Institutions are usually built to the logic of business and wealth and not workers wishes. That's capitalism. Is it moralizing or take the dialectical method to realize that a union autocrat made a poorly considered concession without input from rank-and-file workers?

We start off with a little bit of giant discourse (different from last week's giant discourse); cover some news miscellanea; and then hear another entry from the all-time great New York Times column, The Conversation

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Episode 274: One Out Of Three

This week we're joined by University of Chicago professor of history, Gabriel Winant, to discuss the social and political origins of the modern healthcare industry in places like Pittsburgh and Appalachia.

To learn more, you can purchase Gabe's book, The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Healthcare in Rust Belt America: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238091

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Episode 276: Infirmary Blues (w/ special guest Gabriel Winant)

Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
Topics: Social Media mindset, China, Plane & movie chat, western separatist movements

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237 - Pacific Garbage Patch Kids 02.03.23

Our good friend Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell) is back to tell us about the NEOM city-state in the Saudi Arabian desert, as well as all the soulless architects and designers working on it. 

You can read Kate's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/line-in-the-sand-wagner

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Episode 277: NEOM Moon (w/ special guest Kate Wagner)

What if the Super Bowl was invaded by aliens?

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I Want To Believe

Writer and peace activist Frida Berrigan joins us to discuss the total nuclear destruction of the earth and also Christopher Nolan in this totally normal podcast that was recorded in order.

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Doomsday Smart Phone w/ Frida Berrigan

Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
Topics:  Talking about "no one is talking about", College, The Last of Us, Cereal v. Fungi, human/animal hybrids

238 - Airborne Toxic Event Planner 02.13.23

Long March? But it just started! We head down Peking’s way to look at why the US keeps shooting all the Balloons, our situationship with Taiwan, and why every US politician can’t stop talking about China.

Episode 273: The Dragon Rises: Tiger's Paw

Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
Topics: The Dead-eyed steely man of destiny, the mental breakdown of the lower bourgeois, capitalist order vs. based nationalism, protectionist Trump, a new god, Soviet history, China

240 - Good News for People Who Love Good News 03.03.23

This week we tackle some hard questions: is the perfect relationship possible? Who is the Universal Christ? Should colleges be more like prison? After that we finish it all up with some Synth Your Piece.

Tarence's article in the Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/covidreliefkentucky/

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Episode 281: What If I Stumble

This week we discuss one white liberal's quest to end race-based affirmative action

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Episode 276: Infirmary Blues (w/ special guest Gabriel Winant)

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