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Margaret reads you two more stories about anticapitalism and religion.
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- Viral Texas
- Anti-Vax Genealogy
- God's Will
- Soft Eugenics
- Could It Happen Here?
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https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-measles-outbreak-in-west-texas-and-beyond
https://www.verywellhealth.com/measles-outbreak-texas-11682808
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https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/measles-cases-epidemic-worst-case-vaccine.html
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rfk-jr-plandemic-funding-1235173801/
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https://time.com/5175704/andrew-wakefield-vaccine-autism/
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https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/plague-the-red-death-strikes-montreal-feature
https://www.cascadepbs.org/2020/05/seattle-always-had-anti-vaxxers-even-during-smallpox
https://www.cascadepbs.org/mossback/2025/02/history-vaccine-skepticism-1920s-seattle-rfk-jr
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/texas-measles-outbreak-death-family/681985/
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2013/09/measles-outbreak-megachurch-kenneth-copeland-vaccines/
https://www.npr.org/2013/09/01/217746942/texas-megachurch-at-center-of-measles-outbreak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUGuJkVgXNA
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19602363/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11700278/
https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/educational-resources/timelines/eugenics
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/29/politics/abbott-migrant-transport-order-covid
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/measles-maha-and-soft-eugenics/
https://www.nsdoku.de/en/groups/educational-program/the-nazi-society-of-exclusion
http://www.worldofinclusion.com/res/qca/Lest_We_Forget.pdf
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/health/hhs-cdc-vaccines-autism
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9577438/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/health/polio-vaccine-outbreaks.html
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array(3) { [0]=> string(184) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/46d65b35-7272-4c75-803c-b2ff0160ed5d/image.jpg?t=1750787713&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }Nowadays, the "C-word" can be pretty tricky. The word "cult" is usually applied by outsiders toward some group of individuals existing in opposition to a larger society. Most times, these folks are harmless -- eccentric, perhaps, but not dangerous. In fact, we often don't hear about them until they cross a threshold into violent, criminal acts. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore more cults you've never heard of.
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Sources:
https://hellgatenyc.com/brad-lander-detained-by-federal-agents/
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/eenews/f/eenews/?id=00000197-7b7e-dfde-abd7-7fffacc70000
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5427998/trump-travel-ban-countries-immigration-enforcement
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The stage drama "Unto These Hills", put on by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, is celebrating 75 years of telling southeast American history from a Native American perspective. It is a major tourism draw every summer to the outdoor Mountainside Theatre on the Qualla Boundary.
One enterprising Navajo entrepreneur is helping out southwest tourism destinations, connecting travelers with the places they want to go while tribal businesses can hang on to more of their money.
What better time than the Summer Solstice to look around at Native American tourism draws for the season? As anti-vax beliefs become increasingly widespread, and vaccination rates drop, the greater the risk of some sort of massive viral outbreak or the return of horrific illnesses such as polio. This episode will explore what could happen if anti-vax beliefs spread further into United States politics and culture.
Sources:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9577438/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/health/polio-vaccine-outbreaks.html
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array(3) { [0]=> string(184) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/d61be86b-d7e7-419e-9ca8-b2fe01103fdd/image.jpg?t=1750141677&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }John in Connecticut uncovers a bizarre story about one -- or maybe two -- Leon Klinghoffer. The guys' earlier conversations about data aggregation and AI remind Foxillian Fastfoot of a strange class project. An anonymous source placed in Raytheon reveals the disturbing inner workings of the tech giant Palantir -- raising serious questions about trouble on the horizon. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.
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Tulsa, Okla. Mayor Monroe Nichols is championing a $105 million reparations package for the survivors and families of his city’s 1921 Race Massacre. It’s a philanthropy-driven city and housing rejuvenation project to offset the continuing repercussions from the coordinated attack more than a century ago. At the time, thousands of white residents besieged what was among the most successful and affluent Black communities in the early 20th century. Three hundred Black people died and more than a thousand homes and businesses were destroyed. Years of efforts to compensate descendants for the violence have failed. We'll get perspectives from Freedmen descendants about the importance of this ambitious effort to set things right.
Also, we’ll learn about a swamp with connections to Indigenous people going back thousands of years. On the homelands of the Nansemond Indian Nation in Virginia, the Great Dismal Swamp was a safe space for tribes. It also became a refuge for Black freedom seekers escaping slavery. Federal officials are exploring it as a new National Heritage Area.