled at by his dad
01:30 - Discussion of “Unite the Right 2”
15:00 - Interview with Alex Wade, author of “The Pac-Man Principle”
47:00 - This episode brought to you by SUNDAY SCARIES - they don’t do shit!
48:30 - BAFFLEGAB HEROES - Landlord hunger striking against homeless shelter
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