Episodes
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Episode 180: Star Trek Deep Space 9 - Bar Association
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
We bring back our buddy Kenny to talk about an episode of DS9 with all of our favorite things: Ferengis, hot Irish dudes, Marx quotes, and a UNION! There is also a very cute kitten in the background so pardon the noise.
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Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Episode 179: Communist Movie Night - The Wobblies
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
We watch a documentary full of cool old people, daring strike actions, lumberjack stunts, and a knock-off Felix the Cat!
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Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Episode 178: Shootin’ the Shit - How the Grinch Saved Communism
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Why do people hate work? Plus, the Grinch, Cuban spies and sisters, Gaza, and Kissinger. And how to find your folk singer pseudonym.
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Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Episode 177: The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
This week: how the idea of One Big Union brought the city of Winnipeg together in solidarity… and also bike lessons and church! What happens when cops join your movement? How many rich people does it take to sabotage a strike?
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Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Episode 176: Shootin’ the Shit - Back of the Napkin Cosmology
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
We talk about religion and death for some reason. Aliens too, along with contract law, video game pricing, movies, and retirement home scams.
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Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Episode 175: Surveillance Capitalism, Pt. 2
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
We’re back to talk about nasty, nasty tech trends, namely how big tech wants to mine the human experience — our emotions, our psychology, our physical bodies — into data and profit. Lovely stuff!
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Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Episode 174: Shootin’ the Shit: The Big One
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
This week: Israel updates, labor actions (teachers, actors, UAW), and how modern history is taught.
Links mentioned in the show:
- A day in the life in Palestine
- Palestine Action US
- List of funds for Palestine
- Children’s book on Palestine
- Portland teacher strike fund
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Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Episode 173: Surveillance Capitalism, Pt. 1
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
In part one of Christine’s book report, they tell us about the basic theory of surveillance capitalism, aka how companies use our data to make money. We learn about the early days of Google, the presence of intelligence agencies in Silicon Valley, regulatory capture, and all kinds of nasty stories of corporations just… getting away with shit.
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Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Episode 172: Shootin’ the Shit - Bring Back Hecklers
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
This week: more Israel stuff, including TX’s boycott on speaking out against it and its worrying campaign to funnel money into more war crimes. Plus, accidental hate group hangs, facial recognition for politicians only, hustle culture in dating, the decay of the third space, what we’re reading right now, and some government conspiracy theories for good measure.
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Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Episode 171: Democratic Centralism - The Antis
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Okay so what about people who aren’t into the State? Is individualism all it’s cracked up to be? What about democracy? Discipline? We read some works by Rosa Luxemburg and Emma Goldman to get some additional insights on democratic centralism.
Shownotes ending:
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