#23: You Can Call Me (Weird) Al

The Current Affairs panel discuss why they fight in the first place and then share what cultural products are their favorite lefty gateway drugs.

The Panel

Sparky Abraham, finance editor
Lyta Gold, amusements editor
Aisling McCrea, contributing editor
Nathan J. Robinson, editor-in-chief
Pete Davis, host

Our lefty gateway drugs

Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
[Black Star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Star_(rap_duo)
Mos Def's Black on Both Sides
A Bug’s Life
Star Trek
Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
The musical [Cabaret](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_(musical)
Soylent Green
Hey Arnold!
The Ralph Nader documentary An Unreasonable Man
Weird Al's UHF

The Noam Chomsky piece Pete referred to is "When Chomsky Wept."

This episode was edited by Dan Thorn at Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.

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