63 - It's Always Sunny In Comradelphia? feat. Patrick Norberg
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English - June 29, 2021 22:38 - 58 minutes - 66.9 MBPolitics News Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia is the longest running TV sitcom in American history. We use examples from the controversial comedy to ask:
Should the working class be portrayed as largely good people in a bad system (a la Ken Loach) or as highly flawed?
How should our politics treat human nature? (Do Marxists ignore it? Are anarchists too positive about it?)
What role should humour play in getting along with each other and our differences (and indeed prejudices)?
What stance should socialists hold on gun control?
We also discuss political correctness, transphobia, Israel, antisemitism, consent and more.
Our Five Minute Focus this week is about the uncovering of an extensive, multi-million dollar, network of anti-LGBT and anti-women activity from the religious far right.
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