We’re joined by Dylan Saba, a writer and lawyer from Palestine Legal, to talk about aid, war, Rafah, Biden’s red lines, and Lebanon.

Check out his article AID WARS here: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/aid-wars/

Episode 386: Red Line

“Choose the product best suited for baby,” Nestlé urged in a 1970s baby formula ad. “What size is your carbon footprint?” wondered oil giant BP in 2003. “Texting, music listening put distracted pedestrians at risk,” USA Today announced in 2012.

These headlines and ad copy all offer a glimpse into a longstanding strategy among corporations: place the burdens of safety, health, and wellbeing on individuals, in order to deflect responsibility and regulation. Whether in the areas of transportation, climate, or nutrition and food safety, individuals, namely “consumers,” are increasingly expected to assume full responsibility for their own wellbeing, and are blamed, shamed, and punished–or worse, made ill or injured–when they can’t live up to these unrealistic expectations.

Sure, everyone must bear some level of personal responsibility in matters of health and safety, obviously. But corporations from Chrysler to Nestlé, in concert with a compliant US media, have taken advantage of this truism to place a disproportionate level of obligation onto the people who work in their warehouses and buy their products. At the same time, they’ve been able to fend off even the most minor of structural changes–say, using less plastic or healthier ingredients–with often dangerous, even deadly, consequences.

This is Part I of a two-part series on what we’re calling “The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift,” a process in which corporations deflect blame onto the relatively powerless. On this episode, we examine how corporations have shifted the burdens of liability onto “consumers” and other individuals, examining how the auto, fossil-fuel, and food and beverage industries have orchestrated media campaigns to frame the people they harm, whether directly or indirectly, as responsible for their own misfortunes.

Our guest is journalist Jessie Singer.

This episode was made in partnership with Workday Magazine.

The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift (Part I) - How Corporate America Offset Liability Onto the Public

We explore how disaffected young men anonymously posting memes online led to real-life violence including multiple mass murders, the forming of what came to be known as the alt-right movement, a seismic shift in the Republican party, and the January 6th, 2021 storming of the capitol. Joining us for this very special episode is Elle Reeve, correspondent for CNN and author of the new book Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society and Capture American Politics.

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Black Pill: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Black-Pill/Elle-Reeve/9781982198886


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Studying the Black Pill feat Elle Reeve (E285)

It’s only July, and our already terrifying election season has somehow gotten far worse than even the QAA hosts could imagine.  Join Jake, Travis, Liv, and Julian for an emergency recording following the attempted assassination of the former President and the murder of one of his supporters at a Trump rally in Butler, PA.  Naturally, conspiracy theories are spreading like wildfires in the wake of such unsettling events, and the hosts must turn to their beloved Travis to separate reality from fiction.  

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Trump Shot (E286)

In this public News Brief we discuss the phony pearl-clutching over "heated" anti-Trump messaging and Team Biden's attempt to run out the clock before the DNC.

Media Baselessly Pins Trump Shooting on Vague 'Heated Rhetoric,' Precious Dems Stop Campaigning

Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to erase negative thoughts, win every argument, and close every sale? Travis and Brad take you through the sordid tale of a self-help movement that’s equal parts psychotherapy, entrepreneurial success tool, and mind-control technique. A movement that inspired the likes of Tony Robbins, NXIVM, the Landmark corporate cult, and even pick-up artistry. A modality used by IBM and McDonald’s, the U.S. Army and the CIA. A quasi-religion that was poised to be as big as Scientology, if it hadn’t been for a series of self-inflicted wounds. Your brain is a computer, and we’re about to install the story of Neuro-linguistic Programming.


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Brad: https://twitter.com/LoveAndSaucers  https://lnk.bio/extrasensory 

Rachael: https://apocalypse-confidential.com/ 


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Neuro-Linguistic Podcasting (Premium E252) Sample

Barber Sloppy (Branson) and his son Danny (Andrew) cut hair for their customers (Charles). E1 on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/e1podcast

344 - Sloppy’s Shape-Up

Biden out, Harris in. Conspiracy theories metastasize as the democratic candidate (and current President) calls it quits and coronates his Vice President. The right spreads conspiracy theories about Joe Biden being dead and replaced by a body double or some form of AI. BlueAnon chimes in with some new theories now that "their guy" is out. And we explore what's next for election season with analyst & politics writer Josh (Ettingermentum).

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It's Joever feat Ettingermentum (Premium E253) Sample

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We’re joined again by Left in the Bay as Tribal Thumb takes down the People’s Food System with a deadly shootout. We sift through the bloody aftermath of its final permutation.

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Episode 396: Lawyers, Guns, and Tummies: Tribal Thumb Pt. 4

Did JD Vance write about exploring his sexuality with the assistance of a rubber globe and a couch? No, he did not. Despite that, does JD Vance possess some essential quality of a couch fucker? We discuss the origin of this false internet rumor and what it can tell us about the nature of truth on social media. 

Plus  we go over newly revealed details about Trump’s failed assassin and some of the conspiracy theories and speculation about the event itself.

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REFERENCES

Snopes: No, 1st Edition of JD Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' Doesn't Mention Couch Cushion 'Eroticism'
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jd-vance-hillbilly-elegy-first-edition-couch-erotica/

Business Insider: The author of the viral joke post about JD Vance having sex with a couch breaks his silence
https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-couch-sex-joke-author-speaks-2024-

Four Key Questions Still Loom Over the Trump Shooting
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/trump-shooting-bullet-shrapnel-motive-conspiracy-theories/

Trump has given no official info about his medical care for days since an assassination attempt
https://apnews.com/article/trump-shooting-transparency-db2f4437237ad03d3b04b0b5f1573977

Speculation Swirls About What Hit Trump. An Analysis Suggests It was a Bullet
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/us/politics/trump-shooter-bullet-trajectory-ear.html

The Thrill of the Chaise (Premium E254) Sample

This is the story of a podcast. This week, the Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill (@jeremyscahill) joins Chapo to discuss the war in Yemen, Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy, drones, assassinations, and MSNBC green room gossip.

But what the hosts of the show didn’t realize, was that they were being watched…

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Episode 52 - Dirty Wars 2: Rise of McRaven feat. Jeremy Scahill (10/23/16)

Conspiracy theories, melted online communities and cursed media — we pry open the cracks in consensus reality and journey into the hidden worlds below. The QAA Podcast is a mix of reporting, comedy, and history hosted by Jake Rockatansky, Travis View, and Julian Feeld along with co-hosts Annie Kelly, Liv Agar and Brad Abrahams. Formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.