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263 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsFlux is a media platform for change, with smart and fun podcasts like Theory of Change, Doomscroll, and So This Just Happened.
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Bonus: Kevin Spacey, AI models, and Mickey Mouse
January 06, 2024 08:00 - 1 minute - 3.15 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit plus.flux.community This episode is only for paid subscribers. Enjoy the laughs and support our work on Substack at the link above or on Patreon! Audio Chapters 0:00 — Kevin Spacey predictably snuggles up to Tucker Carlson 06:22 — AI-generated fake people are taking over the influencer business 09:56 — Mickey Mouse and Tigger are now in the public domain and chaos is already ensuing Follow or Die! Doomscroll https://www.ins...
The attacks on Claudine Gay weren’t actually about plagiarism or antisemitism
January 05, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes - 30.6 MBHeadlines 0:00 — Claudine Gay and the bigger picture 05:06 — Christopher Rufo, William F. Buckley, and the right wing’s 70+ year war on education and equality 12:47 — Gay’s ouster is making apolitical black Americans pay closer attention to politics 16:43 — “Liberal media” outlets aren’t getting tricked by reactionaries, they agree with them because they are center-right 24:50 — Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit documents release have nothing new so far 26:52 — Pharmaceutical companies lowering...
Maine bans Trump from ballot as Vanilla Ice stars at pathetic Mar-a-Lago New Year's
January 03, 2024 08:13 - 36 minutes - 27.1 MBAudio Chapters 0:00 — Maine becomes second state to ban Trump for 1/6 insurrection 03:25 — Trump still pushing failed "immunity" argument in court 08:09 — Lauren Boebert switches districts after theater groping exposure 12:09 — Nikki Haley faces criticism for Civil War slavery gaffe 14:08 — Right-wing Christians rage at conservative bikini calendar 20:08 — Company asks FDA for permission to market legal ecstasy 25:27 — MAGA cheers as Vanilla Ice and a Ninja Turtle perform at Mar-a-Lag...
Encore: The Christian right plotted against democracy long before January 6th
January 01, 2024 09:57 - 55 minutesAlmost three years have passed since a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol with the intent of overthrowing the 2020 election so that then-president Donald Trump could illegally remain in office against the wishes of the American people. During the intervening time, while hundreds of people have been indicted and convicted for their role in the events, almost nothing has emerged from the law enforcement investigations as to what Trump and his inner circle of aides were doing that tragic day...
A cozy holiday crossover
December 29, 2023 21:10 - 27 minutes - 28 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit plus.flux.community Kali and Matt are joined by the first-ever STJH guest, Doomscroll co-host Lisa Curry Headlines 0:00 — Winter solstice and the season is the reason 04:42 — The Christmas song sweepstakes 15:32 — Far-right Christians hate Hallmark now for making some lesbian and gay stories 25:38 — MAGA obsessives can't understand why relatives don't want to be around their BS…
Doomscroll Rewind: Matt and Lisa on comedians crying cancel culture
December 27, 2023 19:58 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBAudio Chapters 00:00 — Doomscroll Rewind: Matt and Lisa discuss the comedy business 01:18 — Why some comedians have started attacking their audiences 07:44 — Comics are used to criticizing others, but not being the focus of criticism themselves 16:42 — Comedy has become more political as people have become more political 19:43 — How Donald Trump influenced comedy 27:52 — Can conservatives be funny? 41:33 — Trump as a "Bat Signal" for sociopaths 55:02 — Why comedy and religion often d...
Should Trump be banned from the ballot for his insurrection?
December 23, 2023 20:22 - 39 minutes - 30.2 MBHeadlines 0:00 — Should Trump be banned from the ballot for his insurrection? 05:11 — Official government crime reports contradict right-wing fearmongering 09:39 — Ohio is prosecuting a woman who had a miscarriage 14:52 — Some of Jeffrey Epstein's business records to be unsealed after court order 16:19 — New York establishes commission to examine idea of slavery reparations 18:37 — Black gay Republican activist mobbed by far-right activists 20:29 — Blaze commentator Jason Whitlock sa...
Clarence Thomas wanted more money for SCOTUS, threatened to quit
December 20, 2023 08:05 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBAudio Chapters 0:00 — Clarence Thomas wanted more money for SCOTUS, threatened to quit 05:12 — Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148 million for defaming Georgia election workers 09:10 — Republicans open "impeachment inquiry" into Joe Biden, despite admitting they have no actual evidence 13:55 — Trump doubles down on slur that unauthorized immigrants are "poisoning" Americans' blood 16:04 — B******t whack-a-mole and the Gish Gallop 20:18 — Senate staffer fired for filming gay sex scene in ...
Democrats have a failure to communicate
December 18, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes - 37.9 MBSummary It’s only a matter of weeks until the presidential election year of 2024 begins, and many Democrats across the country are starting to panic as more than a few public opinion surveys have shown that President Joe Biden trails the criminal ex-president Donald Trump. Even more concerningly, there have been polls showing that even though Trump sent armed militia members to invade the Capitol and attempt to kill then-vice president Mike Pence, many Americans think that Democrats are mor...
Texas abortion law's ugly tyranny exposed in court case
December 15, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes - 31.5 MBHeadlines 00:00 — Texas abortion law's ugly tyranny exposed in court case 10:45 — After promoting and protecting antisemites for years, Republicans are now weaponizing anti-antisemitism against Harvard’s first black president 21:18 — First-time author Cait Corrain loses contracts after malicious fake book reviews exposed 28:51 — Actual justice obtained against Montgomery boat brawl assailants and Atlanta woman who killed black motorist 33:00 — Donald Trump sells pieces of suit he suppos...
Taylor Swift triggers MAGA (again)
December 13, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 17.2 MBThis episode is shorter than normal since Lisa is prepping for her standup comedy special taping tomorrow, 12/14, in Madison, Wisconsin. Come out and have some laughs if you are in the area! Details and tickets here: https://www.madisoncomedy.com/event/lisacurry/2023-12-14/ Audio Chapters 00:00 — Trump fans rage about Taylor Swift winning Time's "Person of the Year" 04:55 — Why in the hell is there an “Ultra Right Beer” company with a political swimsuit calendar? 17:15 — Some people rea...
Biden trails Trump a year out from the election, does it matter?
December 11, 2023 08:08 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBIntroduction Next month, things finally start getting serious in the political realm as many states begin holding their presidential primaries. But at this point, things are not looking so good for Joe Biden in comparison to Donald Trump. Less than a year removed from the election of 2024, Biden trails Trump in a number of public opinion surveys that have been released by reputable organizations. So what's going on here? Is this just the way things work in American politics or are there mi...
Kevin McCarthy announces resignation as MAGA plots revenge against America
December 08, 2023 18:54 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBAudio Chapters 0:00 — Kevin McCarthy announces resignation as MAGA plots revenge against America 06:25 — Republicans openly boasting about "purging" the government of anyone who disagrees 11:23 — White nationalist activists glory in Elon Musk's rule of Twitter 15:09 — Mike Johnson says he's blurring J6 rioter footage to protect people from prosecution 20:31 — “Right privilege” and Republicans' freedom to lie constantly and never be confronted for it 26:34 — Moms for Liberty or Moms for...
What's next for George Santos? And why are people lying about Pramila Jayapal?
December 06, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 27.8 MBAudio Chapters 0:00 — What's next for George Santos? 09:24 — Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis debated, did anyone care? 14:41 — Rep. Pramila Jayapal attacked based on misunderstanding of her words in CNN interview 19:27 — McDonalds attracts controversy for changing burger recipes 23:26 — Jussie Smollett loses fake hate crime appeal, has to go back to jail 28:25 — English electrician charged with having sex with over 100 corpses 33:15 — KISS unveils holograms of band members for virtual ...
Republicans are horribly unpopular, why haven't Democrats been able to win big?
December 04, 2023 10:36 - 51 minutes - 37.1 MBIntroduction The Republican party is completely and utterly dominated by a small faction of political and religious extremists with policies that are incredibly unpopular, such as privatizing social security or criminalizing birth control. And yet, in spite of this fact, Republicans are still able to win many elections, even outside of their stronghold of the old confederacy. Sometimes, as in the case of Donald Trump, they can even win the presidency. Some of this reality is due to the ex...
'Right privilege' and America's broken politics
December 01, 2023 09:29 - 46 minutes - 35 MBAudio Chapters 00:00 — "Right privilege" and America's broken politics 08:36 — Is the distinction between overt and covert racism worth anything? 14:32 — How much do run-of-the-mill Republicans know about their party's policies and aims? 21:26 — What the American left has lost since Obama 2008 29:22 — Why it's important to distinguish between conservatism and reactionism 35:46 — Multiple messages are necessary in political communication Join the Conversation! Matt https://twitter.co...
Doomscroll Special: Lisa's first comedy album
November 29, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 33.2 MBWe're off this week at Doomscroll because Lisa is preparing to film her very first standup special! In the meantime, we thought you'd enjoy listening to Lisa’s first comedy album, “Alive for a While,” which she recorded in London in 2019. It’s not safe for work, just in case you were wondering. If you're in, near, or visiting Madison, Wisconsin from somewhere else, come out and see Lisa on December 14th at Comedy On State. There will be two shows and tickets are available now: https://www.m...
How conspiracy theories about the famous Rothschild family tell the history of antisemitism
November 27, 2023 08:27 - 53 minutes - 38.6 MBThe best ideas are timeless: Treat others how you want to be treated. Help people less fortunate than yourself. Unfortunately, many of the worst ideas are also timeless as well. And antisemitism is certainly one such idea. While many different people have been targeted by antisemitic conspiracy theories, the Rothschild family of Germany has a particular favorite among the world’s lunatics for centuries and more recently by the QAnon cult which has managed to recycle many old conspiracies f...
Elon Musk sues Media Matters for telling the truth about Twitter
November 24, 2023 13:24 - 39 minutes - 30.3 MBAudio Chapters 0:00 — Intro 01:09 — Elon Musk sues Media Matters for telling truth about Twitter's monetized hate 11:32 — Republican appeals court judges void part of Voting Rights Act 18:22 — Sean "Diddy" Combs settles Cassie Ventura rape lawsuit 32:45 — Good news: Retailers getting more likely to give employees Thanksgiving off Join the Conversation! Matt https://twitter.com/mattsheffield https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield Kali htt...
Mike Lee won't retract absurd conspiracy theory about vaping pen
November 22, 2023 08:44 - 38 minutes - 27.8 MBIt’s our first-ever Flux podcast crossover as So This Just Happened co-host Kali Holloway joins in the fun! Audio Chapters 00:20 — Utah Sen. Mike Lee refuses to retract ludicrous conspiracy theory about vaping pen 08:13 — Right-wing CPAC conference losing board members after sex assault claims 13:53 — Georgia HS football coach fired after baptizing players at practice 18:45 — How the "Church of Satan" is hilariously pushing back on Christian supremacism 25:11 — NAFO, an unofficial trol...
Mike Lee won't retract debunked conspiracy theory about vape pen
November 22, 2023 08:40 - 38 minutes - 27.8 MBIt’s our first-ever Flux podcast crossover as So This Just Happened co-host Kali Holloway joins in the fun! Audio Chapters 00:20 — Utah Sen. Mike Lee refuses to retract ludicrous conspiracy theory about vaping pen 08:13 — Right-wing CPAC conference losing board members after sex assault claims 13:53 — Georgia HS football coach fired after baptizing players at practice 18:45 — How the "Church of Satan" is hilariously pushing back on Christian supremacism 25:11 — NAFO, an unofficial trol...
Bonus: Should Biden ban menthol cigarettes?
November 21, 2023 08:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBThe Food and Drug administration has announced that it will ban the manufacture of menthol cigarettes as part of a broader prohibition of flavored cigarettes, a policy that must be approved by President Biden. The change is being hailed by some civil rights activists because of how black Americans were targeted by tobacco companies for decades via racis… This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit plus.flux.communit...
Encore: How Mormonism has been reshaped by Evangelicalism
November 20, 2023 09:21 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBMormonism occupies an important place in the conservative religious realm and its adherents exercise significant voting power in the Republican political coalition in states like Utah, Arizona, Idaho, and even California. In today’s political media environment, Mormons are influential both as content producers like Glenn Beck and as content consumers, where they share many similar tastes with White Evangelical Protestants. But the comparative closeness the two fundamentalist traditions have...
Congressional Republicans' fisticuffs and the right's history of violence
November 17, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes - 30.5 MBAudio Chapters 0:00 — Republicans are literally fighting each other now 03:53 — The banality and absurdity of evil 08:32 — Right-wing groups devising plans to seize power and militarize cities 19:10 — Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and other reactionary figures loudly embrace antisemitic rhetoric 28:02 — Reminder: Ayn Rand's hero was a child murderer 31:43 — Marlon Wayans shows how to support trans people as a comedian Join the Conversation! Matt https://twitter.com/mattsheffield https:...
Congressional Republican fisticuffs and the right's history of violence
November 17, 2023 07:19 - 39 minutes - 30.5 MBAudio Chapters 0:00 — Republicans are literally fighting each other now 03:53 — The banality and absurdity of evil 08:32 — Right-wing groups devising plans to seize power and militarize cities 19:10 — Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and other reactionary figures loudly embrace antisemitic rhetoric 28:02 — Reminder: Ayn Rand's hero was a child murderer 31:43 — Marlon Wayans shows how to support trans people as a comedian Join the Conversation! Matt https://twitter.com/mattsheffield https:...
Fascism or incompetence? Trump and his toadies can't decide which they prefer
November 15, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 23.6 MBAudio Chapters 00:44 — House Republicans are continuing tearing each other apart, it warms the heart 04:51 — Trump and his aides are promising fascism and incompetence simultaneously 11:39 — Ex-Trump WH executive's right-wing dating site is a failure 14:08 — Tim Scott finally puts presidential campaign out of misery after humiliating girlfriend reveal 23:49 — Republicans tangle in yet another kiddie table debate over boots & a border wall with Canada The video of this episode is availa...
Inside TESCREAL, the new techno-religion that's becoming an obsession of billionaires
November 13, 2023 08:25 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit theoryofchange.flux.community Truth, as the saying goes, is stranger than fiction. And nowhere is that more the case than in describing the very bizarre combination of political and religious beliefs that has come to be known as TESCREALism. The ideas behind TESCREALism — humans merging consciousness with machines and supposedly knowing what's best for trillions of hypothetical people living thousands of years in the future — are...
Is the far right's anti-democratic agenda finally becoming an electoral liability?
November 10, 2023 12:12 - 38 minutes - 29.7 MBAudio Chapters 0:00 — Abortion access and legalized pot win big in 2023 elections 12:28 — Ex-senator Rick Santorum admits Republicans don't want people to vote 16:14 — Right-wing lack of empathy flows from their limited epistemology 21:06 — Democrats almost win Mississippi governor's race 28:44 — Britney Spears is finally her own person Join the Conversation! Matt https://twitter.com/mattsheffield https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield Ka...
Is the far right's anti-democratic agenda beginning to catch up with it?
November 10, 2023 12:10 - 38 minutes - 29.7 MBAudio Chapters 0:00 — Abortion access and legalized pot win big in 2023 elections 12:28 — Ex-senator Rick Santorum admits Republicans don't want people to vote 16:14 — Right-wing lack of empathy flows from their limited epistemology 21:06 — Democrats almost win Mississippi governor's race 28:44 — Britney Spears is finally her own person Join the Conversation! Matt https://twitter.com/mattsheffield https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffield Ka...
NY judge shocks Trump by holding him accountable
November 08, 2023 04:23 - 35 minutes - 25.9 MBAudio Timecodes 00:25 — Donald Trump rages on stand in NY fraud trial 05:08 — Does Trump attorney Alina Habba have America's dirtiest job? 11:55 — Is Biden losing supporters over his Palestine-Israel policies? 17:44 — How right-wing media makes Republicans more likely to vote 21:10 — Trump says he wants to create a government-run "American Academy" university 26:19 — Twitter as a dating service is Elon Musk's latest hare-brained idea 29:55 — Supreme Court hears case from man trying ...
As libertarianism has radicalized, some of Silicon Valley's biggest names are turning toward fascism
November 06, 2023 10:27 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBWe’re living in a time between times, a moment of dramatic technological change when the future is up for grabs. With the right kinds of policies, humanity is on the cusp of ending or significantly diminishing perpetual challenges of our species like hunger, climate disruption, and poverty. But if we make the wrong decisions, we will be handing over our future to people whose first priority is themselves—oligarchic billionaires who care more about achieving eternal life and exploring other p...
As libertarianism has radicalized, some of Silicon Valley's biggest names have turned toward fascism
November 06, 2023 10:27 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBWe’re living in a time between times, a moment of dramatic technological change when the future is up for grabs. With the right kinds of policies, humanity is on the cusp of ending or significantly diminishing perpetual challenges of our species like hunger, climate disruption, and poverty. But if we make the wrong decisions, we will be handing over our future to people whose first priority is themselves—oligarchic billionaires who care more about achieving eternal life and exploring other p...
Mike Johnson and the inverted worldview of religious fundamentalism
November 03, 2023 18:35 - 41 minutes - 31.9 MB0:00 — Mike Johnson’s first bill is to let oligarchs cheat on taxes 08:51 — The mystery of why Mike Johnson has rarely talked about his adopted black son 17:27 — Mike Johnson let his biological teenage son know about his porn viewing habits 23:16 — How religious fundamentalism encourages sexual abuse by mislabeling healthy sexuality 29:17 — New Jersey high school roiled by fake nude images of students 35:33 — The power of hope and why we’re doing this Join the Conversation! Matt http...
Mike Pence finally realized that everyone hates him
November 01, 2023 17:38 - 38 minutes - 28 MBTimecodes 00:57 — Mike Pence ends doomed presidential campaign 03:17 — Someone named Dean Phillips is running as a Democrat against Joe Biden 08:47 — Crazed evangelical Mike Johnson becomes Speaker of the House 15:22 — Matthew Perry, "Friends" co-star, dies at 54 19:48 — Private equity billionaire says people don't work as hard at home 24:32 — Airline employee asks to stop work on flight after getting high on shrooms 29:03 — "The Simpsons" predicts that Elon Musk will have to sell Twi...
How the far right built a political machine that's crushing the opposition
October 30, 2023 10:40 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit theoryofchange.flux.community Politics, as the saying goes, is warfare by other means. Unfortunately for our country, however, the radical right is much more adept at the art of politics. Reactionaries’ ideas about science and religion are horribly at odds with reality, but their understanding of how to do politics is far superior. Over the decades, far-right donors, politicians, and activists have built up a complex political ec...
Mike Johnson: Speaker of the House of Christian nationalism
October 27, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 30 MBRep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) has become the most far-right speaker of the house in modern politics. In this episode, Kali and Matt dissect Johnson's record of vicious extremism against LGBT people, abortion rights, and social safety net programs. Timecodes 00:00 — Christian supremacist Mike Johnson becomes Republicans' Speaker of the House 11:47 — Accused Maine shooter reportedly followed and liked content from Musk, Shapiro, and others 14:58 — Daily Wire host Matt Walsh says he doesn't car...
House Republicans hate each other and we are here for it
October 25, 2023 05:41 - 37 minutes - 27.7 MBTimecodes 00:26 — Republicans keep failing to elect a Speaker of the House 06:39 — Israelis angry at Netanyahu for boosting Hamas and missing terrorist attacks 10:13 — Latest "Biden bombshell" for Republicans turns out to be a dud 13:49 — Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell become latest ex-Trump attorneys to plead guilty to crimes 19:32 — Britney Spears tells people not to read too much into her new memoir 26:40 — Tim Scott's presidential campaign is collapsing and no one noticed 30:38 — “...
House Republicans hate each other and we're here for it
October 25, 2023 05:37 - 37 minutes - 27.7 MBTimecodes 00:26 — Republicans keep failing to elect a Speaker of the House 06:39 — Israelis angry at Netanyahu for boosting Hamas and missing terrorist attacks 10:13 — Latest "Biden bombshell" for Republicans turns out to be a dud 13:49 — Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell become latest ex-Trump attorneys to plead guilty to crimes 19:32 — Britney Spears tells people not to read too much into her new memoir 26:40 — Tim Scott's presidential campaign is collapsing and no one noticed 30:38 — “...
Theory of Change #091: Blake Chastain on evangelicals and exvangelicals
October 23, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBEpisode Summary In previous episodes of our “Why I Left series,” we've heard the stories of people who have departed from various right wing political and religious traditions listening to the stories of individuals who have escaped these radical belief systems is important, but in this episode of the series, I want to put the pieces back together and look at the stories in the aggregate to see if we can find some broader trends. And to help with that discussion, we’re featuring Blake Chas...
Jim Jordan is horribly incompetent, in addition to having horrible views
October 20, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes - 29.9 MBHouse Republicans continue to be in a hilarious disarray which is also illustrative of larger historical and philosophical trends. Timecodes 01:51 — Jim Jordan is horrible and horribly incompetent 12:21 — Republicans can't pick a speaker because they're "individualists" instead of conservatives 19:13 — Elon Musk says he wants to charge $1 per year to use Twitter 22:08 — Musk's politicized removal of fact-checking is allowing disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war to proliferate 27:...
So This Just Happened #009: Jim Jordan is a horrible person who's horrible at his job
October 20, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes - 29.9 MBHouse Republicans continue to be in a hilarious disarray which is also illustrative of larger historical and philosophical trends Timecodes 01:51 — Jim Jordan is horrible and horribly incompetent 12:21 — Republicans can't pick a speaker because they're "individualists" instead of conservatives 19:13 — Elon Musk says he wants to charge $1 per year to use Twitter 22:08 — Musk's politicized removal of fact-checking is allowing disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war to proliferate 27:2...
House of Chaos: Jim Jordan humiliated in first Speaker vote
October 18, 2023 07:05 - 36 minutes - 26.7 MBChaos continues to reign supreme among Republicans in the House of Representative after Jim Jordan became the third person to be rejected for Speaker of the House. The GOP's right hand doesn't know what its far-right hand is doing and we are here for it. Timecodes 00:20 — Jim Jordan loses Speaker of the House vote on first ballot 06:51 — Matt Gaetz, who started Republicans' speaker drama said he's "tired" of it now 08:31 — Lauren Boebert busted for using campaign donor funds at Beetlejui...
Theory of Change #090: David Paleologos on how 'unlikely voters' could change American politics
October 16, 2023 15:49 - 56 minutes - 39 MBSummary It's election season again, which means that public opinion surveys are constantly in the news. Trying to figure out what likely voters want is on the minds of everyone who works in politics or journalism. But what about the unlikely voters? What do they want? At first glance, it may seem a bit absurd to ask about the political views of people who aren't registered to vote, or who are registered but rarely do turn out to the polls. But the reality of American politics as it stands ...
Doja Cat and the lies we tell ourselves about sex and race
October 14, 2023 16:57 - 34 minutes - 26.9 MBEpisode Topics * People are taught by society their personal self-worth is at least partially a function of their relationship status or how much sex they’re having. It’s a toxic narrative that manifests in many different ways but must * Rapper Doja Cat provoked her fans by wearing a shirt of a neo-Nazi, after she earlier had been demonstrated to have used racial slurs and alt-right memes. But she’s not alone in being a non-white young person who flirts with racists. * How violence, terro...
So This Just Happened #008: Doja Cat and toxic narratives
October 13, 2023 16:05 - 34 minutes - 26.9 MBEpisode Topics 00:00 — People are taught by society their personal self-worth is at least partially a function of their relationship status or how much sex they’re having. It’s a toxic narrative that manifests in many different ways. 07:43 — Rapper Doja Cat provoked her fans by wearing a shirt of a neo-Nazi, after she earlier had been demonstrated to have used racial slurs and alt-right memes. But she’s not alone in being a non-white young person who flirts with racists. 23:52 — How viole...
So This Just Happened #013: Doja Cat and toxic narratives
October 13, 2023 16:05 - 34 minutes - 26.9 MBEpisode Topics 00:00 — People are taught by society their personal self-worth is at least partially a function of their relationship status or how much sex they’re having. It’s a toxic narrative that manifests in many different ways. 07:43 — Rapper Doja Cat provoked her fans by wearing a shirt of a neo-Nazi, after she earlier had been demonstrated to have used racial slurs and alt-right memes. But she’s not alone in being a non-white young person who flirts with racists. 23:52 — How viole...
Doomscroll #013: Forbes boots Trump off richest 400 list
October 11, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 24.4 MBTimecodes 00:11 — Trump rages at getting kicked off Forbes 400 richest list 04:35 — RFK Jr. launches "independent" candidacy, gets bashed by Republicans who fear he'll take their voters 08:59 — Florida Republican activist indicted for voter fraud 16:23 — Mike Lindell's lawyers are refusing to work for him anymore 21:05 — Biden's dog Commander removed from White House after biting incidents 25:08 — Pamela Anderson earns praise for going make-up free Follow or die! Doomscroll https://...
Trump rages after being booted off Forbes richest list
October 11, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 24.4 MBTimecodes 00:11 — Trump rages at getting kicked off Forbes 400 richest list 04:35 — RFK Jr. launches "independent" candidacy, gets bashed by Republicans who fear he'll take their voters 08:59 — Florida Republican activist indicted for voter fraud 16:23 — Mike Lindell's lawyers are refusing to work for him anymore after he stopped paying them 21:05 — Biden's dog Commander removed from White House after biting incidents 25:08 — Pamela Anderson earns praise for going make-up free Follow ...
Bonus: Republicans think you're ugly
October 11, 2023 01:08 - 1 minute - 3.91 MBThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit plus.flux.community Episode Summary Unless you’re steeped in right-wing media, you may not know it, but reactionary Republicans think you are ugly if you disagree—especially if you’re a woman. But they also believe that the entertainment media and celebrities generally are against them as well. We talk about the contradiction in this bonus clip. Join the Conversation! Matt https://twitter.com/mattsheffield Kali https://twit...
Encore: Edward H. Miller on how Republicans became the John Birch Society party
October 09, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBEpisode Summary William Faulkner’s line that “the past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past,” is certainly true in regards to today’s Republican Party, which, quite literally, is an outgrowth of a conspiracy revolution that began in the 1940s and fifties, and never really stopped. A key figure in the through-line of American reaction is Robert Welch, the founder of the John Birch Society, a conspiracy group that he founded in 1958, which still exists today. The John Birch Society has many inter...