RSH 83 -- One Year Later And We Only Get Stupider (3.16.2021)

Recorded March 14, 2021. It's been one year since the COVID-19 pandemic started so Adam and Peter do a retrospective on the past year. They talk about protests in Senegal, a CIA base in the Sahara, the impact of the pandemic, and the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests -- how the dialogue has somewhat shifted but that doesn't mean a substantive change in policy.

Links: protests in Senegal: https://news.yahoo.com/senegal-protests-teenager-killed-clashes-121540279.html ; CIA base in the Sahara: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/us/politics/cia-drones-sahara-niger-libya.html ; House approves mild police reform bill named after George Floyd: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973111306/house-approves-police-reform-bill-named-after-george-floyd (fact sheet: https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/george_floyd_jpa_2021_fact_sheet_.pdf?utm_campaign=5874-519) ; teens are experiencing severe mental health issues, like depression, because of the pandemic and repeated lockdowns: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/health/covid-teenagers-mental-health.html; BLM protesters are grappling with their arrests months later: https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5b39x/blm-protesters-are-still-grappling-with-their-arrests-months-later ; Tamir Rice's mother, Samaria, criticizing Tamika Mallory and other BLM leaders for "clout chasing": https://www.complex.com/life/tamir-rice-mother-criticizes-tamika-mallory-after-lil-baby-grammys-performance ; Black Lives Matter Global Network made over $90 million last year: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ap-exclusive-black-lives-matter-171452160.html; Movement for Black Lives opposes the George Floyd Justice Act: https://apnews.com/article/movement-for-black-lives-oppose-george-floyd-justice-act-dd6e724e8cce87ace9ecc06067ef8e8e?fbclid=IwAR07wCo0r_4dvGCDuh3UpO19K1zJL3Je2hhBfiqUoMiuMgrPUjmCfMFyKHM ; the George Floyd Act wouldn't have saved George Floyd: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/04/the-george-floyd-act-wouldnt-have-saved-george-floyds-life-thats-says-it-all?fbclid=IwAR3PAaZw0mgPVVaHwcYZOrpx8pqtRiUJ6B-UxlNWMtpNbza-YWkWDLrzP-w ; AU chairperson condemns police murder of George Floyd: https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20200529/statement-chairperson-following-murder-george-floyd-usa ; UN establishes inquiry on racism after George Floyd murder: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-un/u-n-sets-up-inquiry-into-racism-after-george-floyd-death-idUSKBN23Q2GE ; African UN officials push for more action to address systemic racism: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1066242 ; 

Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"

Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums

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