Month: May 2021

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Time To Say Goodbye - “Magic Actions” and “When the Party’s Over”: the past year in politics

Hello! 

A long but focused discussion this week—on two new essays that attempt to write recent history.

First, Tobi Haslett’s “Magic Actions” (n+1), recovering the explosive potential of last year’s George Floyd uprising, institutional attempts to domesticate it, and ongoing struggles for abolition and Black liberation. 

Second, Brendan O’Connor’s “When the Party’s Over” (The Baffler), a look at social-democratic politics after the thrill and demise of the Bernie campaign, the drudgery of party work, politician fandom, and finding a (new) base for socialism in 2021. 

ICYMI: Our conversation with the good folks at Jewish Currents, archived on YouTube:

Thanks to everyone who came to our picnic in Brooklyn on May 2! And thanks also to our listeners who gathered for a hike, book chat, and carbs in Los Angeles this past weekend!

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The South Atlantic Anomaly

For years people believed that there was a part of the Atlantic Ocean where ships and planes would disappear called the Bermuda Triangle. It turned out that ships and planes didn’t disappear there at any higher rate than they did elsewhere, and it just wasn’t a thing. However, researchers did find a place where the vessels which traveled into it had a far higher rate of catastrophe. This area was in outer space. Learn more about the South Atlantic Anomaly

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The NewsWorthy - Vax for Teens, Middle East Tension & Golden Globes Canceled? – Tuesday, May 11th, 2021

The news to know for Tuesday, May 11th, 2021!

We have updates about:

  • when more teens can get a COVID-19 vaccine: what U.S. health regulators are saying about the latest data
  • more tension in the middle east: what's behind recent clashes and what the U.S. is saying about it
  • how the pipeline attack could start to impact gas prices
  • what officials in most states are asking Instagram to stop doing
  • why next year's Golden Globes appear to be canceled

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vax for Adolescents: WSJ, NY Times, AP, Reuters

Transgender Healthcare Protections: NY Times, Axios, WSJ, CNN, Fox News

Israel/Palestinian Violence: Al Jazeera, AP, CBS News, Fox News

Pipeline Cyber Attack Follow/Gas Prices: Axios, NY Times, CBS News, Reuters, FBI

CA Emergency Drought Declaration Expanded: Sacramento Bee, AP, Gov. Newsom

AG Group: No Instagram for Kids: NAAG, CNBC, Bloomberg, WSJ

Playstation 5 Will Stay in Short Supply Through 2022: Bloomberg, Penn Live, Engadget

NBC Cuts Ties with Golden Globes: USA Today, AP, Variety, HFPA, LA Times

Tiger on the Loose in Houston: Houston Chronicle, KHOU, USA Today, Houston PD

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In God We Lust - The Kamikaze Route | 5

A growing chorus of dissenters on Liberty’s campus are speaking up, as Jerry Falwell Jr’s behavior gets increasingly called into question. Giancarlo struggles to start over in DC as he can’t seem to outrun his relationship with the Falwells.

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Chapo Trap House - 522 – American Junkie (5/11/21)

Topics for today include: Bustin’; The Junkie Horse; Elon SNL; Keir Starmer: Born To Lose; Ongoing Israeli assault on Palestinians (we will have a more in-depth interview on this topic after Eid); Elizabeth Warren persists; Return to the Workplace, Or Else. Get the Sarah Vaccine on Means TV here: https://means.tv/programs/sarahvaccine And of course, get tix to FRQNCY1 here: https://frqncy.live/frqncy1 And tune in to Felix’s FromSoftware stream this Saturday on twitch.tv/chapotraphouse to benefit: Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities Islamic Relief of Canada Palestinian Emergency Fund eye.on.palestine
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Read Me a Poem - “The Haunted Beach” by Mary Robinson

Amanda Holmes reads Mary Robinson’s poem “The Haunted Beach.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

 

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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Sudhir Breaks the Internet - 4. Meet the Brain Behind Facebook’s Oversight Board

Last week, the board upheld the ban of former President Donald Trump’s social media accounts. Sudhir talks to Noah Feldman, the constitutional law scholar who helped design this “supreme court” for content moderation. They reveal the inside story of how the idea came about, how the court was built, and ask big questions, like … will anyone trust it?

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Pod Save America - “Horny for Bipartisanship.” (with Beto O’Rourke!)

President Biden meets with Republicans who are blaming him for a disappointing jobs report, more states follow Georgia in passing voting restrictions, and Beto O’Rourke joins to talk about Texas’s new voter suppression legislation and the grassroots movement trying to fight it.



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