Opening Arguments - OA583: Republicans Creating Handmaid’s Tale Hellscape

The devastating consequences of Texas HB 8 and the Supreme Court's cowardly shadow docket ruling on it are reverberating not just through Texas, but around the country. Not to be outdone, Republicans in Idaho produced a copycat bill. Andrew gives the breakdown and we discuss some truly shocking NPR coverage of how Republicans are ruining lives. But it's not all bad news! In the B segment, Andrew takes us through the Equality Florida Lawsuit, a well-argued lawsuit attempting to fight back against the Don't Say Gay Bill. Also, we're not bothering to cover Trump's idiotic flop of a lawsuit against Hillary.

Links: Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, US v. Alvarez

The Superhero Complex - 2: A Phoenix Rises

Every superhero has an origin story. David travels to Seattle to come face to face with Phoenix for the first time, but their meeting raises more questions than it answers.

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The Superhero Complex - 1: Out of the Shadows

Welcome to the world of real life superheroes - ordinary people who put on outrageous costumes and head out to fight crime. Journalist David Weinberg sets out to uncover the truth about Seattle’s masked crusader, Phoenix Jones.

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Chapo Trap House - 616 – Living Vampires (4/4/22)

The boys discuss outgoing press secretary Jen Psaki and her history with Amazon’s anti-union consulting company, some former Obama guys and their good opinions, and Jenifer Rubin’s advice for helping Dems in the midterms. Then, we take a look at a piece taking Morbius to task for failing to live up to Vampires’ potential as maligned outsiders. Find Felix’s conversation about the opiate crisis on our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64735826 Tickets to Jacques + Friends Podcast Dream live show at Littlefield on 4/15: https://littlefieldnyc.com/event/?wfea_eb_id=262639771627

It Could Happen Here - An Update on Ukraine

Robert sits down with researcher Aram Shabanian to ask the important question, 'Hey, what's going on in that giant bloody land war in Europe?'

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The Gist - Putin’s Info Iron Curtain

Irina Borogan, and Andrei Soldatov, two Russian Journalists who have documented the Kremlin's war on the internet discuss the effectiveness of suppression of news in Russia, and Putin's strengths and failings as an information warrior. In the Spiel, mistaking the trend for the truth, plus Mike resigns from the Academy.

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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State of the World from NPR - U.N. considers future with Putin, How Russians are accessing truth online

As the world sees images of bodies in the streets of a Kyiv suburb, the United Nations considers whether to kick Russia out of the Human Rights Council. Plus, Russia's last independent media sources have closed. So many Russians are turning to virtual private networks, or VPNs, to find out what's really happening next door in Ukraine.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Why Some Want To Decriminalize Psychedelics In Illinois

Psychedelics are largely illegal throughout Illinois but ketamine is available for therapies. Reset hears from the sponsor of a bill seeking to decriminalize plant-based psychedelics, and from a Chicago group about the psychedelic therapies they offer. GUEST: Representative La Shawn K. Ford - D, 8th District of Illinois, Judy Seals, nurse practitioner at Field Trip Health Center in Chicago

Consider This from NPR - How The Wealthiest Corporations Are Dodging Lawsuits Through Bankruptcy

Thousands of people who claim Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused them to develop cancer cannot sue the company, which used a controversial legal maneuver in bankruptcy court to freeze lawsuits against it.

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Motley Fool Money - Leaders Gonna Lead

One thing we like to focus on is the people running the businesses we own shares of. (00:20) Jim Gillies discusses: - Howard Schultz suspending Starbucks' stock buyback plan on his 1st day as interim CEO - The likelihood of Schultz remaining CEO beyond his "interim" period - Elon Musk taking a 9% "passive stake" in Twitter, according to the SEC - The subtle-yet-important difference between a 13D filing and a 13G filing - Whether Tesla shareholders are bothered by Musk paying attention to another company (18:30) Asit Sharma and Brian Stoffel examine cloud infrastructure company DigitalOcean through the lens of competitors like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Stocks: SBUX, TWTR, TSLA, DOCN, SHOP, MSFT, AMZN, ORCL Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jim Gillies, Asit Sharma, Brian Stoffel Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Rick Engdahl, Tim Sparks

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