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This week on Crash Report we discuss the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. A joint venture of the United States Public Health Service and the CDC, this secretive study sought to exploit the illiteracy, poverty, and promiscuity of 600 black sharecroppers in an effort to learn more about the effects of syphilis. In the end, the study Read more...

In the summer of 2007, a US airstrike in New Baghdad left a dozen dead, including two journalists, as well as wounding two children. Footage of this attack would be leaked and posted online to WikiLeaks a few years later. In this episode, we discuss the Collateral Murder videos, the actions of Chelsea Manning and Read more...

At the end of World War II, America employed over 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians, many of whom were members of the Nazi party. We take a look at this secret operation and try to make sense of the ethics of it all. To prepare for the show, we took a look at the Read more...

We finally wrap up our discussion of The Corporation. In this episode, we discuss IBM and their ties to The Holocaust, the lengths that Monsanto will go to in order to silence journalists, and we try very hard to end the show on a positive note. Check the documentary out for free on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zpQYsk-8dWg

Our discussion of The Corporation continues with this second episode of the new season of Crash Report. The film looks at the idea of corporate personhood and works to understand what type of person the corporation really is. Check the documentary out for free on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zpQYsk-8dWg

We’re launching a new season of Crash Report with an exploration of the 2003 documentary The Corporation. The film looks at the idea of corporate personhood and works to understand what type of person the corporation really is. Check the documentary out for free on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zpQYsk-8dWg

The Crash Report will return next week, but in the meantime, here is an interview we recently did with Allsun Ozyesil. We discuss the concept of defunding the police and what that might mean for a community like Plattsburgh.

We’ll be taking a brief, two week hiatus from the Crash Report to reformulate the show. Now that we are going to be doing the show remotely indefinitely, we want to take some time to really take full advantage of that format and try out some new ideas to spruce everything up. We’ll still be Read more...

The self proclaimed Information King has launched a new podcast! The Crash Report crew is here to give you a detailed breakdown and review of their first episode!

An all new TRASHcast! We get into some local COVID-19 news, talk about the Farmer’s Market reopening, and discuss our continued domination in the field of local news! It’s funny news, locally!

Another week, another TRASHcast. How long can we go without talking about the virus?