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Episode 7: When NASCAR Was ACAB

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 31:26


NASCAR has the most conservative fan base of all U.S. sports, and given that fact, races have all the military and cop worship that you'd expect. However, the sport was started by outlaws: moonshine trippers, daring drivers who tooled their souped-up Ford V8s across the South, outracing their constant nemesis: cops. This episode talks about NASCAR's ACAB roots and how that heritage inspired Cola's Dale Earnhardt 1-3-12 design.

Episode 6: "We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 62:17


This episode features an interview with Kevin Mattson, author of "We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America." Topics include how anarchism, DIY ethics, and straightedge politics informed a music-driven movement against Ronald Reagan and the culture of vacuous consumption that the president presided over. Playlist: 5:10 "Paranoid Chant," Minutemen 14:18 "Born to Die," M.D.C. 20:59 "I Hope You Get Drafted," The Dicks 25:59 "California Uber Alles," The Dead Kennedys 37:07 "What Are We Gonna Do?" Code of Honor 42:43 "A Cry for Help in a World Gone Mad," Agent Orange 48:39 "Straightedge," Minor Threat 52:46 "Jesus Was a Pacifist," Reagan Youth

Episode 5: Swastikas and Safety Pins (1970s UK punk / "England's Dreaming" review)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 75:11


Cola looks at the dress and politics of 1970s punk, focusing on the use of swastikas as fashion accessories. We consider the merits of using the Nazi symbol to attack English bourgeois mythology and comment on the commercialization of Nazism during the Hitler Wave of the 1970s. Focusing on the book "England's Dreaming" by Jon Savage, we talk about Vivienne Westwood and Malcom McLaren (and their clothing shop SEX), as well as the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie Sioux, the New York Dolls, and many others.

Episode 4: Politics and Dress in Early U.S. Punk ("Please Kill Me" Review)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 64:17


Cola and Derek review the book "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk." We look at how politics and dress influenced the work of protopunk pioneers like the Velvet Underground, the MC5, The Stooges, the New York Dolls, and others--and how their music influenced the Sex Pistols and other groups that took punk mainstream.

How Sprezzatura Cockblocked Mussolini

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 51:39


In this episode, Cola and Derek talk about sprezzatura, the distinctly Italian air of practiced nonchalance, and how it cockblocked Mussolini's plan to establish a monolithic Italian style.

Episode 2: QAnon Goes Mainstream, with Mike Rothschild

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 46:29


In this episode, Cola talks with Mike Rothschild, author of "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything."

Episode 1: Fascism in 2021 with Shane Burley

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 28:33


In this episode, Cola talks to Shane Burley about Shane's 2017 book, "Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It," and how United States fascism has changed in the last four years.

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FLYOVER: The "Politics Are Ruining Sports" Myth

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 20:28


People who complain that politics are ruining sports were oddly quiet in 2015 when John McCain and Jeff Flake released a report that detailed how the Department of Defense sponsored military pageants during NFL games and other sporting events. This episode dives into the hypocrisy.

From Pizzagate to Patricide in Six Easy Steps: David Neiwert on "Red Pill, Blue Pill"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 31:53


David Neiwert has researched the U.S. far-right since the 1990s. In this episode, David talks to the Cola Corporation about his new book, "Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us." www.thecolacorporation.com

Is It OK to Bodyshame Bad Guys? Donald Trump's Rocky Backlash

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019 41:55


When Donald Trump tweeted a Photoshopped image of his head on the body of Rocky Balboa, liberals responded by bodyshaming Trump for his actual, overweight physique. Is it OK to bodyshame bad guys? Topics *Parallels between the bodyshaming of Trump and the homophobia of mocking him and Putin as homosexual lovers *The gestural qualities of pro wrestling and politics *Bodyshaming in Roland Barthes' 1954 essay on pro wrestling, "In the Ring" *Andy Ngo as bodyshamed young man who became alt-right flunky and disinfo agent *Myths about overweight people, e.g., they are undisciplined or villainous *Body positivity

"Civil War" Is Domestic Terrorism. Richard Spencer Is a Dick.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 95:25


Derek and Joe talk: *Their politics while growing up in Appalachia* *Far-right fantasies of "civil war"* *The audio file that Milo released of Richard Spencer's meltdown* *Bonus: Joe says that all white people are racist* Music *Sunstroke, "Richard Spencer," available here. *Guns Up!, "Least of My Worries," "How It's Done," available here. Mission *The Cola Corporation is committed to killing American myths, the coded stories that America's elite have programmed into us for centuries. *We attack with art, via the democratic medium of casual street clothing. *Learn more here.

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