We welcome Ken Klippenstein (twitter.com/kenklippenstein) to the terror dome to FOIA-splain the unmarked troops detaining protestors in Portland, Billy Barr’s legal regime, just what the hell Homeland Security is doing, and trace the origins and expansion of the Unitary Executive Theory

Episode 86: D.H. Ass

Will’s away, but we’re joined by fan-favorite Derek Davison and host of the Tides of History podcast Patrick Wyman to discuss shrimp supply chains, the ongoing effects of the Bolivian coup, Israel and America’s militaries & the decline of empires.

Derek and Patrick’s new writing substack: discontents.substack.com

Bath Iron Works Strike Fund: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/LocalLodgeS6

Chapo Trap House

442 - Battle Without Honor or Humanity feat. Derek Davison & Patrick Wyman (8/3/20)

Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, and Operators stops by to discuss some of the darker parts of Canadian history, including Mountie Gladio, Nazi connections in Ottawa, and Vancouver Island’s noted concentration of Satanists.

Support Dan’s content over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/operators

UNLOCKED 439 - Maple Gladio feat. Dan Boeckner (7/23/20)

Writer and director Adam McKay (Vice, The Big Short, every movie you quoted endlessly with your homies ~2004-2012) stops by to talk film, the giant sucking memory hole of the Bush presidency, balancing humor with anger, and wrangling with SNL censors. Be on the lookout for a new season of Adam’s Jeffrey Epstein podcast coming up this September.

UNLOCKED: 441 - Orange Julius or Hi-C and Turkey? feat. Adam McKay (7/30/20)

WE ARE BACK -- and laden with information about Ghislaine Maxwell's post-arrest machinations, and new terrible details about her pre-arrest sprees

Episode 90: Docudump

We return to sift through the newly released testimony from Virginia Giuffre in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, talk "anonymous" prime ministers, and examine the nine new Jane Does and their claims against Jeffrey Epstein

Episode 92: Docudump II

We take a look at the recent hubbub surrounding the USPS, what motivates the drive toward privatization, and the larger ideological underpinnings of the Libertarian revolution.

Episode 94: Koch'd Up (Part I)

We are joined by Julian Feeld and Travis View from QAnonAnonymous (twitter.com/QAnonAnonymous) to discuss the recent path of Save the Children rallies, the diffusion of Qanon through seemingly unaffiliated social media, TikTok QTeens, and what this means for the future.

Episode 96: Save The Pilled Men

UNLOCKED SUBSCRIBER EPISODE 81
We are joined by the legal galaxy brains from the ALAB podcast to disrobe the criminals on the Supreme Court, shed light on the dark ecosystem of legislation mills and demystify the perverted institutions of Big Law

UNLOCKED! Episode 81: SCROTUS

Every year, a series of highly anticipated listicles of "successful" and "influential" people hailed for their accomplishments surface in corporate media. Forbes reveals the most successful 30 people under the age of 30, and Fortune hails the most successful 40 Under 40. Meanwhile, other business outlets like TechCrunch, Fast Company and CNBC seek a taste of the hype with their own spinoffs. 

Each time one of these lists is published, a flurry of meta-press ensues. CNN, BBC, and The Los Angeles Times run pieces fawning over these high-profile lists, cementing their status as career launchers within the worlds of tech, politics, finance, venture capital, and other pockets of industry prized in capitalist economies. To the extent left types are chosen, it’s almost always due to their ability to mimic capitalist brand-building or channel activist energy into billionaire-backed nonprofits. Thematically similar stories of “success” are just as ubiquitous: headlines such as Business Insider’s "What 31 highly successful people were doing at age 25" or Oprah's "20 Things Everyone Should Master by Age 40" all create a ticking time bomb notion of "achievement" and success operating under a very specific capitalist framework of human worth. 

But why are these outlets entrusted with determining whose "success" or "influence" matters? How do these concepts punish – or at least – disappear the poor, disabled and people of color who don’t have the institutional resources to “achieve” capitalist success at such a young age? And above all, how does American media’s constant fetishization of "youth" and "accomplishment" create psychological wear and tear for the 99 percent of the population who cannot – or don’t want to – meet this definition of "success" by their 30s or 40s. 

On this episode, we analyze the ways in which corporate media’s narratives of "success" peddle neoliberalism, undermine labor solidarity, reinforce unrealistic expectations that degrade collective mental health, and overwhelmingly center the interests of the white professional class.

We are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. and Sarah Jaffe.

Episode 120: 30 Under 30 Lists and The Problem with Our Youth-Obsessed 'Success' Narratives

Liz and Brace go long to offer critical support to Julian Assange, explicate the ridiculous showtrial of the political prisoner, the war crimes of the United States and the curious media blackout surrounding Wikileaks. 

Support the independent journalists covering the trial: 
www.craigmurray.org.uk
www.shadowproof.com

Episode 106: #FreeAssange

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