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#49 PROG ROCK! (ft. Dave Weigel)

The term "Western civilization" has long been a staple of the American Right, but with the recent resurgence of white nationalism, it is having something of a comeback. Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly are hosting a two-week Mediterranean "cruise thru history" to "explore the roots of Western civilization." The Intellectual Dark Web's Jordan Peterson tells us “The West is Right,” while The Daily Caller and Fox News are busy “celebrating the West." Neo-Nazi Matthew Heimbach hails “Youth for Western Civilization." Both the traditional and so-called alt-right ground their worldviews in a fictional moral arc of "The West” that bares little resemblance to reality.

Learning from the past and applying those lessons to the present is a good thing. But in pop political discourse, the Classics have been misused and abused to promote an origin story that never was - a white Greco-Roman world birthing our noble, so-called “Judeo-Christian” American empire to gloss over a history of exploitation, imperialism, slavery and conquest.

On this episode, we’ll explore the right-wing obsession with the ancient world, it’s influence on neoconservative empire-building and alt-right white nationalism alike, and how our common cultural understanding of the ancient world has been perpetually white-washed to promote a clash of civilizations narrative and racist pseudo-science.

We are joined by Dr. Sarah E. Bond, Associate Professor at the University of Iowa, and Dr. Cord Whitaker, Associate Professor at Wellesley College.

Episode 82 - 'Western Civilization' and White Supremacy: The Right-Wing Co-option of Antiquity

Our pal Riley Quinn from across the pond (and also from Trash Future Podcast) joins us to talk about living in pod apartments, Jeffrey Epstein, British electoral politics, Harry Potter, Midsommar, and much more. Also we all drank kratom right before we recorded this and afterwards Riley threw up. Blame Anders.

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For Sale: Kratom, Gently Used w/ Riley Quinn

Bobo Caruso, the CEO of Caruso Web Securities LLC, welcomes hackers Psycho Amazing, Mr. Hankey, and Child Vagina talk about their hacking exploits. (Twitter: @necrobranson @intellegint @dangerousneil @DinkMagic)

089 - Into the Blue Box

We here at your favorite politics/fast food review podcast went to Netroots Nation this past weekend in Philadelphia. Here is our report on what we saw.

Catch our live show at the Traverse City Film Festival:
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We'll also be covering the 2nd Democratic Debates live from TCFF:
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Finally, come to Providence R.I. to see our live play of Call of Cthulhu there: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chapo-trap-house-plays-call-of-cthulhu-live-tickets-62234533164

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332 - Fear of a Netroots Nation feat. Brendan James (7/15/19)

Anthropologist Marc Edelman explores the intersections of poverty, capitalist predation and authoritarian populism in rural America - as financial capital picks clean the remains of large swathes of community and individual wealth, the impoverished working class finds itself isolated from community and politics, and turns its rage outward, but never upward.

Marc wrote the article How Capitalism Underdeveloped Rural America for Jacobin.

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/capitalism-underdeveloped-rural-america-trump-white-working-class

Deep poverty, capitalist predation and isolation in rural America.

Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani debunk the latest right-wing freakout about migration. Plus, Government corruption on PPE, submissions close for the Labour Leaks inquiry and why we all need Joe Biden to stop talking.

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TyskySour: Right Wing Migrant Freakout

The US West Coast is suffering from record breaking forest fires. Will the disaster jolt the country into climate action? Plus, Alan Sugar wants you back in the office, Labour Friends of Israel celebrates an influx of MPs, and thousands complain after ITV airs homage to Black Lives Matter. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.