In this News Brief we discuss Sarah and Adam's recent substack article breaking down the most popular anti-union talking points and they they don't hold water.

News Brief: Most Popular Anti-Union Talking Points (And Why They're Bullshit)

Criminal Minds. Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer. Inside the Criminal Mind. Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez.

Each of these is the title of a series, fictional or otherwise, or documentary that relies on the work of so-called criminal profilers. They’re all premised, more or less, on the same idea: That the ability to venture inside the mind of an individual who’s committed a horrific act of violence–say, serial murder, rape, or kidnapping–is the key to figuring out why that crime happened in the first place. This theory may sound promising at first blush; after all, the highest echelons of law enforcement in the US continue to use criminal profiling tactics to this day.

But the reality is that, despite their prevalence in law enforcement both onscreen and off, criminal profiling techniques are largely ineffective, and in many ways, dangerous. Failing to consider institutional factors such as a culture of violence and easy access to weapons, patriarchy, austerity and other social ills that contribute to and reinforce violent crime, criminal profiling focuses almost exclusively on individual experiences and psychological makeup. Meanwhile, it categorizes “criminals” not as people who’ve been shaped by this social conditioning, but as neuro-deviants whose psychological anatomy is just different from yours or mine.

On this episode, we examine the history of the practice of criminal profiling in the West; how the FBI and entertainment industry work in tandem to glamorize the profession, despite its harms; what the actual effectiveness of profiling is; and how it serves as yet another form of Hollywood copaganda.

Our guests are Thomas MacMillan and Chris Fabricant.

Real Life Implications of Pop Culture's Fascination with the Dubious Science of “Criminal Profiling”

In this News Brief, we discuss the phoned-in, cynical response by Republicans to mass shooting and how they've devolved into self-parody.

News Brief: Rightwing Media's Increasingly Goofy, Hyper-Militarized Non-Solutions to Mass Shootings

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We are joined by Ben Tarnoff (twitter.com/bentarnoff), author of the forthcoming book Internet for the People (versobooks.com/books/3927-internet-for-the-people) to discuss the early wave of internet marketization, platform capitalism, and whether or not we should blow the whole thing up.

Episode 18: DARPA Marx -- patreon.com/posts/episode-18-darpa-30769618

Episode 229: Scrolling Towards Bethlehem (trailer)

In this News Brief, we examine two New York Times articles—one about Chesa Boudin and one about Eric Adams—and how they serve as object lessons in how liberal outlets repackaging 1990s-era Tough on Crime dogma as sophisticated, sanitized, and progressive.

News Brief: Boudin Recall Coverage and how the NYT Sells 'Tough on Crime' Dogma to Squishy Liberals

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We put on 25 necklaces and the worst vest in history and watch some of the worst videos of all time to figure out why everyone think’s it’s cool Johnny Depp beat up his wife.

Episode 231: Fantastic Wives and Where to Beat Them (trailer)

Chesa Boudin recall, crime & homelessness vs. “bad vibes” of urban liberals.

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We are joined by Kymone Freeman of We Act Radio,  Washington City Paper's 2017 Best Social Justice Radio Station in DC, to talk about the district's upcoming elections.

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The Most Important Election of Our Lives w/ @KymoneFreeman of @WeActRadio

In this Live Interview from 5/20, we are joined by Layla A. Jones of the Philadelphia Inquirer whose report, "Lights. Camera. Crime." brilliantly documented the White Flight origins of the "action news" genre and how it dehumanized⁠—and thus helped lawmakers gut⁠—black communities throughout the country.

                              

Live Interview: "Action News" & the Rise of Anti-Black Local "Crime" Reporting . w/ Layla A. Jones

Folks, it's another climate episode. Professor doctor Matt Huber joins the show to talk about his new book, finding the specific targets to fight climate change, and how unionization is the smartest place to start. Be sure to direct all complaints to Anders Lee on twitter or facebook.com

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Climate Change As Class War w/ Matt Huber

Audio Grab Bag; Alito's Draft Opinion on Roe/Casey

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