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Air Date: 5/28/2019

Today we take a look at the ways that how we design and fund our towns, cities and housing impacts the quality of life for everyone in society

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Jeanne Gang: Buildings that blend nature and city - @TEDTalks - Air Date 1-24-17

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Ch. 2: 'A new road order': Polarizing planner Janette Sadik-Khan on her vision for an urban revolution - Ideas from CBC - Air Date 1-1-17

Municipal politicians tend to move methodically, gathering support, statistics and consensus before making changes to city streets or building a bike lane. Janette Sadik-Khan makes things happen at breakneck speed.

Ch. 3: Was Suburbia a Terrible Idea? - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date 11-17-17

James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere," "The Long Emergency," "Too Much Magic," and the four-book "World Made By Hand" novel series, joins David to discuss the concept of new urbanism

Ch. 4: Does Vienna's Affordable Housing Model Prove Progressive Policies Right? Richard Wolff - Thom Hartmann - Air Date

If we could move to a system of affordable housing in the image of Vienna's system people would like it so much we would never go back.

Ch. 5: Housing in the Green New Deal - Jacobin Behind the News - Air Date 2-22-19

Housing in the Green New Deal is vague right now, it needs to have much more attention.


VOICEMAILS

Ch. 6: Being "one of the good ones" in the North - V from Central New York

Ch. 7: Racism is a pillar of Southern Culture - Mark from South Carolina

Ch. 8: The racist Obama voter - Jeff from Charlotte, NC


FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 9: Final comments on how anti-government ideologues have tricked America into thinking that government is incapable of doing anything well


MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

  • Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
  • Cottonwoods - Feathers
  • Milkwood - The Cabinetmaker
  • The Spinnet - Castle Danger
  • Peacoat - Studio J
  • Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
  • Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 8:00pm EDT

Air Date: 5/24/2019

Today we take a look at the much-maligned, rarely-understood field of economic and social study known as Marxism

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: The Contributions of Karl Marx Part 1 - Economic Update - Air Date 5-25-18

Professor Wolff takes a deeper look at the life and work of Karl Marx in celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Ch. 2: Marxism Today - Analysis - Air Date 6-19-16

Robin who was a BBC reporter for 25 years thinks Marx was always in the background discourse of politics, an influence he partly feared and didn't fully understand. He takes a walk through central London in the footsteps of the great revolutionary.

Ch. 3: David Harvey on Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason - Left Out - Air Date 11-5-17

David Harvey is arguably the most influential living geographer, as well as one of the world’s leading Marxist scholars. He is among the most cited intellectuals of all time across the humanities and social sciences.

Ch. 4: This Ruthless Criticism of All That Exists Marxism as Science - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 2-2-19

J. Moufawad-Paul, a Marxist philosopher and author of "Continuity and Rupture", "The Communist Necessity", and "Austerity Apparatus", joins Breht to discuss his most recent essay "This Ruthless Criticism of All That Exists: Marxism as Science".

Ch. 5: Erosion of Consumer Choices - David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles - Air Date 4-24-19

Prof. Harvey discusses Marx's theory of Capital and its relevance today. Consumers have less and less autonomy. Their choices, even how they will spend their leisure time, are increasingly influenced by capitalists.

Ch. 6: The Contributions of Karl Marx Part 2 - Economic Update - Air Date 5-25-18

Professor Wolff takes a deeper look at the life and work of Karl Marx in celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth.


VOICEMAILS

Ch. 7: Responding to "Getting in on the con" - Dave from Olympia, WA

Ch. 8: Thoughts on racism from small-town Texas - Heather from Texas


FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 9: Final comments on individualism and communitarianism in light of how to unleash the most amount of human progress


MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

  • Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
  • The Envelope - Aeronaut
  • The Cast and Favor - Bayou Birds
  • Petra - Lathe
  • Celestial Navigation - Aeronaut
  • Rapids - Grey River
  • Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
  • Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

 

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Direct download: 1275_Marxism_Air_Date_5-24-19_-_5-24-19_20.42.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00pm EDT

Air Date: 5/21/2019

Today we take a look at the recent trend of White Nationalist and White Power-related violence, the history of where it's coming from and why the US government does next to nothing to combat it.

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Radical White Terrorism with Nesrine Malik - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 3-20-19

Global anti-muslim and anti-immigrant hate is growing. Mainstream politicians are fueling it. The media and government are failing the people.

Ch. 2: Tim Wise on New Zealand, Violence of White Privilege - The Chauncey DeVega Show - Air Date 3-16-19

White supremacists see Trump's influence, and think he's on the right track but not doing good enough.

Ch. 3: White Domestic Terrorist Burned down Black Churches - The Breakdown with Shaun King - Air Date 4-11-19

The founding of our nation is in slavery and violence. The news doesn't get it right, and can't figure out why a white many would burn down black churches.

Ch. 4: Radical White Terrorism with Kathleen Belew - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 3-20-19

Explaining the tactics and strategy of the White Power movement to attempt to overthrow the government, then the world.

Ch. 5: The Media Hiding The Truth About White Nationalism - Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp - Air Date 4-26-19

White Nationalism flourishes in our military as a recruiting ground for future white power terrorists

Ch. 6: Documenting Hate - New American Nazis - Frontline Film Audio Track - Air Date 11-26-18

White supremacist groups appeal to veterans, loners, conservatives, and they infiltrate military and police.


VOICEMAILS

Ch. 7: White supremacists know the value of electing people of color - Dave from Olympia, WA

Ch. 8: Algorithms & soup cans - Alan from Connecticut

Ch. 9: Encouraging John to call in more - Alan from Connecticut

Ch. 10: To Corey from New Jersey on the destructive nature of systemic individualism - Abdul from DC


FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 11: Final comments on why there’s no contradiction for some racists to have voted for Obama before switching to Trump


MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

  • Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
  • Eventual Victory - Codebreaker
  • Felt Lining - The Cabinetmaker
  • Pickers - Pecan Grove
  • The Back Lot - Sunday at Slims
  • Our Fingers Cold - K2
  • Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
  • Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

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Category:general -- posted at: 8:00pm EDT

Air Date: 5/17/2019

Today we take a look at the socially and politically existential threat of our time - the fight against encroaching authoritarianism in the US and around the world.

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Donald Trump Puts Our Democracy and Our Lives in Serious Danger - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 01-13-18

Not a single president has met more than one of the four qualities identified by political scientists as warning signs of an authoritarian or fascist leader. Trump meets them all. Is this how our Democracy dies?

Ch. 2: As Brazil's Bolsonaro Takes Office, Opponents Warn of Regressive Policies & Threat of Dictatorship - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-2-19

Jair Bolsonaro's election in Brazil marks the most radical political shift in the country since military rule ended more than 30 years ago. We speak with Fernando Haddad, a presidential candidate on the Workers’ Party ticket who lost in a runoff.

Ch. 3: The War for Normal - Analysis - Air Date 1-28-19

Extremism is the new normal. Conspiracies are fact and Right wing is mainstream. The world is moving too fast for us to catch up, let alone understand and take action.

Ch. 4: Prof. Jason Stanley in Wake of Kavanaugh's Confirmation: Fascism Cannot Operate Without Patriarchy - Democracy Now! - Air Date 10-22-18

In his new book “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them,” Yale professor Jason Stanley outlines the 10 pillars of fascism and warns about the dangers of normalizing fascist politics.

Ch. 5: What is it Going to Take for Us to Stop the Rise of Fascism in America? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 06-18-18

Thom reads an excerpt from the book They Thought They Were Free about the slow, nearly undetectable rise of fascism in Nazi Germany

Ch. 6: Yale Historian Timothy Snyder on How the U.S. Can Avoid Sliding into Authoritarianism - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 05-30-17

Is the United States sliding toward tyranny? That is the question posed by Yale University history professor Timothy Snyder in his new book that draws on his decades of experience writing about war and genocide in European history.


FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 7: Final comments to wrap the show and introduce Sam from Nashville, the misunderstood Trump voter


MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

  • Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
  • The Envelope - Aeronaut
  • The Cast and Favor - Bayou Birds
  • Streamer - Arc and Crecent
  • Moon Bicycle Theme - American Moon Bicycle
  • Astrisx - Bodytonic
  • Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
  • Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EDT

Air Date: 5/14/2019

Today we take a look at the disastrous system of hackable, unverifiable and expensive electronic voting machines that were our solution to the hanging-chad fiasco of the Florida 2000 presidential election.

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: New poll shows public concern for voting machine hackability - BradCast - Air Date 12-25-18

Public concerns about the integrity of voting systems.

Ch. 2: Why are outdated voting machines still running US elections with Matt Bernard Part 1 - Function with Anil Dash - Air Date 1-7-19

The first wave of computer voting. Bush v Gore, hanging chad issues. 2000, 2004, problems for at least 20 years now. Machines have been improved, but still too many problems. Tech companies jumping into making them.

Ch. 3: Hacking, Paper Ballots and Securing US Elections with Barbara Simons - Gaslit Nation with Andrea Chalupa and Sarah Kendzior - Air Date 8-21-18

Simons has been working on voting security for a long time, there’s a little more light lately but also lots of pushback.

Ch. 4: National Media Finally Talking About Voting Machines - BradCast - Air Date 3-4-19

National media finally questioning the voting machines. Computer ballot marking devices BMD systems. There is agreement that this is a problem finally, but too late?

Ch. 5: The struggle to acknowledge the problems in our voting systems - Strange Days with Fernand Amandi - Air Date 3-20-19

Elections expert Jennifer Cohn weighs in on our election security.

Ch. 6: Why are outdated voting machines still running US elections with Matt Bernard Part 2 - Function with Anil Dash - Air Date 1-7-19

Find out from legislators and congresspeople what they're doing to fix voting.


VOICEMAILS

Ch. 7: A conservative's thoughts on the upcoming election - John from Northeast Maryland

Ch. 8: Ralph Nader on credit unions and technology - Erin from Philadelphia


FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 9: Final comments on conservative callers and Ralph Nader’s relationship with technology


MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

  • Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
  • Tar and Spackle - Plaster
  • Milkwood - The Cabinetmaker
  • Nuthatch - Feathers
  • Felt Lining - The Cabinetmaker
  • The Summit - K2
  • Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
  • Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EDT

Air Date: 5/10/2019

Today we take a look at the three moderate white guys sending a shiver up the collective legs of the members of the Democratic Party establishment and the mainstream media

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Sam Does a Deep Dive on Beto - The Majority Report - Air Date 3-20-19

Beto brags about his small donor contributions. His voting record is terrible for a Democrat. Former staffers came forward about working for the faux progressive.

Ch. 2: Is Pete Buttigieg Progressive with Ana Kasparian - #NoFilter - The Young Turks - Air Date 4-8-19

Buttigieg's views seem great on paper, but he's not clean about them. He has problematic industries funding him, has worked for big pharma and doesn't understand working poor.

Ch. 3: The Case Against Joe Biden How the Former VP Fueled Mass Incarceration and Protected Big Banks - Democracy Now - Air Date 3-15-19

Biden's legislative history include the 1990's crime bill disaster that fueled mass incarceration and his insistence that common people who are tricked into credit card debt be forced to pay for it forever.

Ch. 4: Just Say No to Joe Biden with Zach Carter - The Michael Brooks Show - Air Date 4-7-19

Biden is a crusader against working people, and he doesn't understand the new progressive left. He's tied to banks, corporations and one of the most regressive crime bills in history.

Ch. 5: Can Progressives Stop Biden, the Credit Card Candidate? - The Real News - Air Date 4-28-19

Norman Solomon and Jaqueline Luqman discuss Joe Biden and his problematic voting record. He is an agent of racism and corporate America, in the short term he might beat Trump, but it won't change anything.

Ch. 6: What controversy around Biden's behavior says about shifting social norms with Rebecca Traister, Karen Tumulty and Frank Dobbin - PBS Newshour - Air Date 4-3-19

The past behavior of former Vice President Joe Biden toward women has sparked conversation around the boundaries governing physical contact and consent. Biden has said that norms have evolved since he entered the public sphere.

Ch. 7: Biden, Autonomy and Consent with Vanessa A. Bee. - Humorless Queers - Air Date - 4-7-19

Biden loves giving women rubs and smelling their hair, without their consent. Many women are coming forward about his actions and he needs to be held to a better standard. Not being Trump isn't enough.


VOICEMAILS

Ch. 9: The accelerationist strategy of Bernie or Bust didn't work - Anthony from Utah

Ch. 10: Continuing the strategy discussion for electing the most progressive candidate possible - Laura from Alameda, CA

Ch. 11: Renewed hope for the future - Corey from New Jersey

Ch. 12: Thoughts on the state of the election - Sarah from California


FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 13: Final comments on the ebbs and flows of political energy and the effects of outrage fatigue


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Joe Biden Isn’t the Answer(The Cut)

What Happened When Pete Buttigieg Tore Down Houses In Black And Latino South Bend(Buzzfeed)

Beto 2020 Has No Reason to Exist(Slate)

Curated by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman 


MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

  • Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
  • Gullwing Sailor - Migration
  • Lord Weasel - Molerider
  • No Smoking - Sunday at Slims
  • A Path Unwinding - K4
  • The Back Lot - Sunday at Slims
  • Gusty Hollow - Migration
  • Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
  • Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 6:00pm EDT

Air Date: 5/7/2019

Today we take a look at the impacts, from personal to global, of the paradigm of companies profiting off of surveillance of their users, otherwise known as surveillance capitalism.

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: A Threat to Global Democracy How Facebook & Surveillance Capitalism Empower Authoritarianism Part 1 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 8-1-18

We speak with Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of “Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy.” He is a professor of media studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia.

Ch. 2: How Facebook Helped Trump...Without Cambridge Analytica - On The Media - Air Date 3-23-18

García is a former Facebook product manager for ads and author of Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley.

Ch. 3: A Threat to Global Democracy How Facebook & Surveillance Capitalism Empower Authoritarianism Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 8-1-18

We speak with Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of “Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy.” He is a professor of media studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia.

Ch. 4: Age of Surveillance Capitalism Part 1 - Ralph Nader Radio Hour - Air Date 1-26-19

The author of many books and papers on the subject of modern corporate capitalism, Professor Zuboff’s latest is entitled “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.”

Ch. 5: Yael Grauer: The Billboards Are Watching You. Really. - Zero Hour with RJ Eskow - Air Date 12-11-18

When billboards can talk to cell phones we end up living in The Minority Report.

Ch. 6: Age of Surveillance Capitalism Part 2 - Ralph Nader Radio Hour - Air Date 1-26-19

The author of many books and papers on the subject of modern corporate capitalism, Professor Zuboff’s latest is entitled “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.”


VOICEMAILS

Ch. 7: Benefits and problems of algorithmic decision-making - Nick from California

Ch. 8: Immigration arguments shouldn't be economic arguments - Zach from Atlanta


FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 9: Final comments on algorithmic decision-making and the moral vs economic arguments for humane immigration policy


RESOURCES

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Privacy International

Curated by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman 


MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

  • Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
  • Inessential - Bayou Birds
  • A Path Unwinding - K4
  • Open Flames - Aeronaut
  • Long and Low Cloud - The Bulwark
  • Hickory Shed - Onesuch Village
  • Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
  • Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 6:00pm EDT

Air Date: 5/3/2019

Today we take a look at several topics that, at first glance, may seem to be unrelated but that I think are all tied together with a thread that runs through all of them and points the way toward The Great Transition we are currently in the middle of.

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Henry Giroux: Trump is the endpoint on cruelty and isolation in American politics - @thisishellradio - Air Date 4-15-17

Cultural critic Henry Giroux examines the slow, steady rise of cruelty in American culture - as the logic of neoliberalism strips our politics of anything besides self-regard, and the right capitalizes on the anger caused by its own policies

Ch. 2: Johann Hari To Treat Depression, Provide Meaningful Work, Housing & a Basic Income, Not Just Drugs - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 02-02-18

An extended conversation with Johann Hari, author of a controversial new book, “Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression—and the Unexpected Solutions.”

Ch. 3: Roots of Extremism with Deeyah Khan - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 3-11-19

Deeyah Khan is a British documentary filmmaker and human rights activist. She’s the creator of two extraordinary films airing on Netflix right now, White Right: Meeting the Enemy and Jihad: A Story of the Others.

Ch. 4: The Cure To Loneliness - Sustainable Human - Air Date 2-3-18

Loneliness is almost baked into the cake as far as a modern society with the kind of social setup and infrastructure and economic system that we have today.

Ch. 5: Gar Alperovitz: Building a Pluralist economy that supports human needs - @theLFshow w @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date 7-26-17

Laura talks with author/activist Gar Alperovitz. From the gloom of today, he sees the principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth emerging.

Ch. 6: Gar Alperovitz on the economic movement already underway - @RalphNader Radio Hour - Air Date 6-24-17

It’s time to build new economic institutions that are democratic but also–critically–give us a new power base as well in the communities around the country.

Ch. 7: Utopias in history and the need to rekindle utopian thinking - History Extra - Air Date 3-16-17

Rutger Bregman discusses some of his ideas that recently caused a global sensation and the role of a historian in the modern world


VOICEMAILS

Ch. 8: Progressives have always had to drag liberals along - V from Central New York


FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 9: Final comments on the need to spread the word about our failing institutions to bolster support for fundamental reform


MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

  • Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
  • Astrisx - Bodytonic
  • Quaver - Codebreaker
  • Moon Bicycle Theme - American Moon Bicycle
  • One Little Triumph - Piano Mover
  • Donder - Darby
  • Take a Tiny Train - Ray Catcher
  • Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
  • Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

 

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Direct download: 1269_Great_Transition_Air_Date_5-3-19_-_5-3-19_11.57.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:00pm EDT

Air Date: 4/30/2019

Today we take a look at just the economic side of immigration including the effects from low-skilled immigrants and high-skilled immigrants and then look at an alternative vision for how we should debate the issue from the left

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Immigration Economics with Jennifer Hunt - Science Vs - Air Date 3-9-17

What happens when low skilled labor is removed from areas that need it? And Jennifer Hunt talks when immigrants and native-born actually do fight over the same jobs.

Ch. 2: Kara Miller, Petra Moser and Jennifer Hunt discuss Immigration and innovation - Innovation Hub - Air Date 2-3-17

Has anyone tried to measure how much immigrants have advanced the US. Immigrants bring innovation to people. Keeping students out will hurt our science advantage worldwide.

Ch. 3: The economics of immigration - BEME News - Louis Foglia - Air Date 10-11-18

It's assumed that Americans are hurt by immigration, but that isn't the right conversation. Immigrants help create a bigger economic pie, more innovation and more skills.

Ch. 4: Cardiff and Jennifer Hunt discuss Immigrants relationships in the Labor Force - FT Alphachat - Air Date 9-15-17

Immigrants percentage of the workforce has remained flat, and the U.S. is in the middle worldwide for immigrant increases. In most cases, immigrants take the jobs that need to be taken.

Ch. 5: Trump's 4 Biggest Immigration Myths - Robert Reich - Air Date 10-19-15

Robert Reich debunks Donald Trump's dangerous lies about immigration.

Ch. 6: The Immigration Issue and Capitalism - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - Air Date 10-15-18

Brexit, Trump, Italy and Sweden are all being conned by the myths of immigration hate. Capitalism is the truer villain.


VOICEMAILS

Ch. 7: Comparing liberalism and progressivism - Zach from Georgia


FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 8: Final comments asking for your thoughts on the primary race so far and Biden’s entrance into the White Guy candidate category


MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

  • Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
  • The Rampart - Castle Danger
  • Celestial Navigation - Aeronaut
  • Turning - Lathe
  • LaBranche - Bayou Birds
  • Heather - Migration
  • Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
  • Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

 

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