Air Date 1/26/2024
In an election year where, more than ever before, democracy itself is on the ballot, there is less democracy happening in the lead-up to the election than at any time in recent memory. And with two profoundly disliked candidates running, the supporters of democratic ideals have a hard uphill push ahead of them.
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Ch. 1: Democratic Strategists Have Their Heads In The Sand - The Majority Report - Air Date 1-24-24
Semaphor's Dave Weigel talks to Sam about what happened during the 2024 Iowa Caucus.
Ch. 2: Bidenomics Continue To Worsen For Young Adults - The Ring of Fire - Air Date 1-21-24
The Biden administration keeps telling us that the economy is humming along, but for young Americans, things are getting worse.
Ch. 3: Is Biden Trying to Lose - The Humanist Report - Air Date 1-18-24
Ch. 4: Maddow on Trump-Biden rematch 'Not very much democracy in an election about saving democracy' - MSNBC - Air Date 1-24-24
Rachel Maddow discusses the looming 2024 general election clash with President Biden possibly taking on Donald Trump again. Maddow points out that there has been little democracy so far in the race for the White House.
Ch. 5: 2024 Election Is About The Fight For Democracy - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 1-25-24
President Biden used his first campaign event of 2024 to call out his likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, for the threat he poses to American democracy, calling the issue a 'sacred cause' for the race ahead.
Ch. 6: Iowa, New Hampshire, and No Fair Remembering 2012 - The Professional Left Podcast - Air Date 1-24-24
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Description: A photograph with bokeh edges of glossy, red-white-and-blue-striped "VOTE" buttons on a table.
Credit: "2012 U.S. Presidential Election Gala" by U.S. Embassy Dakah, Flickr | License: Public Domain
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SEE FULL SHOW NOTES
#1537 All Your Faves Were Radicals (Beyond Martin Luther King Jr)
#1536 Your Food Choices Are Not Your Food Choices
#1535 We Don't Do Accountability (Trump and GOP Crimes That Go Unpunished)
#1534 Every Move You Make (Facial Recognition, TikTok, and Surveillance Capitalism 2.0)
Bonus Sample #261 Join the Indoctri-Nation!
#1451 The Foxification of American Media (Fox News 25th Anniversary) (Repost)
#1533 How Theocracies Begin and End (Rise of the Far-Right + Demanding Women's Rights in Iran)
The Last Resort (The Story of Cal-Exit)
Bonus Sample #260 Don't Call Me Out My Name
#1532 Accelerationism is the Brick on the Gas Pedal of the Runaway Car of Society
#1531 The Labor Movement is a Hot Mess and Democrats Are Not Much Help
#1454 The Problem with Facebook is Facebook (Repost)
#1530 The Pillars of Polarization and Persuasion
#1529 Monopolies Run By Morons
Bonus Sample #259 Political Movements
#1528 The Ugly Underbelly of The Beautiful Game (Qatar World Cup)
#1230 Thanksgiving and cultural heritage (Repost)
#1527 Making Antisemitism Great Again with Ye, Kyrie Irving and Dave Chapelle
#1265 Moving beyond tragedy by surviving and adapting (Repost)
#1526 A History of Political Violence in the US
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