Everything sucks. Discuss. ABOUT THE HOSTS LJ Pemberton (formerly Laura Jean Moore) is the co-creator and former co-host of Livin' and Lovin' in NYC, a podcast about sex and love that has been featured in the Village Voice, Savage Love, WNYC, Thrillist and FILTHY. Her award-winning stories, essays…
In which we continue our conversation with Angie Horn about how much healthcare sucks in America by going deep on the commodification of humans since the founding of our country (hello slavery!), talk about why tech bros are assholes, idiots, etc., offer up the cautionary tale of Steve Ditko and how much objectivism sucks, get into the nitty gritty of how not having healthcare for long periods of time has affected our life choices, and so much more.
In which guest host, Angie Horn, joins us to complain about healthcare in the United States, among other related shitty things in American politics and norms. Note: The Nixon tapes referenced in this episode record a conversation between John D. Ehrlichman and Nixon, where Erlichman mentions Edward Kaiser running his healthcare company for profit. The founder of Kaiser Permanente, Henry J. Kaiser, preceded Edward Kaiser by many years. We misstate that the founder was George Kaiser. George Kaiser is someone else entirely. Also of note: Laura Jean apologizes for the many grumbles and sighs and sniffles in this episode. She needed more healthcare.
Episode One: in which we complain about Baby Boomers, and more specifically white Baby Boomers, and their predilection for racism and feeling special. Two (old) millennials go off.