Mass for Shut-ins: The Gin and Tacos Podcast
News:Politics
Story: DEATH BY UMBRELLA: The Georgi Markov story. A tale of intrigue and covert operations from the late Cold War that John Le Carre couldn't have scripted any better.
Guest: Mike Konczal (@rortybomb), Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and contributor to Vox, The Nation, Dissent, and other fine publications. Mike and I discuss the art of punditry, appearing on TV without pants, the myth of a democratized economy, and stock buybacks. We also do Professor Brothers voices.
Performance by ANDREW BENTLEY. See below for information on Andrew's upcoming live performances in Chicago.
Topic: Why we're living in the Golden Age of Gerrymandering. Hint: It's not just because Republicans are assholes. But it's definitely partly because Republicans are assholes.
Cocktail of the Month: Lime Rickey (aka Gin Rickey, but we'll get into the complicated nomenclature soon enough)
Support Mass for Shut-ins via Patreon. Contact me via Facebook, Twitter (@gin_and_tacos), or the venerable website Gin and Tacos.
Thanks: Mike Konczal, the bands that contribute music (Waxeater, IfIHadAHiFi, The Sump Pumps, Oscar Bait), Zachary Sielaff, Question Cathy, and all Patreon supporters, subscribers, and listeners.
Hear more of Andrew Bentley on 3/31 at the American Writer's Museum as part of International Tom Hanks Day, at Write Club Chicago on 4/17, and on 4/7 at C2E2 in a musical comedy on the Cards Against Humanity stage.
034 - Ryan Cooper (Left Anchor, American Prospect)
Minicast E2: The Contest Everybody Won
Minicast E1: Carter Glass of the Glass-Steagall Act
033 - Bunion Derbies
Minicast D8: The Cantaloupe that Changed the World
Minicast D7: The Giant Ruby Affair
Minicast D6: New Vietnam Theme Park
Minicast D5: The Grandfathered Spitballers
Minicast D4: John Brisker, NBA Star Turned Ugandan Mercenary
032 - Jen Howard (Clutter)
Minicast D3: Free Cars
Minicast D2: Agatha Christie Disappears! Sort of!
031 - The 1976 Swine Flu Vaccine Fiasco (David Parsons of Nostalgia Trap)
Minicast D1: The Poet Laureate of Kiribati
030 - Mike Konczal, Freedom from the Market (2021)
Minicast C10: The Hidden Politics of "The Night Before Christmas"
Minicast C9: I Beg Your (Presidential) Pardon (Power)
029 - Post-Election All-Mailbag Episode 2020
Minicast C8: Brazil Begs and Barters into the 1932 Olympics
Minicast C7: Harold Hering asks, what if the president tries to launch nukes while out of his mind?
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