Mass for Shut-ins: The Gin and Tacos Podcast
News:Politics
Story: Today's new cars are crammed full of tech to compensate for unusually poor rear and blind spot visibility. They've also gotten much heavier since 2000 - and more dangerous to for pedestrians. All of these are unintended consequences of regulatory changes in the auto industry after the Firestone Tires / SUV rollover debacle of the late 90s. I tie all those threads together for you.
Guest: Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) co-founder of Run for Something. We talk about how people like you are running for (and winning) elected office, and why that's so important right now. I ask rhetorical questions like, why isn't the DNC throwing money at Run for Something (@runforsomething) to do the kind of local candidate recruitment it desperately needs. If you've thought about running, go take a look.
Cocktail of the month: Rum Runner
Question Cathy returns with the mailbag.
Note on terminology for the story: here's an illustration of A, B, and C pillars on a car.
Please support Mass for Shut-ins, an independent and ad-free podcast, via Patreon. Contact me via Facebook, Twitter (@gin_and_tacos), or the venerable website Gin and Tacos.
Thanks: Amanda Litman, all the bands that contribute music (Waxeater, IfIHadAHiFi, The Sump Pumps, Oscar Bait), Zachary Sielaff, Question Cathy, and all Patreon supporters, subscribers, and listeners.
Minicast C6: FDR's Court Packing Scheme (1937)
028 - The Debt Episode w/ Thomas Gokey of The Debt Collective
Minicast C5: The Albanian Pyramid Scheme
027 - Tom Sexton of Trillbilly Workers Party
Minicast C4: Little Blue Books
026 - Mike Konczal of the Roosevelt Institute
Minicast C3: William Walker, Filibustero
Minicast C2: The Worst Possible Song
025 - Boss Hogg Tries to Buy the Pitcairn Islands
024 - Shelter in Place (Voskhod 1 / Dr. Samantha Montano)
Minicast C1: The Molotov Cocktail
023 - Apocalypse Now! (Mike Pearl / The Harvesting Effect)
022 - Iran (with Adam Johnson of Citations Needed)
021 - Mailbag Episode II
Minicast B11: Lewis & Clark's Heavy Metal Diarrhea
Minicast B10: Harry Beck's London Tube Map
020 - The Tanganyika Groundnut Scheme (Tanzania)
Minicast B9: The Mass Trespass
019 - Astra Taylor / Natural Born Citizenship
Minicast B8: People Express
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