as of this comment co district 3 is about 1k votes against frisch. safe to be pessimistic with the pro war pro imperial pro fa game in town.

No, Huber did never and does not introduce himself as a "doctor collaborator". That is just something you surely took from the delusional tales recently published in the book "Health Communism" which is a book spreading forgeries against SPK.

We celebrate 20 years of 9/11 by taking a 2-part look at the political and cultural insanity of the era immediately following the attacks. Today, we look at the hysterical jingoism, veneration of idiotic leaders, politically enforced censorship, and the seminal war-blogger classic “The Pussification of the Western Male”

We’ll continue on Thursday’s ep with looks at TV, Film and Culture from the era, plus another canonical 9/11 reading series. Stay tuned!

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558 - 9/11 Era, Pt. 1: The Pussification of the Western Male (9/14/21)

We just noticed it happens to be a midterms year, so your favorite presidential podcasting duo of Chris and Matt have teamed back up to relaunch our beltway insider series. We’re joined by campaign reporter extraordinaire Dave Weigel to break down the key races to watch, track the trends to follow, and generally put drills to our temples as we attempt to once again engage in American Electoral Politics.

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620 - Beltway Phoenix at the Midterms of Madness feat. Dave Weigel (4/18/22)

Author, anti-crypto advocate (and yes, film & TV star) Ben McKenzie stops by to talk Cryptocurrency. We discuss the lies & fraud at the center of Crypto, the use of celebs to boost the scheme, and his experiences traveling to the Miami Bitcoin conference and a Bitcoin mining server farm to research his forthcoming book. 

Keep an eye out for Ben and Jacob Silverman’s forthcoming book. You can find some of their recent writing on the topic in Slate here: https://slate.com/author/ben-mckenzie

626 - Simian Slurp feat. Ben McKenzie (5/9/22)

"Education... is a great equalizer of conditions of men—the balance wheel of the social machinery," stated school reformer Horace Mann in 1848. "Math is the great equalizer," preached Jaime Escalante, Edward James Olmos’ character, in the 1988 film Stand and Deliver. "The best anti-poverty program around is a world-class education," announced Barack Obama during his 2010 State of the Union address.

This message is everywhere, pervading political speeches, Oscar-bait films, think-tank papers, and everything in between. The key to economic upward mobility—we’re endlessly told, is education—a societal building block that is, or at least should be, accessible to every child, no matter their race, gender, or income level. It's a seductive, seemingly unassailable conceit, suggesting that we live in a meritocracy where second chances and generational wealth-building are possible, even probable, with a few simple tools.

But is there any truth to this idea? There’s a growing body of evidence showing that education level does not, in fact, necessarily translate to higher wages. Which raises the questions: Why has the idea that education is the ultimate anti-poverty tool persisted? Whose interests are served in its continuation? And who, in turn, pays the price?

On this episode, the Season Six premiere of Citations Needed, we detail and debunk the widespread conventional wisdom that education is the rising tide that lifts all boats, looking at the ways it reinforces themes of individualism and personal responsibility; obscures systemic issues like racism and worker exploitation in the labor market; and ultimately keeps people entrenched in, rather than liberating them from, poverty and low-wage work.

Our guest is Lake Forest professor Cristina Viviana Groeger.

Episode 166: The Convenient Conventional Wisdom of "Education as Great Equalizer" Appeals

Anders talks to labor writer Jonah Furman about the ongoing rail strike. But first, some good vibes.

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We discuss the lost history of the Marxian German autonomous collective of psychiatric patients known as the SPK. But first, Deleuze, Guattari, rhizomes, bodies without organs, Kate Bush, antipsychiatry, trade regimes, Bayonetta, and Popeyes.

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More talk about the rise of fascist terrorism, followed by an article in the MIT Technology Review about the ultra rich and their fascination with longevity 

Judith Butler article referenced in the episode: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2021/oct/23/judith-butler-gender-ideology-backlash

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Episode 269: Thusin' With the Bois

In this News Brief, we are joined by Real News' Mel Buer and Maximillian Alvarez to discuss the media campaign to obscure Biden and Congressional dems role in selling out rail workers.

News Brief: Biden, Congressional Dems Partner with GOP, Media to Discipline Rail Labor

**audio gets better after a couple minutes** This week we talk about the most recent AppHarvest news, and then move on to an extremely cool article about Disney magic

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Episode 270: Present Company Included

Holy crap damn fam, we did it. The year is over. Join Alex and Jake as we stab this year in it's rattling, skeletal rib cage. The gang's all here, Jake, Alex, a skeleton monster, Murray, no Anders. What an episode. 

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