Episode 1028
Purge Pricing
Nov 3 2018
Many of us don't realize that access to death records is not something protected by our constitution. It depends on what state you live in. If you look across the 50 states of the US, there are states that don't allow people to get access to death records unless you are the next of kin. Even if you get those records, it's not always the case that those records are going to reveal the truth of what happened. I think perhaps more nefarious and difficult is we in this nation hold terrible ideas about people on the wrong side of the law. We often don't want to admit it, but we often believe that when people get arrested or go to jail and they lose their lives or they become sick or ill, we feel they deserved it somehow.
Terence Keel returns to discuss his new book from Beacon Press, The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.
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Nov 2 2018
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9:20 - Black Agenda Report's Glen Ford explores the politics of race and class under a corporate duopoloy.
Glen wrote the article The Great Un-Blackening: The Corporate Project to Erase Black People from Politics for Black Agenda Report.
10:00 - Investigative journalist Greg Palast explains how Georgia's election was stolen before anyone voted.
Greg posted the video How to Steal Georgia in 7 Minutes for Salon.
10:45 - In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen does the Tarantella all by himself.
I looked up what that meant, not super up on Italian folk dance traditions.
Oct 26 2018
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9:05 - Live from São Paulo, Brian Mier reports on Brazil's election at the edge of fascism.
Brian translated the recent articles Bolsonaro and the Institutionalization of Necropolitics and International Interests and the destruction of Brazilian Democracy for New Socialist.
9:25 - Journalist Tina Vasquez reports on the work of making #AbolishICE a reality.
Tina wrote the article Abolish ICE: Beyond a Slogan for Rewire.News and New York Review Daily.
Oct 19 2018
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9:05 - Writer Brendan O'Connor profiles the Proud, White face of ruling class violence in America.
Brendan wrote the article Boys to Men for The Baffler.
9:35 - Writer Malaika Jabali explores politics in a Black, Midwestern city abandoned by the Democratic Party.
Malaika wrote the article The Color of Economic Anxiety for Current Affairs.
Oct 12 2018
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9:05 - Live from Mexico City, correspondent Laura Carlsen reports on Trump, AMLO and the ends of NAFTA.
Laura wrote the commentary Trump and Mexico's Next President Are on Honeymoon. But It Won't Last for Fortune.
9:35 - Journalist Rachel M. Cohen examines a 50 year shift - in people and politics - between cities and suburbs.
Rachel wrote the article Taking Back the Suburbs: The Fair Housing Act at Fifty for Dissent.
Oct 5 2018
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9:05 - Writer Eleanor Penny explores the Europe of Steve Bannon's identitarian dreams.
Eleanor wrote the article Steve Bannon’s European Dream for In These Times.
9:30 - Writer Aaron Timms watches the liberal order run out the clock on a world with little time left.
Aaron wrote the article This Is Not A Blip for The Baffler.