On our maiden voyage, we deliver an elegy for JD Vance's bestseller 'Hillbilly Elegy' while also paying homage to R+B legends Gerald Levert (RIP), Keith Sweat, and Johnny Gill.

*Upon further review, Eric Williams, whom we do a bit about on this one, is a respected scholar whose words we clearly took out of context and drew the wrong conclusions about. His radical critique of capitalism and the slave economy was a gap in our knowledge, and we're embarrassed to say we botched that one. But, still, fuck JD.

Episode 1: JD Vance A Snitch

Felix reviews the first two episodes of the hit 2016 NBC dramedy "This Is Us".

Chapo Trap House

Bonus: This is Sus

We pledge eternal fealty to our beautiful "boaters." We also take a deep dive into an amazing bungle in the jungle, and examine Joe Biden's digital strategy of emulating c.2013 Upworthy.

[sorry about will's audio in the beginning, we had a bit of a Zoom goof but it gets fixed halfway -ed.]

416 - Operation: Guaido (5/4/20)

Felix continues his reviews the of the hit 2016 NBC dramedy "This Is Us".

Bonus: This is Sus 5 – This Is Us, Part 2

Felix and his sister Lucy continue their examination of NBC's dramatic television series Council of Dads.

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And read the poem Lucy mentions:
http://gulfcoastmag.org/journal/26.1/tim-riggins-speaks-of-waterfalls/

Bonus: This is Sus 6 – Council of Dads, Part 2 feat. Lucy Biederman

We’re joined inside our Cry Cube by the New Republic's Jen Pan to examine the current non-fiction best-seller, Robin DiAngelo’s “White Fragility.”

You can find Jen's review of White Fragility here: https://newrepublic.com/article/156032/diversity-training-isnt-enough-pamela-newkirk-robin-diangelo-books-reviews

428 - No Crying in Raceball feat. Jen Pan (6/15/20)

It's another week of begrudgingly covering the news. Is Trump attempting a coup? What can Biden's transition team tell us about the future? How will honest Americans like the MAGA Florist and Stormin' Norman fare under a repressive Biden regime? Tune in to find out...

Tarence has a new article about Congressman Hal Rogers up at Dissent Magazine: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hal-rogerss-kentucky-kingdom

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Episode 172: Stormin' Norman and the 10,000 Biker Coup

This week we discuss the theory of NEOFEUDALISM, company towns, EPCOT center, and the gig economy.

SOURCES
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/neofeudalism-the-end-of-capitalism/
https://lingojam.com/EnglishtoShakespearean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPCOT_(concept)

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ALEX'S MOVIE SPACE TRASH:
https://vimeo.com/295924793

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GIVE ME FUEDALISM GIVE ME FIRE GIVE ME THAT WHICH I DESIRE

This week, we're joined by David Dayen, executive editor at American Prospect, to discuss the COVID situation along with what a Biden administration could do even without Democratic control over the Senate. Don't let these excuses and malarky re: his powerlessness fool you! 

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Find the Day One Agenda here: https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda

The essays discussed in the opening can be found here: 

-https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/make-progress-on-all-fronts-a-response-to-jacobin/
-https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/12/executive-orders-supreme-court-law-college-debt

-https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/biden-canceling-student-debt-loans-schumer/

Biden Can Do a Lot (If He Wants to) w/ David Dayen

We are joined by Breht from Rev Left Radio and Brynn Nieboer from Beep Beep Lettuce to discuss Vladmir Lenin's 1901 pamphlet, What Is To Be Done?, and how it relates to how we currently need to do things.

BREHT
@RevLeftRadio
@Red_Menace_Pod
https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/

BRYNN NIEBOER
@WeedPod
@GenLossPod

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by
DOG MAN PIZZA PARTY
https://dogmanpizzaparty.bandcamp.com/track/stay-dead

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What Is To Be Done? Do We Need To Do Things? Let's Find Out! w/ Rev Left Radio & Brynn Nieboer

Zero Books publishing manager Doug Lain talks to us about getting censored by the Youtube algorithm bot and how we grapple with free speech as leftists on the internet. We go on to talk about how this plays into the overall ideological movement of socialism, the end of history/end of ideology, and then someone brings up a twitter account that it is illegal to type out loud and we start yappin' about free speech and comics and crap. Enjoy

DOUG LAIN/ZERO BOOKS
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyoQK-mZXr2ws4C0nXGCH1w
https://douglaslain.substack.com/p/why-did-youtube-censor-us
https://youtu.be/2c5_hVUHp5o
https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks

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