“Teachers Unions: Still a Huge Obstacle to Reform.” “Countering Iran’s Menacing Persian Gulf Navy.” “Open Everything: The time to end pandemic restrictions is now.” “The Good Republicans’ Last Stand”

Each of these headlines comes from the same magazine: The Atlantic. For 167 years, the publication has enjoyed elite stature in the American literary and journalistic worlds, publishing such luminaries as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Barack Obama, and serving as a coveted professional destination for writers throughout the country. Founded by a number of esteemed 19th century authors, the magazine has long prided itself on its cultural and political depth.

But beneath all of its high-minded rhetoric about democracy, free expression, fearlessness, and American ideals is a vehicle of center-right pablum, designed to launder reactionary opinions for a liberal-leaning audience. As the employer of warmongers like Jeffrey Goldberg, Anne Applebaum, and David Frum, under the ownership of a Silicon Valley-tied investment firm hellbent on destroying teachers’ unions, The Atlantic, time and time again, proves a far cry from the truth-pursuing, consensus-disrupting outlet it claims to be.

On this episode, we dive into the history and ideology of The Atlantic, examining the currents of middlebrow conservatism, left-punching, and deference to boring business owners that have run through the magazine throughout its nearly 17 decades of operation.

Our guest is Jon Schwarz.

Episode 198: How The Atlantic Magazine Helps Sell Austerity and War to Middlebrow Liberals

Israel is carrying out genocide against the Palestinian people and "systematic destruction of every aspect necessary to sustain life in Gaza", United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese detailed in her report titled "Anatomy of a Genocide". Ben Norton analyzes the political context.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=o4e4fI_r3b0

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, UN human rights expert explains

Singer-songwriter Brewer Grouse finds himself at the center of the early '60s folk boom in Manhattan and sets out to make his message heard—whether people like it or not.

E1 on Patreon: www.patreon.com/e1podcast

Starring Charles Austin, Dave Weigel, Lisa Vitale, Nate Ruess, Alex Branson, Andrew Hudson, John Semley, Alana Branson, Joel, Margie, Taylor, and Patches.

Written by Charles Austin, Alex Branson, and Andrew Hudson

Songs by Charles Austin, performed by Charles Austin, Lisa Vitale, Nate Ruess, and Alex Branson.

Artwork by Titas Antanas Vilkaitis

Edited by Charles Austin

327 - The Ballad of Brewer Grouse

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson analyze how the United States is waging an economic war against China.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4l3EbRUOGsI

Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/04/09/us-waging-economic-war-china-radhika-desai-michael-hudson/

You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

How the US is waging economic war on China

A "mercenary Army of the poor"? Right-wing think tanks, as well as some on the left, have sought to disprove that framework. Professor Jodi Dean joins the show to critique the most recent study which portrays the rank-and-file military as a Warrior Aristocracy.


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The Class Composition of the US Military: A Socialist View w/ Prof. Jodi Dean

We talk a little bit about our eclipse experiences, then dive into two articles about the so-called "illiberal left"—the first by that sicko Jonathan Chait, the second a reported story in the NYTimes

You can check out Aaron's latest short story here: https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2024/04/08/dreaming-of-europa/

And support us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 338: The Solutions Tent

We meet Claude Marks, founder/co-director of the Freedom Archives & former FBI most wanted for a talk about revolutionary radio, serious politics in the 1960s, and a life in movement.

Episode 369: Claude Marks

I'm sick of hearing October 7 mentioned in the same breath as Israel's incineration of Gaza as though they're equal or even comparable. A thousand Israelis dying (probably hundreds by indiscriminate IDF fire) is not comparable to tens of thousands of Palestinians (probably more) being deliberately exterminated by high tech war machinery, even if before you account for the fact that Israel was the aggressor and that the violence of the oppressed is not comparable to the violence of the oppressor in the first place.

Israeli Suffering Is Not Comparable To Palestinian Suffering

Lucy, Theo, Andrew, and Ben bring you: A wolf escape averted, Russian propaganda broadcast directly from space into Dutch babies' brains, and living a combination safety first / BDSM lifestyle.
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EPISODE 342: Ooh! My Egg!

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We finally visit CHAOS author Tom O’Neill at his place in LA to talk about the CIA, Charles Manson, the 1960s, and two decades of trying to put it all together. Part 2 of 2.

Check out Tom O'Neill's book CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the 1960s here: amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559

Episode 371: Cease to Exist (Part 2) [trailer]

What are some good audiobooks? How do I relearn to chew? How do vitamins get assigned letters? How do I ask for money I was owed? How do I deal with a fear of worms? How do gel fingernails work? Hank and John Green have answers!


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387: Hard Pivot to Beef

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