Walt Tremblay (@necrobranson) wants to buy an assault rifle, encourages people to invest in gambling, and fears people will confuse Meghan McCain with Meghan Trainor. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49948227

E0 #15 - Walt's Smile Log 2 [Preview] [Patreon Exclusive]

The poets (formerly) of Boost House Midwest share their latest work. Psychics make predictions and read horoscopes. (Recorded 2019-08-10) (Twitter: @necrobranson @intellegint @charlesraustin @ByYourLogic)

093 - Live in Brooklyn: The Other Side... And Beyond

“Science and religion fight over Hawaii's highest point,” one CNN headline puts it, “Desecrating sacred land or finding new frontiers?” BBC asks.”Science, Interrupted: Mauna Kea Observatories ‘caught in the middle,’” Pacific Business News writes. 

When tensions arise between native communities and the so-called “pursuit of science”, more often than not Western media presents these points of conflict as a symmetrical and simplistic case of “science vs. superstition.” Science is framed as a morally and politically neutral quest for truth––an objective and innovative good that will unequivocally benefit humanity. 

But Western “science”––despite its rank-and-file advocates' often best intentions–– has historically been used as the public relations vanguard of colonialism and white supremacy. A Trojan Horse presented as ideologically neutral, followed by an outpouring of exploitation, industry and the erasure of native peoples––both culturally and physically. 

While everyone can agree scientific research and progress are good things, the institution of “science” as such––from North America to Australia to Africa to Palestine-–has a long history of serving on the front lines of white, capitalist expansionism. This week we are going to discuss this history, how anti-colonial scientists are pushing back against these forces, and how we can expand human knowledge and understanding without weaponizing the enterprise to serve the interest of power.

We're joined on this episode by Nick Estes, Assistant Professor in the American Studies Department at the University of New Mexico.

                              

Ep. 90: How Western Media's False Binary Between "Science" & Indigenous Rights Erases Native People

Brace and Liz are joined by Ben Tarnoff, founding editor of Logic Magazine (http://logicmag.io), to figure out what the hell is going on with this internet business.

UNLOCKED: DARPA Marx

“'Right-to-work' means freedom and choice,” a Boston Globe op-ed explains. “As housing costs rise, some people are choosing to live on the road instead,” a Fox Business headline states. “If your insurance company isn’t doing right by you, you should have another, better choice,” reads Joe Biden’s campaign platform. 
We’re told repeatedly that “freedom of choice” is essential to a robust economy and human happiness. Economists, executives, politicians, and pundits insist that, the same way consumers shop for TVs, workers can choose their healthcare plan, parents can choose their kids' school, and gig-economy workers can choose their own schedules and benefits. 

While this language is superficially appealing, it’s also profoundly deceitful. The notion of “choice” as a gateway to freedom and a sign of societal success isn’t a neutral call for people to exercise some abstract civic power; it’s free-market capitalist ideology manufactured by libertarian and neoliberal think tanks and their mercenary economists and media messaging nodes. Its purpose: to convince people that they have a choice while obscuring the economic factors that ensure they really don’t: People can’t “choose” to keep their employer-provided insurance if they’re fired from their jobs or “choose” to enroll their kids in private school if they can’t afford the tuition. 

In this episode, we examine the rise of “choice” rhetoric, how it cravenly appeals to our vanity, and how US media has uncritically adopted the framing--helping the right erode social services while atomizing us all into independent, self-interested collections of “choices.” 

We are joined by Jessica Stites, executive editor of In These Times.

Episode 95: The Hollow Vanity of Libertarian "Choice" Rhetoric

Adam and Ben chew on some of the toughest questions facing the left in the summer of 2020 with style, class, and a whole lotta sass. Thanks for tuning into DPS, now airing exclusively on the WB in 1999. 

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We delve into the wild world of video game journalism with the help of two veterans of the industry, Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert (of TALKING SIMPSONS podcast fame). We discuss bad labor conditions, heavy corporate influence, why GamerGate hit games journalism so hard, and why so few game journalists make it past age 35. Guess what: there are some parallels between games journalism and political and cultural journalism.

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#162 - Freelance of Horror (w/ Henry Gilbert and Bob Mackey)

Everyone agrees that money in politics is a problem, but in MEET THE DONORS: DOES MONEY TALK? (2016), filmmaker Alexandra (daughter of Nancy) Pelosi asks: is it really? She interviews some of the biggest political donors in America to find out why they donate and what they expect for their donations, and finds out... not a whole lot. Politics - what a concept! PLUS: we discuss the state of the left in electoral politics, and definitively identify the worst Twitter feed in the world.

#164 - Mo Money Mo Problems

Join us as we get into the weeds of Eurodollars, the Libor rigging scandal during the 2008-9 financial crisis, and the Libor replacement known as SOFR (the "secured overnight financing rate"). SOFR is supposed to be safe against manipulation that happened to Libor; but is it? We'll look at the mechanics of how Wall Street and London City bankers could still ruin wholesale credit for everyone, again, on Grubstakers

CIA Paper on Soviet banks in the west in 1969:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000233857.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2GIP9__UuFi0eMddht7_xl83cplWQoW9oMspKNc7tD57WuzXNEvPkPhu8

Episode 190: Eurodollar, SOFR & the Origins of the Libor Scandal

Lucy, Theo, and Andrew tackle Andrew Bolt's unflinching commitment to being the wrongest man in the room, Google's crackdown on Dutch seasonal racism, and Western Australia's disappearing time capsule problem. Plus: Theo very nearly does his famous "anthem rant" again.
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