Episode 1- Steve Bannon Is Not Sauron

Episode 1 of The Plunge podcast hosted by Dan Spaventa (@spaventacular) and Sam Wagstaff (@wagstank).

We plunge the ghastly 2017 political and cultural toilet and identify the clogs.
Today we discuss:
1) Rehabilitating Ex Presidents
2) Steve Bannon's Mediocrity
3) Pop Culture Corner: David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997)
4) Story Time: Sam Worked As A Temp At The National Rifle Association

citations:
Ex Presidents Attend Hurricane Benefit: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/22/559327489/5-living-ex-presidents-appear-on-stage-for-hurricane-relief-concert

Dr Seuss Unearthed Asian Stereotype:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/09/dr-seuss-racism-row-escalates-over-illustration-of-chinese-man

NPR Embedded Podcast:
http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510311/embedded

Bannon's Chicken Movie:
http://www.npr.org/2017/10/20/558906151/how-steve-bannon-s-time-in-hollywood-changed-him

The First White President by Ta Nehisi Coates:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/

Alt White: How The Breitbart Machine Laundered Racist Hate:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/heres-how-breitbart-and-milo-smuggled-white-nationalism?utm_term=.ctKnMx6jB#.yg4Ar5pR8

Wearing A Diaper To Own The Libs:
https://twitter.com/TPUSAatKent/status/921005124947988480

Slant.com Lost Highway Review:
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/lost-highway