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One of the reasons that I've decided to prolong our study by reading this letter of St. John Climacus is that it speaks to our hearts about not only our interior life, the struggle with the passions and the growth of the virtues, but it also exhorts us - warning us that the care of others in love, our concern for their spiritual well-being trumps all things. In other words, our spiritual life cannot lead us to become self focused. Rather, it is meant to create hearts that are selfless and attentive to others and their needs.  What St John says about the care of souls and the responsibilities of spiritual elders he says to all of us. The consolation that we have received from Christ and the wisdom that he has bestowed upon us in our spiritual life and through experience is not our own possession. We seek to console as we have been consoled. We seek to protect as we have been protected by the grace of God and the guidance that we have received at the hands of others. The Church is not a business nor is it to function like one. We come to Church and receive the Sacrament not to “take something” for ourselves. We are drawn into the very life of the Holy Trinity and our “Amen” when receiving this gift means that we are saying “so be it” - let this be the reality in my life!  Like the good Shepherd, I will lay down my life for the good of others. We can never set aside our identity to fit in with society, any more than a spiritual elder can set aside his responsibility and his role of guiding and forming others. Therefore, this letter we are reading is not simply a pious exhortation but rather a call to revolution; that is, a call to radical repentance. We must turn to God in every way in order that by His grace we might love others as He has loved us. --- Text of chat during the group: 00:04:54 susan: asking prayers for my son peter and 16 week pregnant wife in la brea la below fires. 00:11:19 Rebecca Thérèse: Reacted to "asking prayers for m..." with

David just finished the Dopey Challenge at the 2023 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend! He gives us the full recap of registration, training, carb-loading, and the overall race experience from this year's events. All this plus a splash of Disney news on this week's episode of Mouse House Weekly! The post David Does the Dopey Challenge appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Special guest Judah Friedlander from NBC's The Office and Netflix's "America Is the Greatest Country in the United States." Topics: Ivana Trump dies; GOP has no problem with Neo-Nazis in the military; Inflation; Ukraine not going well Guests With Time Stamps: (01:25) David Does the News (1:28:21) "USA Of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:34:02)  Comedian Judah Friedlander (2:01:55)  The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:35:49) "Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:39:44)  Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:07:46)  The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) w/ Lawrence Walters (First Amendment Attorney) Edward Hasbrouck (Journalist, Consumer Advocate, Draft registration resister)

Today's show focuses on Clarence Thomas' ruling on guns, his wife Jinny Thomas and their perverse relationship with his former law clerk John Eastman who appears to be the architect of Donald Trump's conspiracy to overthrow the results of the 2020 president election. Plus, Former Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark's home raided by FBI; Is Trump finished?; Senate passes gun reform bill; Supreme Court overturns gun reform; Roe v. Wade braces for impact; Guests With Time Stamps (00:28) David Does the News: The truth about Chicago's gun murder rate; Why Jeffrey A. Rosen, the former acting attorney general; Richard P. Donoghue, the former acting deputy attorney general; and Steven A. Engel, the former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel are not heroes; Supreme Court voids New York's gun law; Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas obscene relationship with John Eastman, the unhinged architect of Donald Trump's criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election (56:16) Dan Frankenberger and David kill time (1:05:25) Gregg Barak (author, "Criminology on Trump") Emeritus Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Eastern Michigan University, Gregg Barak thinks this time they actually have Trump. (1:35:36) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Christopher Hitchens: What he got right, how he went wrong, and why he still matters.") Professor Burgis talks about his big debate this Saturday night with Tim Pool, Tulsi Gabbard and James O'Keefe. (2:05:46) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) How to explain this mystifying loss of any kind of moral sense in our Republican brethren. There were in the past conservatives with much different opinions on how to govern the country. But they seemed to have had a sense of integrity and honesty that has lately vanished. (2:38:38) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) Vincent Chin plus 40 years. Juneteenth and the Golden State Warrior Millionaires. Kevin Hart investing in vegan fast food. The racism of the Big Lie and how it destroyed Shae Moss' sense of democracy (3:11:33) "USA of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mark Steinel (3:16:33) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) Member of the Supreme Court Bar, The Rev. Barry W. Lynn reviews Clarence Thomas' majority opinion today overturning New York's gun law. (4:05:54) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain, and Ann Li. January 6 Hearings; Supreme Court; Afghanistan PLUS: ASMR for your eyeballs - Kitchen ASMR with Joe in Norway - Shop ASMR with Dave in PA (5:13:32) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) We livestream here on YouTube every Monday and Thursday starting at 5:00 PM Eastern and go until 11:00 PM. Please join us! Take us wherever you go by subscribing to this show as a podcast! Here's how: https://davidfeldmanshow.com/how-to-l... And Subscribe to this channel. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=PD... More David @ http://www.DavidFeldmanShow.com Get Social With David: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidfeldmanc... Twitter: https://twitter.com/David_Feldman_ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Topics: Three out of four Americans behind bars are forced to work for free or little to no money; The history of Juneteenth; The 13th Amendment's loophole; The Police Myth; Cops solve only one percent of all crimes; What is the real role of police in America?; Solitary confinement Guests With Time Stamps (02:04) David Does the News (56:30) "USA of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:02:47) Jason Myles and Pascal Robert (co-hosts of "This is Revolution" podcast) (1:56:53) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) (2:29:02) "Travelin' Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:32:48) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) Is there a voting block of Fox News right wingers who would come out from the shadows to support Bernie and single payer healthcare? (2:58:13) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") How the fall of the American empire effects our mental health. (3:33:18) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) Dems facing the loss of the House, and probably Senate in November, and Biden's latest moves are making things worse. While he called out price gouging by US oil companies last week, he won't do anything about it. And he's going to kiss MBS, trading humiliation for oil, which the oil companies will price gouge anyway. (4:03:46) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) Yesterday's French parliamentary election results. Sweden wants to join NATO, and why Turkey objects. Muslim Indian demonstrations against BJP government officials under Modi and their repression. (4:50:19) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) We livestream here on YouTube every Monday and Thursday starting at 5:00 PM Eastern and go until 11:00 PM. Please join us! Take us wherever you go by subscribing to this show as a podcast! Here's how: https://davidfeldmanshow.com/how-to-l... And Subscribe to this channel. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=PD... More David @ http://www.DavidFeldmanShow.com Get Social With David: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidfeldmanc... Twitter: https://twitter.com/David_Feldman_ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Today's show focuses primarily on Thursday's televised hearings conducted by the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack. The big takeaway is new and overwhelming evidence that January 6 was an inside job and that Representative Scott Perry, Republican of Pennsylvania and Representative Andy Biggs, Republican of Arizona along with several other Republican members of congress conspired to overturn the election and then, after January 6th, asked Donald Trump for a presidential pardon before he left office.  Guests With Time Codes (00:25) David Does the News: January 6 goes Prime Time; (1:04:07) "USA of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:11:37) Prof. Sheryll Cashin (author of "White Space, Black ‘Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality") Sheryl Cashin is Professor of Law at Georgetown University, where she teaches Constitutional Law, Race and American Law, and other subjects. She is an active member of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, she's written commentaries for The Washington Post, Salon, The Root, and other media, and she is a contributing editor for Politico. Professor Cashin writes about race relations and inequality in America, and she is the author of Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy, Place Not Race, The Failures of Integration, and White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality (1:39:04) Scott Dikkers (founding editor, "The Onion" and "The AV Club") Scott Dikkers is the founder of TheOnion.com and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 30 books, including “How to Write Funny.” He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, a Peabody, and too many Webby Awards to count. He can be seen on his weekly comedy show Scott Dikkers Around. (2:04:40) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:38:00) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) w/ Kathy Guillermo (SVP of Laboratory Investigations Department at PETA) (3:11:36) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) w/ Kate Vlach (Policy Director at the DC Attorney General. Formerly: Law Clerk @ ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, Policy Associate @ NARAL Pro-Choice America) (4:12:39) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain, Ann Li, other PhDs PLUS: ASMR for your eyeballs - Kitchen ASMR with Joe in Norway - Shop ASMR with Dave in PA (5:22:34) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) We livestream here on YouTube every Monday and Thursday starting at 5:00 PM Eastern and go until 11:00 PM. Please join us! Take us wherever you go by subscribing to this show as a podcast!

We are honored to bring Astronaut Fred Haise to our microphones. From Apollo 13. Not the movie. THE Apollo 13. Astronaut Fred Haise's new book, "Never Panic Early” tells the story of what it's like to find yourself stranded in outer space after your mission to the moon gets scrubbed by an exploding oxygen tank. On today's show, Fred, for the first time, relives his slingshot around the dark side of the moon as he watches newly compiled lunar satellite video that recreates his precise view from the cabin window fifty two years ago. NASA's finest hour wasn't landing a man on the moon and then safely returning him home to planet Earth. It was, instead, a team of dedicated scientists and specialists preventing an emergency from turning into a disaster. Sometimes our finest moment is not what we achieve but what we prevent. The story of Apollo 13 serves as a timeless reminder that there is no substitute for concentrating the mind on what's mission critical. "Don't Panic Early" is not just Fred Haise's story, it's a master's class on keeping your wits about you while all others are losing theirs. Fred wrote the book with Bill Moore who also joins us. "Don't Panic Early" can be purchased here: https://www.smithsonianbooks.com/store/recent-releases/never-panic-early-apollo-13-astronauts-journey/ Guests With Time Stamps: Chapters: 00:00 (05:38) David Does the News (43:00) "Travelin' Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (53:17) "Stand Together" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (57:47) Fred Haise and Bill Moore (authors of "Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey") Fred Haise served as a backup Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 before serving as the Lunar Module Pilot for the Apollo 13 mission. Bill Moore is the author and coauthor of several books and periodical stories about aviation and space. (2:09:23) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) Tuesday's primaries are in California, New Jersey, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota. What to expect? (2:34:37) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) The very real threat of rising fascism in the US (2:52:51) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") Guns and masculinity (3:47:32) Stump The Humps. Quizmaster Dan Frankenberger administers a quiz on baby animals with contestant John Hays. (4:05:49) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) YouTube deplatforms Peter's interview with Greg Palast, who is one of the world's leading experts on election integrity. (4:43:24) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:09:15) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist)

Why don't American police demand gun control? Tuesday's massacre in Uvalde, Texas exposed just how terrified American police are of getting killed by assault weapons. So why the silence from police chiefs when it comes to banning AR-15s? How have gun manufacturers and the NRA purchased silence from American police? (0:52) David Does the News: NRA Meets today to plan more killings: A look at the NRA's history of draft dodging and spousal abuse; Wayne LaPiere's personal life; Texas Governor Greg Abbott is evil; Republican Senator Tom Cotton says assaults weapons don't exist (56:37) "USA of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:01:51) Gregg Barak (author, "Violence and Nonviolence: Pathways to Understanding" and "Criminology on Trump") Americans have yet to come to grips with just how violent we are. Gregg Barak is the co-founder and North American Editor of the “Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime” and Emeritus Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author and editor of 20 books on crime, justice, media, violence, criminal law, homelessness, and human rights. These include “Violence and Nonviolence: Pathways to Understanding,” “Gimme Shelter: A Social History of Homelessness in Contemporary America”, and “Theft of a Nation: Wall Street Looting and Federal Regulatory Colluding”. His newest book is “Criminology on Trump.” (1:36:40) Joe Thompson (organizer w/ Starbucks Workers United, candidate for California State Assembly District 28) Joe Thompson is a 19-year-old non-binary, UC Santa Cruz Student, a Starbucks Union Organizer, and a progressive candidate for California State Assembly District 28 in the nonpartisan primary election on Tuesday June 7th. Joe uses they/them pronouns and, if elected, they would be the first nonbinary official elected to statewide office in California. (2:03:40) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) We talks guns (2:34:09) "Travelin' Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:30:25) Stump The Hump with Quizmaster Dan F. Today's topic: Disney (3:10:17) "Swine Bomb Boogie" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:13:06) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) Religious Nut of the Week Rep Brian Babin (R-TX): "The United States of America has always had guns. It's our history. We were built on the Judeo-Christian foundation and with guns" (4:07:21) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Ann Li, Adnan Husain We talks guns PLUS: ASMR for your eyeballs - Kitchen ASMR with Joe in Norway Joe makes: Homemade glass jelly noodles w/a spicy Sichuanese sauce. (5:10:10) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) Guns (5:45:04) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) Guns (6:10:57) Liam McEneany (Comedian and Producer) Liam plugs his big new tour called L.L.L.L. (Left-Leaning Liberals of Laughter) Presents: Progressive Comedy for America

With the midterms in full swing, we take a closer look at the Democratic party's war on the Left with our very special guest David Sirota who served as Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign speechwriter in 2020.  David also created the financial crisis podcast series Meltdown, and  helped Adam McKay create the story for the film Don't Look Up.  He is a columnist at the Guardian, editor-at-large at Jacobin Magazine, and founder and editor of the Lever.  SUBSCRIBE TO THE LEVER: https://www.levernews.com Guests With Time Codes: (00:28) David Does the News: Rudy curses out New Yorkers; The world's richest are losing billions; Warren Buffett owns 26 billions dollars worth of Chevron; Australia elects a prime minister from the Labor party; Biden offends China; Why our president is really just the Funeral Director In Chief; Donald Trump's approval ratings surpass Biden's; Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, is half a man; Title 42 is white supremacy; Why economists are frauds; The Truth about apple pie; and our country was founded by drunkards (52:35) "USA of Distraction" written and performed by Mike Steinel (58:53) David Sirota (founder and editor of "The Lever", editor-at-large at "Jacobin Magazine") David Sirota served as Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign speechwriter in 2020, he created the financial crisis podcast series Meltdown, and he helped Adam McKay create the story for the film Don't Look Up. He is a columnist at the Guardian, editor-at-large at Jacobin Magazine, and founder and editor of the Lever David talks about his latest piece for The Lever on how Democratic leaders are joining with oligarchs to try to permanently destroy the progressive movement (1:31:32) Jason Myles and Pascal Robert (co-hosts of "This is Revolution" podcast) An update on how France and America drained Haiti's economy. Also what did Karl Marx have to say about capitalism and the slave trade? (1:58:33) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) What dirt is Congressman Madison Cawthorn going to spill on his way out? Howie Klein knows. Howie gives us a preview of tomorrow's big elections in Georgia and the runoff between Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros in Texas. (2:33:03) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) David Cobb on the rise of fascism in the Republican party. He talks about Yale Professor Jason Stanley's book, “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.” His latest article in The Guardian is titled “America is now in fascism's legal phase." (2:57:18) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") Replacement theory (3:32:42) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:35:23) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) How Central Asia's instability is aggravated by war in Ukraine; The Khodayari assassination in Iran; and how American oligarchs are financing the end of our Democracy. (4:10:36) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) Meet two reformists running for sheriff in California: Carl Tennenbaum in Sonoma County, carltforsheriff.com Sean Allen in Santa Clara County, seanallenforsheriff.com   (4:46:58) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) The latest on Ukraine (5:14:19) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) "Talk Is Cheap"written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel We livestream here on YouTube every Monday and Thursday starting at 5:00 PM Eastern and go until 11:00 PM. Please join us! Take us wherever you go by subscribing to this show as a podcast! Here's how: https://davidfeldmanshow.com/how-to-listen/ And Subscribe to this channel. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=PDTFTUJCCV3EW More David @ http://www.DavidFeldmanShow.com

George W. Bush confuses his illegal invasion of Iraq with Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine. Does Bush's subconscious actually have a conscience?; Meghan McCain wrote a book; Why John McCain was a war criminal who lied about his adulterous affair with a lobbyist; Summer Lee wins in Pittsburgh; Jessica Cisneros MUST defeat Henry Cuellar; AIPAC, an ultra right wing pro Israeli Republican lobbyist is secretly attempting to destroy Progressive Democrats; Replacement theory; Pete Buttigieg says only Capitalism can feed our babies; Wall Street's predicting a recession; Guests With Time Stamps: (01:27) David Does the News (1:10:09) "USA of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:18:22) Grace Jackson Explains How a shooting in Southern California is the key to understanding Taiwan's complicated past. Grace covers Japan's rule over Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek's Martial law era from 1949–1987 and the division between the one million Chinese who came to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek and the people who were already there. (1:37:24) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Canceling Comedians While The World Burns") Professor Burgis discusses his latest column in Jacobin reviewing Meghan McCain's new book “Bad Republican.” (1:59:52) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) George W. Bush's recent Freudian slip confusing Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine with his own illegal invasion of Iraq. Was Bush's slip a confession? Or is it his subconscious trying to punish him? (2:30:08) Jen Senko (Director/ Author of "The Brainwashing of My Dad") In her new book "The Brainwashing of My Dad," Jen Senko describes the right wing's plan to turn Republican politics into a cult of the aggrieved for older white voters. She traces Fox News and the rise of right wing talk radio to the Powell Memo's plan for creating a vast right wing conspiracy of print, radio and television echo chambers. (2:53:40) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) Replacement Theory, Abortion and Pastor Greg Locke is this week's Religious Nut of The Week. (4:11:21) Quizmaster Dan F. tests David on his knowledge of wrestling (4:16:03) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Ann Li, Adnan Husain The January 6th Commission; The Senate wants to protect Supreme Court justices from protestors; Midterms PLUS: ASMR for your eyeballs - Kitchen ASMR with Joe in Norway (5:13:17) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) Oregon's Conservative Democratic Congressman Kurt Schrader loses to a progressive; Pennsylvania Progressive Summer Lee defeats AIPAC; Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar must lose next Tuesday. (5:51:23) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) Buffalo victims could have been Asian American under “replacement theory”

We take a sober look at Saturday's massacre of African Americans in Buffalo. The shooting was partly because of white supremacy. But the REAL reason for the shooting is it's too easy for every lunatic in America to get their hands on an assault weapon. Our nation's gun laws are an act of collective suicide. We choose weapons over peace. We prefer profits for arms manufacturers over our own security. From guns to for profit healthcare Americans are killing themselves in the name of Mammon. CORRECTION: David identified Congresswoman Liz Cheney as representing Idaho. She represents Wyoming. We are sorry for both the mistake and the fact that there is a Wyoming or an Idaho. Guests With Time Codes:  (01:07) David Does the News: Kimberly Guilfoyle wants to ban foreign cows; We need to have a serious conversation about serious conservations; Chuck Schumer's daughter is a lobbyist for Amazon; The Buffalo massacre; Why do cops shoot to kill?; Goods guys with guns NEVER stop bad guys with guns; 70 percent of Americans in jail never get a trial; Amazon is a surprisingly unprofitable business; It's time to call Jeff Bezos what he is, "An Illegal." ; Christian Smalls takes on Lindsey Graham; Corporations, like Amazon, that break the law are not supposed to get government contracts; Virginia's Democratic Senator Tim Kaine is Pro Amazon and Anti Union (1:12:12) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:16:32) Gregg Barak (author, "Criminology on Trump") Gregg Barak is author of, “Gimme Shelter: A Social History of Homelessness in Contemporary America”, “Theft of a Nation: Wall Street Looting and Federal Regulatory Colluding”, and “Unchecked Corporate Power: Why the Crimes of Multinational Corporations are Routinized Away and What We Can Do About It.” His newest book is “Criminology on Trump.”   (1:35:32) Pascal Robert (co-host of "This is Revolution" podcast) Why gentrification in Black neighborhoods is less a part of White Supremacy and more a function of capitalism. Also, how Haiti was forced to pay reparations to French slaveholders up until 1947. Yes, you read that correctly. Haiti had to pay reparations to the SLAVEHOLDERS. (2:03:54) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) Howie does a complete rundown of Tuesday's primaries in Pennsylvania, Oregon, North Carolina, and Idaho. Idaho's GOP Governor Brad Little is up against a primary challenge from Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin; Trump endorses North Carolina's Rep. Madison Cawthorn; In North Carolina we love Erica Smith; Oregon's Right Wing Democratic Congressman Kurt Schrader is challenged on the Left by Jamie McLeod-Skinner; In Pennsylvania Dr. Oz has Trump's blessing for senate; Can Conservative Congressman Conor Lamb beat Pennsylvania's Left Leaning Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman? ; Summer Lee is Bernie's pick for a congressional seat that covers Pittsburgh, but will AIPAC destroy her like they did Nina Turner?; (2:37:36) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (2:58:33) "USA of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:05:16) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") How the so called "Pro Life" movement is nothing other than a full scale war on women. (3:36:00) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) Diem25's new Manifesto for Europe. What is a possible left agenda for geopolitics in this era? (4:04:16) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) w/ Joe Lauria (Editor-in-Chief of Consortium News) PayPal said it mistakenly informed Consortium News its account could be restored, but now says it's shut down permanently while offering no explanation. Is PayPal silencing Left Wing news organizations? Joe Lauria is Editor-in-Chief of “Consortium News,” and has covered foreign policy at the United Nations for numerous newspapers, including the “Boston Globe”, the “Montreal Gazette”, and the “Johannesburg Star.”  Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:18:02) Stump the Hump! w/ Quizmaster Dan F challenges David, Professors Mary Anne Cummings and Adnan Husain on their Top Gun knowledge 5:40:46 Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) We livestream here on YouTube every Monday and Thursday starting at 5:00 PM Eastern and go until 11:00 PM. Please join us! Take us wherever you go by subscribing to this show as a podcast! Here's how: https://davidfeldmanshow.com/how-to-l... And Subscribe to this channel. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=PD... More David @ http://www.DavidFeldmanShow.com Get Social With David: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidfeldmanc... Twitter: https://twitter.com/David_Feldman_ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Topics: J.D. Vance's phony populism; That female prison guard; Admitting you're wrong; Guests With Time Codes (00:35) David Does the News: Infant formula shortage; Starbucks fires union organizers; Record gun deaths in America; Record drug overdoses in America; Inflation; ICE is America's Gestapo (1:07:01) "Turtle" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:11:57) Jason Myles (co-host of "This is Revolution" podcast) (1:28:34) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Canceling Comedians While The World Burns") J.D. Vance's Unbelievably Phony Populism: Against basic safety net programs for low-income families, and backed by libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel, the Ohio GOP Senate candidate is about as populist as Gordon Gekko. J.D. Vance is many things. He's a bestselling author. He's a venture capitalist. He's the founder of an “anti-opioid” nonprofit that “spent more than 95 percent of its 2017 fundraising on staff salaries and overhead, and $0 on charitable activities or grants.” One thing he can't be called with a straight face is a “populist.” (2:02:16) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) That female prison guard who helped her lover escape; They say she suffered from Hybristophilia. What is hybristophilia and are women turned on by bad guys? Mayor Ed Koch's bizarre tombstone (2:39:20) Jose Arroyo (Comedy writer and cartoonist. His new comic book is "Somewhere In L.A.: A Book Of Hours") Jose Arroyo treats us to a series of cartoons rejected by The New Yorker (3:07:00) Quizmaster Dan Frankenberger questions our knowledge about The Price Is Right (3:20:26) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) w/ Reverend Rob Schenck (founder of The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute in Washington, DC, and author of "Costly Grace: An Evangelical Minister's Rediscovery of Faith, Hope and Love") (4:21:45) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Ann Li, Adnan Husain PLUS: ASMR for your eyeballs - Kitchen ASMR with Joe in Norway (5:14:19) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (6:18:20) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) w/ Kathy Guillermo (PETA) The Kentucky Derby An 80-1 longshot wins. But gets punched after the race by an abusive outrider. How PETA is trying to end $230 million a year N.Y. pays to racetracks as corporate welfare. Also, the abuse of workers at the race track.

We take a look at all the Republican candidates accused of rape, assault and murder and how their violence against women relates to the GOP's position on abortion; David de Jong, author of Nazi Billionaires, tells us how Germany's wealthiest families hide their lucrative Nazi past; We meet Joe Thompson, a 19-year-old Starbucks union organizer who's now a candidate for California State assembly; Jason Myles explains how exactly the CIA was able to fund the Contras by dumping cocaine into America's inner cities; Peter B. Collins outlines the twenty countries where Joe Biden's foreign policy has made things worse; Professor Adnan Husain tells us what happened in France's presidential election, and why it's bad news for Muslims and McKinsey; Dr. Harriet Fraad says overturning Roe is a giant leap towards fascism; Texas Tom Webber offers consensus on a woman's right to choose. Topics: Russian ambassador attacked with red paint; Vladimir Putin celebrates Russia's defeat of Hitler; America has more restrictive abortion laws than most Muslim nations; (00:01) The Show Hasn't Started (4:00) David Does the News: Governor Greg Abbott; Eric Greitens; Max Miller; Charles Herbster (1:05:05) "Turtle" written and performed by Mike Steinel (1:10:19) Joe Thompson (organizer w/ Starbucks Workers United, candidate for California State Assembly District 28) Joe Thompson is a 19-year-old non-binary, UC Santa Cruz Student, a Starbucks Union Organizer, and a progressive candidate for California State Assembly District 28. Joe uses they/them pronouns and, if elected, they would be the first nonbinary official elected to statewide office in California. Donate: https://joeforassembly.org/about (1:40:59) Jason Myles (co-host of "This is Revolution" podcast) According to Jason, the functionality of any law enforcement agency is simply to police poverty and protect capital regardless of race. This is a problem that can't be ‘reformed', there isn't enough anti racist implicit bias training in the world that can mitigate the basic realities of capitalism. (2:00:50) David de Jong (author of "Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties") along with Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) David de Jong is a journalist, who has covered European banking and finance from Amsterdam and hidden wealth and billionaire fortunes from New York for Bloomberg News. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the Dutch Financial Daily, and he's the author of the new book Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties. (2:37:35) Mark Breslin (founder and president of Yuk Yuk's, largest comedy chain in North America) Abortion! And Mark's birthday. And why they are often mentioned together. (3:06:51) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") Why outlawing abortion is a giant leap towards fascism. (3:33:17) "USA Of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:38:57) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) French election analysis/consequences; McKinsey-gate; governing for the rich; Islamophobia and the new Crusades (4:20:01) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) Biden/Blinken's bungled foreign policy, naming 20 countries where Trump policies are unchanged or things have gotten worse (not including Russia and Ukraine). (4:56:03) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:40:16) Abortion with “Texas Tom” Webber (“Spirituality and Activism”) We livestream on YouTube every Monday and Thursday starting at 5:00 PM Eastern and go until 11:00 PM. Please join us! Take us wherever you go by subscribing to this show as a podcast! Here's how: https://davidfeldmanshow.com/how-to-listen/ And Subscribe to this channel. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=PDTFTUJCCV3EW More David @ http://www.DavidFeldmanShow.com Get Social With David: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidfeldmancomedy?ref=hl Twitter: https://twitter.com/David_Feldman_ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/david-feldman-show/id321997239

Today's show focuses primarily on how Democrats used Abortion as a fundraising ploy but never cared to pass a law protecting it. Plus Ukraine, and the recent attack on Dave Chapelle. The Democrats had decades to pass a law making abortion legal. They didn't. Now Nancy Pelosi says she wants to pass that law, but at the same time supports anti abortion Democrats like Congressman Henry Cuellar. New evidence has emerged showing Joe Biden could have done more to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Dave Chapelle was attacked by a homeless lunatic. Why was Chapelle's security team allowed to break the guy's arm and then stomp him in the face? Topics: Dave Chappelle physically attacked on stage; Federal Reserve raises interest rates; Stock Market tanks; Progressive Champion Nina Turner loses big in Ohio primary; Does Putin have cancer?; Is America helping Ukraine kill all those Russian generals?; Nancy Pelosi says she wants legislation that enshrines a woman's right to choose, so why is she endorsing Pro Life Congressman Henry Cuellar instead of Jessica Cisneros? Special Guest Bill Baird, America's leading advocate for reproductive rights. Because the David Feldman Show website is down, here is our invitation to Friday night's Office Hours: https://davidfeldmanshow.zoom.us/meet... Guests With Time Codes: (0:48) David Does the News (56:52) "Turtle" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:00:00) Professor Ivan Katchanovski (Political scientist, scholar of politics and conflict in Ukraine, and Professor of Political Studies, University of Ottawa) Professor Katchanovski is one of the leading scholars of Ukraine. He is the author of "Cleft Countries: Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova" and co-author of "Historical Dictionary of Ukraine" Did Biden do enough to stop Putin from invading Ukraine? Is Ukraine run by Nazis? Did Zelensky escalate the shelling of the Dunbas region before Putin invaded? Can Putin be brought to the negotiating table. (1:30:03) Professor Corey Brettschneider (Professor of political science at Brown University, visiting professor of Law at Fordham University) Professor Brettschneider is author of "The Oath And The Office: A Guide To The Constitution For Future Presidents" and editor of the six volume series Penguin Liberty, including "The Decisions and Dissents of Ruth Bader Ginsburg." The court's about to overturn Roe: The right to privacy; Did Trump's three Supreme Court nominees lie to Senators when asked about their position on Roe V. Wade?; What role did the Federalist Society play in the possible overturn of Roe V. Wade; Will abortion end up banned nationwide? (1:56:51) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) Paranoia; Delusions of grandeur; The right's mental illness (2:30:32) Fred Stoller (Comedian and author of "Five Minutes to Kill: How the HBO Young Comedians Special Changed the Lives of 1989's Funniest Comics") Fred remembers Norm and Gilbert. Fred is author of "Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star, " "My Seinfeld Year," and "Five Minutes to Kill: How the HBO Young Comedians Special Changed the Lives of 1989's Funniest Comics," which is available now on Audible. (3:03:47) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) w/ Bill Baird (Reproductive rights activist) Bill Baird is going into his 60th year fighting for reproductive rights. His U.S. Supreme Court case Baird v. Eisenstadt legalized birth control in 1972. Baird v. Bellotti One and Two gave minors the right to abortion without parental consent. A documentary is currently being filmed on his work. His biography will soon be complete. (3:59:45) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Ann Li, other PhDs TBD Read Ann Li: www.dailykos.com/user/annieli PLUS: ASMR for your eyeballs - Kitchen ASMR with Joe in Norway - Shop ASMR with Dave in PA - Kitten ASMR with Jimmy (5:12:37) Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (5:39:55) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund)

Much of today's conversation returns to The New York Times' new expose on Tucker Carlson which reveals Tucker Carlson was abandoned by his mother at the age of eight because she hated him. According to the Times, Tucker's mom fed him amphetamines, alcohol and marijuana while he was still in grade school. According to The New York Times, Carlson's mother moved to France when Tucker was eight and he never saw her again. After Tucker's mom died she reportedly left him exactly one dollar in her will. Topics: Hitler wasn't Jewish; Putin's Wagner Group and why he needs to DeNazify Russia; Can Nina Turner win today?; Supreme Court about to overturn Roe; Amazon Labor Union loses in Staten Island; Dennis Prager is a lying ignorant bigot Guests With Time Stamps: (1:13) David Does the News (1:05:52) "Turtle" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:10:49) Grace Jackson Explains America's foreign policy of "strategic ambiguity" and how it relates to China, Taiwan, Russia and Ukraine. (1:34:23) Jason Myles (co-host of "This is Revolution" podcast) The L.A. Riots thirtieth anniversary. (2:01:53) Tom Nelson (Candidate for US Senate, Wisconsin) Tom Nelson is a candidate for the US Senate in Wisconsin, and currently serves as Outagamie County Executive. He supports Medicare for All and unions. Plus he's not a lawyer. Tom is endorsed by Howie Klein and the Blue America PAC Donate: https://nelsonforwi.com/meet-tom/   (2:28:24) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) w/ Debbie Notkin (Public Bank East Bay) Public Banking Debbie Notkin is an economic justice advocate, who believes passionately that economic reform is a cornerstone of racial justice and social progress. She has been active in the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group and Strike Debt Bay Area. (3:09:50) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") Why do Republicans focus on gender issues, transexuals, gays, women choosing abortion? (3:43:52) Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) Ethan joins us hours after filming a new movie with Samuel L. Jackson; Killing baby Hitler   (4:07:26) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) w/ Mnar Adley (founder and editor of Mint Press News) Last week, Paypal froze Mint Press News' account, with no warning or explanation. The same thing happened over the weekend to Consortium News, another important anti-establishment outlet. We talks with Mnar Adley, founder and editor of Mint Press News. PLUS: ASMR for your eyeballs - Live from Dave in PA's workshop (5:01:02) Catherine Liu (Professor of Film and Media Studies at University of California, Irvine and author of "Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class") Coverage of right wing figures like Tucker Carlson in the New York Times and the Vanity Fair article by James Pogue on the National Conservative Convention. Peter Thiel's interest in right wing critiques of liberalism and his financing of conservatism. Also the infighting on the Left in the absence of a figure like Bernie Sanders to unite us. (5:36:47) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) Nina Turner. The Supreme Court is about to get rid of Roe. And Amazon Labor Union loses one.

We focus on Biden's call to escalate the fighting in Ukraine with Biden officials saying they are fine with Ukraine invading Russia. Topics: Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Val Broeksmit Found Dead; Biden asks Congress for 33 billion dollars more in military assistance for Ukraine; United Nations Secretary General António Guterres says all war is a crime; NATO's Article 5; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he's OK with Ukraine invading Russia; Lockheed Martin's stock soars like a missile; Guests With Time Stamps: (1:20) David Does the News (1:02:26) "USA of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:07:24) Donald Trump (Robert Smigel) (1:08:55) "Stand Together" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:14:16) Animal Facts! With Professor Pamela tells us about the mating life of frogs. Pamela is a Professor in the Department of Biology, at Brandon University in Manitoba, Canada. She primarily studies lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, and turtles - and focuses on animal behaviour and conservation biology. Today she's here to share some interesting animal facts with us! (1:34:31) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Canceling Comedians While The World Burns") Professor's recent Jacobin pieces "I Went on Joe Rogan's Show, and I Don't Regret It" and "Elon Musk Won't Protect Free Speech Online" (2:03:34) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) Why is the Left so feeble and hapless?   (2:45:59) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) Lapu Lapu/ Bong Bong-phobia Monkey danger in America (3:10:50) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) and Dr. Joanne Lynn (MediCaring) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn ran Americans United for Separation of Church and State for nearly a quarter of a century. He is a lawyer, a barrister, a counselor, and attorney, as well as a member of the Supreme Court Bar. He's also an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. Dr. Joanne Lynn is a geriatrician, hospice physician, health services researcher, quality improvement advisor, and policy advocate who has focused upon shaping American health care so that every person can count on living comfortably and meaningfully through the period of serious illness and disability in the last years of life, at a sustainable cost to the community. (4:13:17) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain Read Professor Ann Li: Website: www.dailykos.com/user/annieli PLUS: ASMR for your eyeballs - Kitchen ASMR with Joe in Norway (5:09:19) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) Nina Turner! We livestream here on YouTube every Monday and Thursday starting at 5:00 PM Eastern and go until 11:00 PM. Please join us!

Topics: Musk buys Twitter; Marine Le Pen's nationalism not so national; Melissa Lucio; Ethiopia; Santa Claus is running for Congress; Ron Desantis takes on Disney; The GOP's hatred for women; UFC worker's rights; Free Juliane Assange; Why Twitter should pay you; Title 42; Biden's failed China policy Guests With Stamps (0:55) David Does the News (57:36) Ethiopia explained. Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) w/ Awet T. Weldemichael (Professor and Queen's National Scholar in African History at Queen's University, Ontario; author of "Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa") Awet T. Weldemichaelis Professor and Queen's National Scholar at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He studies African History and the history of Southeast Asia. His research focuses on anticolonial wars, nationalism, and state formation, particularly maritime security off the Horn of Africa.   (1:37:07) Jason Myles (co-host of "This is Revolution" podcast) (2:02:28) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) w/ Santa Claus (candidate in Special Election for US House of Reps- AK) Howie Klein is the founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC, and author of “Down With Tyranny." Santa Claus is a candidate for the Special Election to complete Alaska Congressman Don Young's current term, ending in January of 2023, in the U.S. House of Representatives. Santa is a two-term Councilman and current Mayor Pro Tem of the City of North Pole, Alaska. Santa Claus is an independent, progressive, democratic socialist. https://SantaClausforAlaska.com (2:31:09) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) Macron defeats Le Pen in France. What does that tell us? DeSantis vs Disney, What the hell is happening in Florida? Organized Labor and Enviros fighting back together again (finally) (2:58:33) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") The increasing misogyny in the right wing & Republican parties (3:34:55) Matt Lech (producer, "The Majority Report", co-host, "Literary Hangover" and "Left Reckoning) UFC worker's rights, Free Assange, & Twitter should pay you (4:05:03) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) Wimpy Dems who want Biden to extend the unconstitutional Title 42 to reduce asylum requests from migrants at the border. Names will be named. Biden-Blinken's bad policies toward China   (4:33:33) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:12:16) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist)

CNN Plus is a (Don) Lemon. CNN Plus is being shut down after a month. Who would have ever guessed there wasn't an earsplitting demand out there for an extra hour of Wolf Blitzer? Today's show covers the inevitable decline of streaming services from CNN Plus to Netflix. We also touch on how corporate America uses inflation to increase profits while decreasing wages. Topics: Rudy's appearance on The Masked Singer; Can Nina Turner win this time in Ohio?; Elon Musk is a Racist; Netflix crashes; Jon Stewart's new show is a ratings flop; CNN Plus shuts down after a month; The Obamas quit Spotify; Amazon pays no taxes in Europe; Julian Assange is going to be extradited to America; The Biden administration is positively giddy over the war in Ukraine WARNING: There are technical issues during The Herschenfelds and Emil Guillermo that are eventually resolved. Topics: Rudy's appearance on The Masked Singer; Can Nina Turner win this time in Ohio?; Elon Mush is a Racist; Netflix crashes; Jon Stewart's Show is a ratings flop; CNN Plus shuts down after a month; The Obamas quit Spotify; Amazon pays no taxes in Europe; Julian Assange is going to be extradited to America; The Biden administration is positively giddy over the war in Ukraine; Could "The Aristocrats" be released today?; Obama gives a speech on Democracy under assault;  Is Biden worse than Carter? Guests With Time Codes: (0:43) America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani explains what happened last night on The Masked Singer. It might be Robert Smigel and not Rudy, we're not quite sure. (2:23) David Does the News (1:06:49) America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani returns with a special Cameo message for Liam (1:08:55) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:13:22) Quizmaster Dan Frankenberger tests our knowledge of Jack Nicholson trivia (1:29:02) Nolan Higdon (co-author of "Let's Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy") (1:59:31) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:32:49) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) We had a system failure which crashed the show halfway through. We rebooted (3:04:56)The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) with Dee Knight (author of "My Whirlwind Lives: Navigating Decades of Storms " A Political Memoir & Manifesto) (4:03:06)The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Adnan Husain and Jonathan Bick PLUS: ASMR for your eyeballs - Kitchen ASMR: Joe in Norway makes falafel with tahini sauce and cucumber tomato salad - Shop ASMR: Dave in PA shapes and sands a walnut top (5:08:55) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (5:38:00) Paul Provenza, director of the Aristocrats, remembers Gilbert Gottfried

We talk with Congresswoman Marie Newman, who Progressive Punch calls the Number one progressive in Congress. We also talk with Shahid Buttar who is once again running against Nancy Pelosi in California's 12th congressional district. Topics: Starbucks CEO Howard D. Schultz busts unions; Raytheon CEO says war is good for business; Lucky Charms is magically debilitating; Tucker Carlson wants you to tan your balls; The rich don't pay taxes; Jared Kushner gets two billion from Saudi Arabia; Guests With Time Codes: (1:16) "For The Refugee" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (4:50) David Does the News (1:03:29) "Swine Bomb Boogie" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:07:35) Jason Myles and Pascal Robert (co-hosts of "This is Revolution" podcast) on whether "wokeness" could lead to class struggle. (1:27:48) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) talks about his upcoming Decolonizing Economic Summit (1:58:08) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) w/ Congresswoman Marie Newman ( IL-06) (2:38:10) Shahid Buttar (candidate for US House of Representatives CA-12) Shahid talks congressional insider trading, homelessness, taking on the Pelosi dynasty, nationalizing the oil companies and what it will take to tackle Climate Change (3:11:29) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") on what we can learn from Christian Smalls and his Amazon Labor Union (3:33:21) "Stand Together" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:38:51) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) Propaganda and how the Left can intelligently approach the US perpetual war machine (4:02:18) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) America's absurd system for collecting taxes, and the NY Times discovers that American soldiers who run the drone wars suffer too. (4:38:19) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) Religious clashes in India and Israel/Palestine; US meddling in Pakistan seems to have involved displeasure with then Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Russia on Feb 24th, the day of the Ukraine invasion. (5:15:18) Quizmaster Dan Frankenberger tests our knowledge of America's Space Program (5:41:27) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) (5:48:17) "My Name is Feldman, And I Paint With A Broad Broad Bush" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel  

Much of today's show is devoted to Comedy Miracle Gilbert Gottfried who died this week at the age of 67. Towards the end, Donald Trump (Robert Smigel) remembers Gilbert. And then we play a clip from Gilbert's 2017 appearance on this show. HIGHLIGHTS: (5:38:30) Donald Trump (Robert Smigel) remembers Gilbert Gottfried on Celebrity Apprentice. (6:03:00) Gilbert Gottfried's appearance on this show back in 2017. Part one. Special Thanks Alex Brizel. Topics: Remembering Gilbert Gottfried; Elon Musk tries to buy Twitter; Money for weapons but none for healthcare; Dianne Feinstein's long goodbye; Did a bird poop on Biden?; Moskva ship sunk; Subway shooting; Congressional Progressive Caucus doesn't endorse Nina Turner Guests With Time Stamps: (02:02) David Does the News (47:15) "Stand Together' written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (52:10) Donald Trump invented Rap. (Robert Smigel) (55:25) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:00:23) Grace Jackson on China's handling of the latest Covid lockdown. Also, is America's talk over Ukraine pushing China into an alliance with Russia? (1:29:29) "Pig for Love" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:31:44) Professor Ben Burgis, columnist for Jacobin, talks about his latest piece on how Republicans have turned doing your taxes into a teachable moment on how to hate the government (1:58:36) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) Gallows humor; psych meds; and do our pets go to heaven? (2:39:11) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) Bong Bong might win; Jackie Robinson Day and Gilbert (3:01:40) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) Donald Trump's mental and physical health; and where are the peacemakers? (3:31:54) Mark Breslin (founder and president of Yuk Yuk's, largest comedy chain in North America) Remembering Gilbert (4:00:23) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Ann Li, and Adnan Husain. Joe In Norway prepares Baklava (5:38:30) Donald Trump (Robert Smigel) remembers Gilbert Gottfried on Celebrity Apprentice. (6:01:00) America's Mayor Rudy Giuliani (Robert Smigel) has a special message for Liam. (6:03:00) Gilbert Gottfried's appearance on this show back in 2017. Part one   Read Professor Ann Li https://dailykos.com/user/annieli (5:07:21) Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) with Meleiza Figueroa and Ali Meders-Knight who are using First Peoples' wisdom to restore California forrests.

Today we focus on Joe Biden and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan who are lying when they claim they're building a case to bring Vladimir Putin before the International Criminal Court. Sullivan and Biden are insulting the American people's intelligence. America CAN'T become a signatory to the International Criminal Court because Bush, Cheney, Rice, Clinton, and Kissinger are ALL guilty of the same crimes as Putin. Topics: Marine La Pen; FBI loses their Wolverine militia sting; Austrian Chancellor meets with Putin; Finland and Sweden could join NATO; Covid's back but it's going away so wear a mask but don't wear one Guests With Time Codes: (0:37) David Does the News (1:06:08) "Stand Together" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:10:25) Comedy Writer Jon Ross (1:33:13) Donald Trump (Robert Smigel) (1:35:04) Peace Talks with Texas Tom Weber (2:01:37) Howie Klein, founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC, and author of “Down With Tyranny." (2:33:05) David Pepper, author of “Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines." (3:13:12) Dr. Harriet Fraad on mental illness, biochemical imbalances and psych meds. One in four American adults are hooked on psych meds. (3:37:21) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:41:00) Jason Myles and Pascal Robert co-hosts of "This is Revolution" discuss philanthrocapitalism. (4:11:13) Peter B Collins on the collapse of the FBI's frame up of the Wolverine militia in Michigan (4:34:41) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (5:41:59) Professor Mike Steinel (6:03:36) "For The Refugee" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel  

Just like back in 2003 and the invasion of Iraq, once again MSNBC is beating the war drum. Today's show exposes MSNBC's Joy Reid and her shameful history of homophobia. We call out MSNBC, CNN and other leading members of the main street media as they keep priming the pump for yet another war. We also cover Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and explain why the dumbing down of the American electorate will bring the end to our democracy. Topics: Joe Biden tells Amazon, "Here We Come"; MSNBC's Joy Reid bangs the war drum; Nancy Pelosi tests positive for Covid; Fauci says Covid will surge; Why Biden will be impeached by Republicans a year from now; Jen Psaki cashes out and heads for MSNBC; Ukraine did NOT side with the Nazis during World War 2; Putin conveniently forgets the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact; Guests With Time Codes: (1:14) David Does the News (1:15:03) Grace Jackson, co-host of the Literary Hangover podcast, and China expert explains why war between America and China is not inevitable. (1:35:16) Dave Sirus talks about Lauren Pazienza and sitting shiva (2:34:57) Donald Trump (1:57:46) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld and Ethan Herschenfeld on grief, melancholia and how some Americans die death while other Americans embrace it Dr. Philip Herschenfeld is a Freudian psychoanalyst. Ethan Herschenfeld is a comedian and actor, and his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube. (2:36:52) Emil Guillermo on the difficult and racist road towards Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation. Emil Guillermo is host of the PETA Podcast, and a columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund. (3:09:17) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:14:04) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn on Judge Jackson's confirmation and why Senator Tom Cotton is now one of "Deeze Religious Nuts." © The Rev. Barry W. Lynn ran Americans United for Separation of Church and State for nearly a quarter of a century. He is a lawyer, a barrister, a counselor, and attorney, as well as a member of the Supreme Court Bar. He's also an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. (4:06:44) Joe In Norway bakes bread (4:19:24) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick (5:16:08) Harvey J Kaye and Alan Minsky Professor Harvey J Kaye is the author of countless books, including “Take Hold of Our History”, “FDR on Democracy”, “Fight for the Four Freedoms”, and “Thomas Paine and the Promise of America”. (6:04:11) Donald Trump (6:08:06) Dave In PA and his trusty sidekick Chad prepare some bowls. (6:08:06) Comedian Liam McEneaney  

Joe Biden said today Vladimir Putin should be tried as a war criminal. Is Russia guilty of war crimes in Ukraine? What are the war crimes America is guilty of? On today's show we explore the term "war crime" and why exactly America refuses to be a signatory to the International Criminal Court. Why is Biden refusing to offer Putin a graceful exit out of Ukraine? Did Biden trick Putin into invading Ukraine the same way Jimmy Carter claims to have tricked the Soviet Union into invading Afghanistan? Topics: Louis C.K wins a Grammy; Bucha atrocities ; War Crimes; Gary Webb ; Freeway Rick Ross ; How the CIA dealt crack to fund the Contras; Timber Sycamore Guests With Time Codes (0:35) David Does the News; Putin's war crimes in Ukraine; American atrocities during its War on Terror; My Lai ; Contragate ; How "Freeway" Rick Ross got cocaine from The Contras; Gary Webb's book "Dark Alliance" ; America invades other countries all the time (1:11:00) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:14:00) President Donald Trump (1:17:00) Stump the Hump! with Quizmaster Dan F Jason Myles (co-host of "This is Revolution" podcast) and Comedy Writer Jon Ross talk Ukraine, comedy and Will Smith (1:57:00) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) (2:27:00) President Donald Trump (2:28:00) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:30:00) Mark Breslin (founder and president of Yuk Yuk's, largest comedy chain in North America) (2:48:00) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:32:00) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:09:00) "Pig For Love" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (4:12:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (4:54:00) Dr. Jack Rasmus (Professor of Economics and host of "Alternative Visions" podcast) talks with Professor Jonathan Bick (5:28:00) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois)

Today features in depth coverage of the fighting between Russia and Ukraine as well as the fighting between Will Smith and his inner demons. Topics: Will Smith apologizes for his toxic masculinity; Roman Polanski; Biden calls for regime change in Russia; Are Biden's gaffes on purpose?; Guests With Time Stamps: (00:50) David Does the News; CODA ; Will Smith; Chris Rock ; Academy Awards (1:06:40) Donald Trump stops by (1:30:00) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:35:00) Pascal Robert (co-host of "This is Revolution" podcast) suggests Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's troubled marriage could have played a role in last night's assault. (2:00:43) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) talks about Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry hiding his sexuality, and Congressman Madison Cawthorn saying he saw older congressmen snorting cocaine and prepping orgies (2:35:00) Steve Skrovan (co-host of "Ralph Nader Radio Hour") talks about Wednesday's live Ralph Nader Radio recording session with Jessie Singer to discuss her new book There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster—Who Profits and Who Pays the Price. To attend the taping go to: tinyurl.com/2p8bp57v (2:52:00) Stump the Hump w/ Quizmaster Dan F (3:06:00) Donald Trump (3:10:44) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") talks Ukraine (3:36:00) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:39:11) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:19:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) on Joe Biden's call for regime change in Russia (4:46:00) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:31:00) Animal Facts! With Professor Pamela

Our special guest is Comic Judah Friedlander whose done countless specials for Netflix and Comedy Central. Judah played Frank Rossitano on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and Toby Radloff in the film American Splendor Topics: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson; Ted Cruz; Lindsey Graham; Bill Maher; Cats in Ukraine; Mo Brooks; Biden meets with world leaders; America takes in 75,000 Ukrainian refugees Guests With Time Stamps (0:48) David Does the News (46:28) "Ain't No Chairs" written by Professor Mike Steinel (48:30) Grace Jackson explains how the power dynamic between China and Russia effects Ukraine And America. Grace co-hosts the Literary Hangover podcast, and is an expert on China. (1:09:22) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Canceling Comedians While The World Burns") Ben's latest piece in The Daily Beast is "Bill Maher Didn't Change. He's Always Been a Cringe Centrist. INTELLECTUALLY INCORRECT: The “Real Time” host's pivot toward the Intellectual Dark Web and vaxx-skepticism shouldn't be a surprise. This is who he is." (1:38:00) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) Emil talks Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the GOP's auditions for the next Trump, Cruz, Hawley, Cotton, and how their treatment of Jackson was pornographic. Also: The PETA podcast. PETA has saved nearly 800 cats and dogs from Ukraine. It's gone in with rescue teams. (2:01:00) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:33:20) Donald Trump, highlights from the big interview (2:34:00) Judah Friedlander (Comedian) Judah hosts live, pay-what-you-want stand-up shows every week. The shows are interactive, you can choose to have your camera & mic on so that you can participate in the show & see & hear other audience members in addition to seeing and hearing the performers For more information go to www.judahfriedlander.com (3:08:30) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) covers this week's Judiciary Committee hearings (4:09:00) Joe In Norway makes Gnocchi (4:11:00) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain w/ Rachel Ventura (candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate IL-43) Read Professor Ann Li ⬇️ www.dailykos.com/user/annieli (5:16:00) Dave In PA and his trusty sidekick Chad take a piece of maple wood and create a bowl (5:20:00) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (6:00:00) Liam McEneaney (Comedian and Producer)

Topics: Clarence Thomas; Hunter Biden's laptop; It's Spring; Mariupol; Tanks may now be obsolete; Is Russia losing?; America's mass shootings are back; The dirty truth about Warren Buffett Guests With Time Stamps (0:47) David Does the News (1:23:00) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:25:00) Donald Trump, highlights from our conversation (1:26:00) Jason Myles and Pascal Robert from "This Is Revolution" Podcast talk Clarence Thomas, Black Nationalism and conservatism in the African American community (2:04:00) Donald Trump, highlights from our conversation (2:06:00) Howie Klein with Spencer Slovic (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) with Spencer Slovic (founder of Mycorrhiza Digital, an agency that specializes in social media ad creative for leftist and progressive political campaigns) (2:41:00) Stump The Humps with Quizmaster Dan Frankenberger, the Mr. Rogers edition (2:58:00) Donald Trump, highlights from our conversation (3:01:00) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:05:00) Dr. Harriet Fraad is a mental health counselor and hypnotherapist in practice in New York City. She is a founding member of the feminist movement and the journal Rethinking Marxism. She is the host of the “Capitalism Hits Home” podcast. She sees her clients through the many prisms of their personal lives shaped by their families, and personal experiences which mutually interact with the politics and economics of US society. (3:33:00) "Pig For Love" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:35:30) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) Ontario mosque attack; Anniversary of Iraq war and NATO's Libya adventure (4:07:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) tells us The New York Times is singing a new tune about Hunter Biden's laptop (4:41:00) Mary Anne Cummings Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:35:00) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) (5:49:00) "United States of Distraction" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (6:26:00) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel.  

SPECIAL GUEST: President Donald J. Trump joins us to talk midterms, Ukraine, Sleepy Joe Biden, and Dr. Pimple Popper. Guests With Time Stamps: (1:14) David Does the News (1:03:24) Pete Dominick (host of "StandUp! With Pete Dominick") talks Ukraine. (1:35:09) Animal Facts! With Professor Pamela (1:49:00) Stump the Hump! with Quizmaster Dan F (2:01:00) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:33:00) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:07:00) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:05:00) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick Joe From Norway's Cabbage Cam (5:12:00) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) Dave in PA and his trusty sidekick Chad make something (5:41:00) President Donald J Trump aka Robert Smigel Written by Dave Sirus, Hannah Feldman, Robert Smigel and David Feldman

We talk government, corporate and self censorship with RT America's Lee Camp, Project Censored's Mickey Huff and from This Is Revolution Jason Myles and Pascal Robert. Trevor Aaronson from The Intercept talks about the FBI with Peter B. Collins. We meet two Socialist candidates, one is running for congress in Oregon the other for state senate in Pennsylvania. Plus Rabbi Michael Pollack, Professor Mary Anne Cummings, Professor Mike Steinel on trumpet and Union Activist Rob Everts. Plus Quizmaster Dan's special Godfather edition of Stump The Humps. Guests With Time Stamps (1:56) David Does the News (29:00) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (30:00) David does more news (58:02) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:01:54) Mickey Huff (director of Project Censored, president of the Media Freedom Foundation, co-editor of "Project Censored's State of the free Press 2022") (1:32:13) Jason Myles and Pascal Robert (co-hosts of "This is Revolution" podcast) (2:02:30) "Pig For Love" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:08:00) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) with Matt West (candidate for US House of Representatives, OR-6) (2:29:00) Paul Prescod (candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate, District 8) (2:59:00) Comedian Lee Camp on the demise of RT America (3:36:02) Rabbi Michael Pollack (March on Harrisburg) (4:02:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) with Trevor Aaronson (contributing writer for The Intercept) Dave In PA and his assistant Chad make a sunflower (4:48:00) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:22:27) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) with Rob Everts (5:39:13) Quizmaster Dan Frankenberger's Stump The Humps Special Godfather Edition (6:14:07) "Turtle" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

Today all conversation eventually leads to Ukraine, Putin, Zelensky, Biden, Harris and the people of Ukraine. Guests With Time Stamps: (1:54) David Does the News (1:31:16) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:36:35) Jon Ross (comedian and gentleman farmer) (1:49:29) "Stump The Hump" with Quizmaster Dan Frankenberger (2:03:16) "Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:07:00) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:33:50) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:03:30) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:01:29) Joe In Norway's Kitchen Cam (4:06:00) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain (5:23:33) Dave In PA and his buddy Chad make a leg for a couch (5:25:00) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") 

Topics: Oil Prices Go Nuclear; Is #Russia losing in Ukraine?; The #Azov Battalion; Biden's bump in the polls; Is Russian done with Putin?; RT America gone; McDonald's and Coke stay and poison Russians from within Guests With Time Codes Chapters 00:00 1:21 David Does the News 1:37:37 Brian J. Karem (investigative journalist and author of "Free the Press: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It) 2:00:27 "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel 2:04:40 Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) 2:32:55 "Pig For Love" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel 2:36:47 Jason Myles and Pascal Robert (co-hosts of "This is Revolution" podcast) 3:03:42 Mark Breslin (founder and president of Yuk Yuk's, largest comedy chain in North America) 3:36:41 Dave Sirus (SNL, King of Staten Island and Fox's Let's Be Real) 4:13:01 Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) 4:44:00 Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) 5:19:38 Stump The Humps with Quizmaster Dan Frankenberger 5:45:13 Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) "Sea of Contrition" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel "Stand Together" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

Topics: Fighting intensifies; Where are the diplomats?; Ukraine's nuclear power plant; One million refugees; Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's  press conference;  Russian Television America folds; Texas primary 2022; Biden's State of The Union  Guests With Time Stamps: (1:40) David Does the News: Full coverage of the War in Ukraine (1:28:12) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:38:15)  Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Canceling Comedians While The World Burns") (2:02:30) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:32:00) Stump The Hump with Quizmaster Dan Frankenberger (2:45:27)  Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:14:42) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:10:03) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain Joe In Norway on The Cabbagecam (5:12:15)  Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America)

Topics: Tragedy In Kyiv; Ukraine's Neo Nazi Azov Battalion; NATO and European Union stand strong; Hungary's Orban, Britain's Farage and France's Le Pen all turn on Putin; Why was Volodymyr Zelensky's name in the Panama Papers?; Aleksandr G. Lukashenko Guests With Time Stamps (1:05) David Does the News (1:04:24) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:06:05) Peter Mui (founder of "Fixit Clinic) (1:36:28) Jason Myles and Pascal Robert (co-hosts of "This is Revolution" podcast) talk about the IMF and World Bank (2:02:03) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) with Ruth Luevanos (candidate for US House of Representatives, CA-27) (2:34:00) Mark Breslin (founder and president of Yuk Yuk's, largest comedy chain in North America) (3:03:39) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:29:53) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard (3:37:12) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:10:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (4:36:58) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (4:40:58) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:31:26) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) "Stand Together" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

Topics: Putin; Ukraine; Cosby; Canadian Truckers; San Francisco school board; Jeff Zucker Guests With Time Stamps: (1:17) Rudy Giuliani's Cameo for Liam McEneaney (Robert Smigel) (3:30) David Does the News (1:11:12) Jason Myles (co-host of "This is Revolution" podcast) (1:34:21) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters") (2:02:00) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) (2:32:00) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:36:00) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (2:59:00) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:34:00) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (3:39:00)  Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:08:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (4:49:37) Dave Sirus (SNL, King of Staten Island and Fox's Let's Be Real) (5:34:53)  Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) "Feldman's CV" Written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

Topics: Trudeau arrests truckers; California says Tesla is racist; Trump's idiot kids must testify; Ukraine; Covid's new sub variant; Berkeley forgets to house its students;  Guests With Time Stamps: (00:30) "Still Ain't No Chairs In This Bessemer Shop" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (4:00) David Does the News (1:36:00) "I'm Traveling Light" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:41:00)  Marshall Allen (author of "Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win") (2:11:00) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:43:45) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) introduces us to PETA's Kathy Guillermo, Senior Vice President, Laboratory Investigations (3:18:19) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard (3:30:36) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:02:30) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain Plus Joe In Norway cooks Tabouli (5:14:00) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) Plus Dave In PA and his buddy Chad work the lathe (5:54:55) Henry Hakamäki reports from Russia

Topics: Colin and Scarlett turn their backs on labor to do Super Bowl commercial for Amazon; Paul Pelosi Is An Inside Traitor; Valentine's Day; The Super Bowl; Gambling; Ukraine; Larry David shills for cyrptocurrency Guests With Time Stamps: (2:38) David Does the News (1:06:39) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard (1:19:20) "Pig For Love" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:24:01) Donald Cohen (author of "The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back") (2:03:58)  Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny)  (2:25:55) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (2:53:50) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:35:59) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:06:30) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (4:48:02)  Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:21:31) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) “Swine Bomb Boogie” written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel "Driftin' 'n' Driftin'" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel "Crypto Assett Song" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel and Rosana Eckert

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Episode Notes:This episode's guest is David Rennie, the Beijing bureau chief for The Economist and author of the weekly Chaguan column. Our topic is online discourse, nationalism, the intensifying contest for global discourse power and US-China relations.Excerpts:I spoke to some very serious NGO people who've been in China a long time, Chinese and foreigners who said that this was the worst time for NGOs since 1989, and the kind of mentions of espionage and national security was a very serious thing. So then I had to make a decision, was I going to try and speak to someone like Sai Lei. Clearly he is an extremely aggressive nationalist, some would call him a troll and there are risks involved in talking to someone like him. But I felt, I'm one of the few English language media still in China, if I'm going to add value, I need to speak to these people.I had a very interesting conversation with a CGTN commentator…He said, I can't tell you how many Western diplomats, or Western journalists they whine. And they moan. And they say, how aggressive China is now and how upset all this Wolf warrior stuff is and how China is doing itself damage. And he goes, we're not, it's working. You in the Western media, used to routinely say that the national people's Congress was a rubber stamp parliament. And because we went after you again and again, you see news organizations no longer as quick to use that. Because we went after you calling us a dictatorship, you're now slower to use that term because we went after you about human rights and how it has different meanings in different countries. We think it's having an effect…One of the things I think is a value of being here is you have these conversations where the fact that we in the West think that China is inevitably making a mistake by being much more aggressive. I don't think that's how a big part of the machine here sees it. I think they think it worked….To simplify and exaggerate a bit, I think that China, and this is not just a guess, this is based on off the record conversations with some pretty senior Chinese figures, they believe that the Western world, but in particular, the United States is too ignorant and unimaginative and Western centric, and probably too racist to understand that China is going to succeed, that China is winning and that the West is in really decadent decline…I think that what they believe they are doing is delivering an educational dose of pain and I'm quoting a Chinese official with the word pain. And it is to shock us because we are too mule headed and thick to understand that China is winning and we are losing. And so they're going to keep delivering educational doses of pain until we get it…The fundamental message and I'm quoting a smart friend of mine in Beijing here is China's rise is inevitable. Resistance is futile…And if you accommodate us, we'll make it worth your while. It's the key message. And they think that some people are proving dimmer and slower and more reluctant to pick that message up and above all Americans and Anglo-Saxons.On US-China relations:The general trend of U.S. China relations. to be of optimistic about the trend of U.S. China relations I'd have to be more optimistic than I currently am about the state of U.S. Politics. And there's a kind of general observation, which is that I think that American democracy is in very bad shape right now. And I wish that some of the China hawks in Congress, particularly on the Republican side, who are also willing to imply, for example, that the 2020 election was stolen, that there was massive fraud every time they say that stuff, they're making an in-kind contribution to the budget of the Chinese propaganda department…You cannot be a patriotic American political leader and tell lies about the state of American democracy. And then say that you are concerned about China's rise…..their message about Joe Biden is that he is weak and old and lacks control of Congress. And that he is, this is from scholars rather than officials, I should say, but their view is, why would China spend political capital on the guy who's going to lose the next election?…The one thing that I will say about the U.S. China relationship, and I'm very, very pessimistic about the fact that the two sides, they don't share a vision of how this ends well.Links:China’s online nationalists turn paranoia into clickbait | The Economist 赛雷：我接受了英国《经济学人》采访，切身体验了深深的恶意 David Rennie on Twitter @DSORennieTranscript:You may notice a couple of choppy spots. We had some Beijing-VPN issues and so had to restart the discussion three times. Bill:Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the `Sinocism podcast. It's been a bit of a break, but we are back and we will continue going forward on a fairly regular schedule today. For the fourth episode, I'm really happy to be able to chat with David Rennie, the Beijing bureau chief for The Economist and author of the weekly Chaguan column. Our topic today is online discourse, nationalism, and the intensifying contest for global discourse power.Bill:I've long been a fan of David's work and the approximate cause for inviting him to join the podcast today was an article on the January 8th issue of The Economist on online nationalism. Welcome David.David:Hello.Bill:So just to start, could you tell us how you got to where you are today?David:I've been a foreign correspondent for frighteningly long time, 24 years. And it's my second China posting. I've been out there so long. I've done two Chinas, two Washingtons, five years in Brussels. I was here in the '90s and then I went off, spent a total of nine years in Washington, DC. And then I came back here in 2018 and I was asked to launch a new column about China called Chaguan, because previously I wrote our Lexington column and our Bagehot column about Britain and our Charlemagne column about Europe. They all have strange names, but that's what we do. And so this is my fourth column for The Economist.Bill:We last met, I think in 2018 in Beijing in what seems like before times in many ways at The Opposite House, I believe.David:And the days when we had visitors, people came from the outside world, all of those things.Bill:Yes. You are quite the survivor, as they say. Although there are advantages to not worry about walking outside and getting sick all the time. Although it's better here in DC now.David:It's a very safe bubble. It's a very large bubble, but it's a bubble.Bill:So let's talk about your article, the January 8th issue. It was titled “China's online nationalist turned paranoia into click bait”. And I thought it was a very good distillation of the surge in nationalists and anti foreign content that is really flooding or was flooded the internet in China. And you interviewed one of the people who's profiting from it because it turns out that not only is it good from a sort of a sentiment perspective, but it's also good from a business perspective.Bill:And that person Sai Lei, interestingly enough, then recorded your conversation and turned it into a whole new post and video about the whole experience of talking to a foreign correspondent. Can you tell us a little about the story and why you chose to write it and just to add the links to David's article and the Sai Lei article will be in the podcast notes.David:So I heard from friends and colleagues, a couple of things in two directions. One was that in the world of private sector media, a couple of reasonably well known explainer sites, popular science video companies had been taken out of business by nationalist attacks. One was called Paperclip, the other called Elephant Union. And their crime in the eyes of online nationalists had been to talk about things which are fairly uncontroversial in Western media, that eating beef from the Amazon or eating beef that is fed soy grown in the Amazon is potentially bad for the rainforest and maybe we should eat less meat.David:But because this was in the Chinese context, that China is the biggest buyer of soybeans, this explainer video was attacked as a plot to deny the Chinese people the protein that they need to be strong, that this was a race traitor attack on the Chinese. And it was outrageous because the West eats so much more meat than China. And so that was one element of it. And I heard that these companies had been shut down. The other was that I'd been picking up that this was an extremely bad time for NGOs, particularly Chinese NGOs that get money from overseas. And we'd seen some really nasty attacks, not just on the idea that they were getting money from overseas, but that they were somehow guilty of espionage.David:And there was an NGO that did incredibly benign work. Tracking maritime and Marine trash, as it floats around the coasts of China based in Shanghai, Rendu Ocean. I'd done a column on them the year before I'd been out with their volunteers. It was a bunch of pensioners and retirees and school kids picking up styrofoam and trash off beaches, weighing it, tracking where it came from and then uploading this data to try and track the fact that China is a big generator of the plastic and other trash in the oceans. They were accused of espionage and taking foreign money to track ocean currents that would help foreign militaries, attack China, that they were guilty of grave national security crimes.David:And they were attacked in a press conference, including at the national defense ministry. And they're basically now in a world of pain. They're still just about clinging on. And so these two things, you have these NGOs under really serious attack, and you also have this attack on online explainer videos. The common theme was that the nationalist attack, they were somehow portraying the country and its national security was a weird combination of not just the security forces, but also private sector, Chinese online nationalists. And in particularly I was told there was a guy called Sai Lei. That's his non to plume who was one of the people making videos taking on these people. He went after celebrities who talked about China should be more careful about eating seafood.David:This was again, sort of race traitors. And he was using this really horrible language about these celebrities who talked about eating more sustainable seafood that they were ‘er guizi”, which is this time about the collaborationist police officers who worked with the Japanese during the World War II. He calls them Hanjian, the s-called traitors to the Chinese race. Very, very loaded language. Went after a group that’s working with Africans down in the south of China, talking about how they faced discrimination. This got them attacked. They had talked also about the role of Chinese merchants in the illegal ivory trade that got them attacked by the nationalists.David:So I thought this question of whether the government is behind this or whether this is a private sector attack on that. There's the profits to be made from this online nationalism struck me something I should write about. So I talked to some of the people whose organizations and companies had been taken down, they were very clear that they thought that was a unholy nexus of profit, clickbait and things like the communist youth league really liking the way that they can turbocharge some of these attacks-Bill:Especially on bilibili, they use that a lot.David:Especially on... Yeah. And so there's this weird sort of sense that, and I spoke to some very serious NGO people who've been in China a long time, Chinese and foreigners who said that this was the worst time for NGOs since 1989, and the kind of mentions of espionage and national security was a very serious thing. So then I had to make a decision, was I going to try and speak to someone like Sai Lei. Clearly he is an extremely aggressive nationalist, some would call him a troll and there are risks involved in talking to someone like him. But I felt, I'm one of the few English language media still in China, if I'm going to add value, I need to speak to these people.David:Yes. And so I reached out to the founder of a big, well known nationalist website who I happen to know. And I said, do you know this guy Sai Lei? And he said, I do, I'll get in touch with him. Sai Lei was very, very anxious about speaking to the Western media. Thought I was going to misquote him. And so eventually we did this deal that he was going to record the whole thing. And that if he thought I had misquoted him, that he was going to run the entire transcript on full on this other very well known nationalist website that had made the introduction. So I said, okay, fine. I have nothing to hide. That's all good. I wrote the column. I quoted Sai Lei. I didn't quote a tremendous amount of Sai Lei because what he said was not especially revealing.David:He was just an extremely paranoid guy. And there was a lot of whataboutism and he was saying, well, how would the American public react if they were told that what they eat damages the Amazon rainforest? And I said, well, they're told that all the time-Bill:All the time.David:It was an incredibly familiar argument. It's on the front page of America newspapers all the time. And so he wasn't willing to engage. And so, I ran this. He then put out this attack on me. It's fair. Look, I make a living handing out my opinions. I knew he was recording me, was it a bit disappointing that he cut and edited it to make me sound as bad as possible rather than running the full transcript. I mean, I interviewed a troll and that was the thing. He attacked me on the basis of my family, which then triggered a whole bunch of stuff that was pretty familiar to me, a lot of wet and journalists get a lot of attacks and it was an unpleasant experience, but I feel that the added value of being here is to talk to people, who The Economist does not agree with.David:And his fundamental problem was that I was using online as a disapproving time. But my line with people like him, or with some of the very prominent nationalists online academics, media entrepreneurs, also with the Chinese foreign ministry, when I'm called in is my job in China is to try to explain how China sees the world. To speak to people in China to let their voices be heard in The Economist. And I absolutely undertake to try and reflect their views faithfully, but I do not promise to agree with them, because The Economist does not hide the fact that we are a Western liberal newspaper. We're not anti-China, we are liberal. And so, if we see illiberall things happening in Abu Ghraib or in Guantanamo Bay or-Bill:DC.David:Being done by Donald Trump or being done by Boris Johnson or Brexit, or Viktor Orbán or in China, we will criticize them because we are what we say we are. We are a liberal newspaper. We have been since 1843. And what's interesting is that online, the reaction was... For a while, I was trending on Bilibili. And that was new. And I take that on the chin. I mean, I'm here, I'm attacking nationalists. They're going to attack back. I think what's interesting is that the online of nationalist attacks were, I hope that the ministry of state security arrest this guy, he should be thrown out of China. Why is he in China? They should be expelled. This guy has no right to be in China.David:I think that at some level, some parts of the central government machinery do still see a value to having newspapers like The Economist, reasonably well read Western media in China. And it's this conversation I've had a lot with the foreign ministry, with the State Council Information Office, which is as you know, it's the front name plate for the propaganda bureau. And I say to them, we are liberals.David:We are not anti-China any more than we're anti-American because we criticize Donald Trump, but you know where we're coming from, but I do believe that if China is concerned about how it's covered, if they throw all of us out, they're not going to get better coverage. I mean, some of the most aggressive coverage about China in the states comes from journalists who never go to China and economists who never go to China. And I think that, that argument resonates with some parts of the machine, to the people whose job is to deal with people like me.David:What I worry about is that there are other parts of the machine, whether it's the Communist Youth League or whether it's the ministry of state security or some other elements in the machine who do also see a tremendous value in delegitimizing Western media full stop, because if you're being criticized and you don't enjoy it. Tactic number one, whether you are Donald Trump talking about fake news, or Vladimir Putin talking about hostile foreign forces, or the Chinese is to delegitimize your critics.David:And I do think that that is going on in a way that in the four years that I've been here this time. And if, I think back to my time here 20 years ago, I do think the attempts to go after and intimidate and delegitimize the Western media they're getting more aggressive and they're trying new tactics, which are pretty concerning.Bill:So that's a great segue into the next question. But first, I just want to ask the nationalist website that you said ran Sai Lei's piece that was Guancha.cn?David:Yeah. And so it's probably not secret, but so I know a bit, Eric Li, Li Shimo, the co-founder Guancha.Bill:Eric actually famous for his TED Talk, went to Stanford business school, venture capitalist. And now, I guess he's affiliated with Fudan, And is quite an active funder of all sorts of online discourse it seems among other things.David:That's right. And I would point out that The Economist, we have this by invitation online debate platform and we invite people to contribute. And we did in fact, run a piece by Eric Li, the co-founder of Guancha, the nationalist website a couple of weeks before this attack, that Guancha ran. And I actually had debate with some colleagues about this, about whether as liberals, we're the suckers that allow people who attack us to write, he wrote a very cogent, but fairly familiar argument about the performance legitimacy, the communist party and how that was superior to Western liberal democracy.David:And I think that it's the price of being a liberal newspaper. If we take that seriously, then we occasionally have to give a platform to people who will then turn around and attack us. And if I'm going to live in China and not see of my family for a very long period of time, and it's a privilege to live in China, but there are costs. If you are an expert, then I'm not ready to give up on the idea of talking to people who we strongly disagree with. If I'm going to commit to living here to me the only reason to do that is so you talk to people, not just liberals who we agree with, but people who strongly disagree with us.Bill:No. And I think that's right. And I think that also ties in for many years, predating Xi Jinping there's been this long stated goal for China to increase its global discourse power as they call it. And to spread more the tell the truth, tell the real story, spread more positive energy about China globally instead of having foreign and especially Western, or I think, and this ties into some of the national stuff increasing what we hear is called the Anglo-Saxons media dominate the global discourse about China. And to be fair, China has a point. I mean, there should be more Chinese voices talking about China globally.Bill:That's not an unreasonable desire, or request from a country as big and powerful as China is. One thing that seems like a problem is on the one hand you've got, the policy makers are pushing to improve and better control discourse about China globally. At the same time, they're increasing their control over the domestic discourse inside the PRC about the rest of the world. And so in some ways, yes, there's an imbalance globally, but there's also a massive imbalance domestically, which seems to fit into what you just went through with Sai Lei and where the trends are. I don't know. I mean, how does China tell a more convincing story to the world in a way that isn't just a constant struggle to use the term they actually use, but more of an actual fact based honest discussion, or is that something that we're just not going to see anytime soon?David:I think there's a couple of elements to that. I mean, you are absolutely right that China like any country has the right to want to draw the attention of the world to stuff that China does. That's impressive. And I do think, one of my arguments when I talk to Chinese officials as to why they should keep giving out visas to people like me is, when I think back to the beginning of the COVID pandemic, I've not left China for more than two years. I've not left since the pandemic began, you had a lot of media writing that this incredibly ferocious crackdown was going to be very unpopular with the Chinese public. And that's because of the very beginning you had people, there lots of stuff on Chinese social media, little videos of people being beaten up by some [inaudible 00:16:26] in a village or tied to a tree, or their doors being welded shot.David:And it did look unbelievably thuggish. And people playing Majiang being arrested. But actually about three weeks into the pandemic, and I was traveling outside Beijing and going to villages and then coming back and doing the quarantine, you'd go into these villages in the middle of Henan or Hunan. And you'd have the earth bomb at the entrance to the village and all the old guys in the red arm bands. And the pitchforks and the school desk, or the entrance to the village with a piece of paper, because you got to have paperwork as well. And you've realized that this incredibly strict grassroots control system that they'd put in motion, the grid management, the fact that the village loud speakers were back up and running and broadcasting propaganda was actually a source of comfort.David:That it gave people a sense that they could do something to keep this frightening disease at bay. And I think to me, that's an absolute example that it's in China's interest to have Western journalists in China because it was only being in China that made me realize that this strictness was actually welcomed by a lot of Chinese people. It made them feel safe and it made them feel that they were contributing to a national course by locking themselves indoors and obeying these sometimes very strange and arbitrary rules. In addition, I think you are absolutely right, China has the right to want the foreign media to report that stuff.David:Instead of looking at China through a Western lens and saying, this is draconian, this is ferocious, this is abuse of human rights. It's absolutely appropriate for China to say no, if you're doing your job properly, you will try and understand this place on China's own terms. You will allow Chinese voices into your reporting and let them tell the world that they're actually comforted by this extremely strict zero COVID policy, which is tremendously popular with the majority of the Chinese public. That is a completely legitimate ambition. And I never failed to take the chance to tell officials that's why they should give visas to have journalists in the country, because if you're not in the country, you can't think that stuff up.David:What I think is much more problematic is that there is alongside that legitimate desire to have China understood on China's own terms, there is a very conscious strategy underway, which is talked about by some of the academics at Fudan who work for Eric Li at Guancha as a discourse war, a narrative war, or to redefine certain key terms.Bill:And the term and the term is really is like struggle. I mean, they see it as a public opinion war globally. I mean, that the language is very martial in Chinese.David:Absolutely. Yeah. And do not say that we are not a democracy. If you say that we are not a democracy, you are ignoring our tremendous success in handling COVID. We are a whole society democracy, which it's basically a performance legitimacy argument, or a collective utilitarian, the maximizing the benefits for the largest number of argument. It's not particularly new, but the aggression with which it's being pushed is new and the extraordinary resources they put into going after Western media for the language that we use of our China. And I had a very interesting conversation with a CGTN commentator who attacked me online, on Twitter and said that I was a... It was sort of like you scratch an English when you'll find a drug dealer or a pirate.David:Now there's a lot of Opium War rhetoric around if you're a British journalist in China. You're never too far from Opium War reference. And for the record, I don't approve of the war, but it was also before my time. So I actually, the guy attacked me fairly aggressively on Twitter. So I said, can you try and be professional? I'm being professional here why won't you be professional. He invited me with coffee. So we had coffee. And we talked about his work for CGTN and for Chaguan and his view of his interactions to Western media. And he said, this very revealing thing. He said, the reason we do this stuff is because it works.David:He said, I can't tell you how many Western diplomats, or Western journalists they whine. And they moan. And they say, how aggressive China is now and how upset all this Wolf warrior stuff is and how China is doing itself damage. And he goes, we're not, it's working. You in the Western media, used to routinely say that the national people's Congress was a rubber stamp parliament. And because we went after you again and again, you see news organizations no longer as quick to use that. Because we went after you calling us a dictatorship, you're now slower to use that term because we went after you about human rights and how it has different meanings in different countries. We think it's having an effect.David:And so I think that this attempt to grind us down is working, although in their view, it's working. And I think that, that ties in with a broader conversation that I have a lot in Beijing with foreign ambassadors or foreign diplomats who they get called into the foreign ministry, treated politically aggressively and shouted at and humiliated. And they say, how does the Chinese side not see that this causes them problems? And I think that in this moment of, as you say, an era of struggle, this phrase that we see from speeches, from leaders, including Xi, about an era of change, not seen in 100 years.David:They really do feel that as the West, particularly America is in decline and as China is rising, that it's almost like there's a turbulence in the sky where these two the two axis are crossing. And that China has to just push through that turbulence. To use a story that I had kept secret for a long time, that I put in a column when Michael Kovrig was released. So, listeners will remember Michael Kovrig was one of the two Canadians who was held cover couple of years, basically as a hostage by the Chinese state security. And fairly early on, I had heard from some diplomats in Beijing from another Western embassy, not the UK, I should say, that the fact that Michael Kovrig in detention was being questioned, not just about his work for an NGO, the international crisis group that he was doing when he was picked up.David:But he was also being questioned about work he'd been doing for the Canadian embassy when he had diplomatic immunity. The fact that that was going on was frightening to Western diplomats in Beijing. And soon after that conversation, I was sitting there talking to this guy, reasonably senior official. And I said to him, I explained this conversation to him. And I said, I've just been having a conversation with these diplomats. And they said, the word that they used was frightened about what you are doing to Michael Kovrig. And I said, how does it help China to frighten people from that country?David:And he'd been pretty cheerful up till then. He switched to English so that he could be sure that I understood everything he wanted to say to me. And he said, this absolute glacial tone. He said, Canada needs to feel pain. So that the next time America asks an ally to help attack China, that ally will think twice. And that's it.Bill:That's it. And it probably works.David:It works. And yeah. So I think that, again, one of the things I think is a value of being here is you have these conversations where the fact that we in the West think that China is inevitably making a mistake by being much more aggressive. I don't think that's how a big part of the machine here sees it. I think they think it worked.Bill:No. I agree. And I'm not actually sure that they're making a mistake because if you look at so far, what have the cost been? As you said, I mean, behavior is shift, but I think it's definitely open for question. I mean, it's like the assumptions you still see this week, multiple columns about how China's COVID policy is inevitably going to fail. And I'm sitting here in DC, we're about to cross a million people dead in this country, and I'm thinking what's failure. It's a very interesting time.Bill:I mean, to that point about this attitude and the way that there seem to be prosecuting a very top down or top level design communication strategy, Zhang Weiwei, who's at Fudan University. And also I think Eric Li is a closer associate of his, he actually was the, discussant at a Politburo study session. One of the monthly study sessions a few months ago, where I think the theme was on improving international communication. And talking about, again, how to better tell China's story, how to increase the global discourse power.Bill:Some people saw that as, oh, they're going to be nicer because they want to have a more lovable China image. I’m very skeptical because I think that this more aggressive tone, the shorthand is “Wolf warriors. wolf-warriorism”, I think really that seems to me to be more of a fundamental tenant of Xi Jinping being thought on diplomacy, about how China communicates to the world. I mean, how do you see it and how does this get better, or does it not get better for a while?David:It's a really important question. So I think, what do they think they're up to? To simplify and exaggerate a bit, I think that China, and this is not just a guess, this is based on off the record conversations with some pretty senior Chinese figures, they believe that the Western world, but in particular, the United States is too ignorant and unimaginative and Western centric, and probably too racist to understand that China is going to succeed, that China is winning and that the West is in really decadent decline.David:And so I think that these aggressive acts like detaining the two Michaels or their diplomatic an economic coercion of countries like Australia or Lithuania. They hear all the Pearl clutching dismay from high officials in Brussels, or in Washington DC-Bill:And the op-eds in big papers about how awful this is and-David:And the op-eds and yeah, self-defeating, and all those things. But I think that what they believe they are doing is delivering an educational dose of pain and I'm quoting a Chinese official with the word pain. And it is to shock us because we are too mule headed and thick to understand that China is winning and we are losing. And so they're going to keep delivering educational doses of pain until we get it. I think they think that's what they're up to-Bill:And by getting it basically stepping a side in certain areas and letting the Chinese pursue some of their key goals, the core interests, whatever you want to call it, that we, yeah.David:That we accommodate. Yeah. The fundamental message I'm quoting a smart friend of mine in Beijing here is China's rise is inevitable. Resistance is futile.Bill:Right. Resistance is futile.David:And if you accommodate us, we'll make it worth your while. It's the key message. And they think that some people are proving dimer and slower and more reluctant to pick that message up and above all Americans and Anglo Saxons. And so they're giving us the touch, the whip. Now, do I think that, that is inevitably going to be great for them? And you ask how does this end well? I mean, I guess my reason for thinking that they may yet pay some price, not a total price, is that they are engaged in a giant experiment. The Chinese government and party are engaged in a giant experiment, that it didn't matter that much, that the Western world was permissive and open to engagement with China.David:That, That wasn't really integral to their economic rise for the last 40 years that China basically did it by itself. And that if the Western world becomes more suspicious and more hostile, that China will not pay a very substantial price because its market power and its own manufacturing, industrial strength, we'll push on through. And so there'll be a period of turbulence and then we'll realized that we have to accommodate. And I think that in many cases they will be right. There will be sectors where industries don't leave China. They in fact, double down and reinvest and we're seeing that right now, but I do worry that there are going to be real costs paid.David:I mean, when I think back to... I did a special report for The Economists in May, 2019 about us generations. And one of the parts of that was the extraordinary number of Chinese students in us colleges. And I went to the University of Iowa and I spoke to Chinese students and you know that now, the levels of nationalism and hostility on both sides and the fear in American campuses, that's a real cost. I mean, I think if you imagine China's relationship with the Western world, particularly the U.S. as a fork in the road with two forks, one total engagement, one total decoupling, then absolutely China is right. There's not going to be total decoupling because we are as dependent as we were on China's, it's just-Bill:Right. Not realistic.David:China is an enormous market and also the best place to get a lot of stuff made. But I wonder, and it's an image I've used in a column, I think. I think that the relationship is not a fork in the road with two forks. It's a tree with a million branches. And each of those branches is a decision. Does this Western university sign a partnership with that Chinese university? Does this Western company get bought by a Chinese company? Does the government approve of that? Does this Western media organization sign a partnership with a Chinese media organization?David:Does this Western country buy a 5g network or an airline or a data cloud service or autonomous vehicles from China that are products and services with very high value added where China wants to be a dominant player. And that's an entirely reasonable ambition, because China's a big high tech power now. But a lot of these very high value added services or these relationships between universities, or businesses, or governments in the absence of trust, they don't make a bunch of sense because if you don't trust the company, who's cloud is holding your data or the company who's made you the autonomous car, which is filled with microphones and sensors and knows where you were last night and what you said in your car last night, if you don't trust that company or the country that made that, none of that makes sense.David:And I think that China's willingness to show its teeth and to use economic coercion and to go to European governments and say, if you don't take a fine Chinese 5g network we're going to hurt you. If you boil that down to a bumper sticker, that's China saying to the world, or certainly to the Western world stay open to China, or China will hurt you. Trust China or China will hurt you. That's the core message for a lot of these Wolf warrior ambassadors. And that's the core message to people like me, a guy who writes a column living in Beijing. And a lot of the time China's market power will make that okay. But I think that's, if you look at that tree with a million decisions, maybe more of those than China was expecting will click from a yes to a no.David:If you're a Western university, do you now open that campus in Shanghai? Do you trust your local Chinese partner when they say that your academics are going to have freedom of speech? And what's heartbreaking about that is that the victims of that are not going to be the politic bureau it's going to be people on the ground, it's going to be researchers and students and consumers and-Bill:On both sides. I mean, that's-David:On both sides. Yeah.Bill:Yeah. That's the problem.David:Yeah.Bill:So that's uplifting. No, I mean, I-David:I've got worse.Bill:Wait until the next question. I think I really appreciate your time and it'd be respective but I just have two more questions. One is really about just being a foreign correspondent in China and the Foreign correspondents' Club of China put out its annual report, I think earlier this week. And it's depressing you read as it's been in years and every year is extremely depressing, but one of the backdrops is really the first foreign ministry press conference of the last year of 2021. It really struck me that Hua Chunying, who is... She's now I think assistant foreign minister, vice foreign minister at the time, she was the head of the information office in I think the one of the spokespeople, she made a statement about how it was kicking off the 100th anniversary year.Bill:And I'm just going to read her couple sentences to get a sense of the language. So she said, and this was on the, I think it was January 4th, 2021, "In the 1930s and 1940s when the Guangdong government sealed off Yunnan and spared, no efforts to demonize the CPC foreign journalists like Americans, Edgar Snow, Anna Louise Strong and Agnes Smedley, curious about who and what the CPC is, chose to blend in with the CPC members in Yunnan and wrote many objective reports as well as works like the famous Red star over China, giving the world, the first clip of the CPC and its endeavor in uniting and leading the Chinese people in pursuing national independence and liberation."Bill:And then went on with more stuff about how basically wanting foreign correspondents to be like Snow, Strong or Smedley. How did that go over? And I mean, is that just part of the, your welcome as long as you're telling the right story message?David:So there was a certain amount of... Yeah. I mean, we also got this from our handlers at the MFA, why couldn't it be more like Edgar Snow? And I fear the first time I had that line in the meeting, I was like, well, he was a communist, if that's the bar, then I'm probably going to meet that one. Edgar Snow went to Yan’an he spent a tremendous amount of time in Mao hours interviewing Mao. If Xi Jinping wants to let me interview him for hours, I'd be up for that. But I would point out that Edgar Snow, after interviewing Mao for hours, then handed the transcripts over to Mao and had them edited and then handed back to him. And that probably would not be-Bill:But doesn't work at The Economist.David:That wouldn't fly with my editors. No. So I think we may have an inseparable problem there. Look, isn't it the phrase that Trump people used to talk about working the refs? I mean, what government doesn't want to work the refs. So, that's part of it. And I'm a big boy, I've been at Trump rallies and had people scream at me and tell me, I'm fake news. And it was still a good thing to meet. I've interviewed Afghan warlords who had happily killed me, but at that precise moment, they wanted the Americans to drop a bomb on the mountain opposite.David:And so they were willing to have me in their encampment. So, the worker of being a journalist, you need to go and talk to people who don't necessarily agree with you or like you and that's the deal. So I'm not particularly upset by that. What is worrying and I think this is shown in the FCC annual server, which is based on asking journalists in China how their job goes at the moment is there is a sense that the Chinese machine and in particular things like the communist youth league have been very effective at whipping up low public opinion.David:So when we saw the floods in Hunan Province in the summer of 2021, where in fact, we recently just found out that central government punished a whole bunch of officials who had covered up the death doll there, journalists who went down there to report this perfectly legitimate, large news story, the communist youth league among other organizations put out notices on their social media feeds telling people they're a hostile foreign journalists trying to make China look bad, to not talk to them, if you see them, tell us where they are. And you've got these very angry crowds chasing journalists around Hunan in a fairly worry way.David:And again, if you're a foreign correspondent in another country, we are guests in China. So, the Chinese people, they don't have to love me. I hope that they will answer my questions, because I think I'm trying to report this place fairly, but I'm not demanding red carpet treatment, but there is a sense that the very powerful propaganda machine here is whipping up very deliberately something that goes beyond just be careful about talking to foreign journalists. And I think in particular, one thing that I should say is that as a middle aged English guy with gray hair, I still have an easier time of it by far because some of the nastiest attacks, including from  the nastiest online nationalist trolls.David:They're not just nationalists, but they're also sexist and chauvinist and the people who I think really deserve far more sympathy than some like me is Chinese American, or Chinese Australian, or Chinese Canadian journalists, particularly young women journalists.Bill:I know Emily Feng at NPR was just the subject of a really nasty spate of attacks online about some of her reporting.David:And it's not just Emily, there's a whole-Bill:Right. There's a whole bunch.David:There's a whole bunch of them. And they get called you know er guizi all sorts of [crosstalk 00:37:15]. And this idea and all this horrible stuff about being race traitors and again, one of the conversations I've had with Chinese officials is, if you keep this up, someone is going to get physically hurt. And I don't think that's what you want. David:And again, I fall back on the fact that I'm a Western liberal. What I say to them is if you tell me that a Chinese-British journalist is not as British as me, then you are to my mind, that's racial prejudice. And if some right wing Western white politician said to me that a Chinese immigrant wasn't fully American, or wasn't fully British, that's racism, right?Bill:That's racism. Yeah.David:And I think that is the really troubling element to this level of nationalism. China is a very big country that does some very impressive things that does some less impressive things and does some very wicked things, but we have every reason to give it credit for the things it does well. And it is not that surprising when any government tries to work the refs.David:And get the best coverage they can by intimidating us and calling us out. I've interviewed Donald Trump and he asked me, when are you going to write something nice about me? I mean, we're grownups, this is how it works, but if they are making it toxic for young women journalists to work in China, or if they are driving foreign correspondent out of China, because their families they're under such intimidation that they can't even go on holiday without their children being followed around by secret police. I think there will be a cost.Bill:But that may be a what the Chinese side sees as a benefit, because then it opens the field for them controlling how the story's told. And then you can bring in a bunch of people or pull a bunch of people out of the foreigners working for state media, hey, the new Edgar Snow, the new Agnes Smedley. I mean, that is one of the things that I think potentially is what they're trying to do, which seems self-defeating, but as we've been discussing, what we think is self-defeating the policy makers, or some of them may see as a success.David:So what I think they're confident of is that being aggressive and making us much more jumpy is a win, but throwing all of us out, I think the people at the top get that, that's not a win because the New York times and the BBC and the Washington post, they're still going to cover China, even if they can't have people in China. And a bunch of that coverage is not going to be stuff that China likes, North Korea doesn't have any resident foreign correspondent, but it doesn't get a great press.Bill:And the other group, of course, but beyond the foreign journalists is all the PRC national journalists working for the foreign correspondent as researchers and, I mean, many of them journalists in all but name because they can't legally be that I've certainly, been hearing some pretty distressing stories about how much pressure they're under. And I think they're in almost an impossible situation it seems like right now.David:Now they're amazingly brave people. They're completely integral to our coverage. And many of them, as you say, they're journalists who in any other country, we would be getting to write stuff with their own bylines. I mean, in incredibly cautious about what we have our Chinese colleagues do now, because they are under tremendous pressure. I mean, not naming news organizations, but the just the level of harassment of them and their families and is really bad. And it's the most cynical attempt to make it difficult for us to do our jobs and to divide Chinese people from the Western media.David:But fundamentally at some level, this does not end well because, and this is not me just talking up the role of the Western media, because I think we're magnificently important people, but at some level there's a big problem under way with this level of nationalism in modern China. I was in China in the '90s, you were in China in the '90s, I think. We remember it was-Bill:'80s, '90s, 2000s. Yeah.David:Yeah. You were there before me, but it was not a Jeffersonian democracy. It was a dictatorship, but this level of nationalism is much more serious now. Why does that matter? Well, because I think that for a lot of particularly young Chinese, the gap between their self perception and the outside world's perception of China has become unbearably wide. They think this country has never been so impressive and admirable. And yet I keep seeing foreign media questioning us and criticizing us. And that just enrages them. They can't conceive of any sincere principle on our part that would make us criticize China that way.David:And going back to my conversation with the online nationalist Sai Lei, when he was saying, well, how would the Americans take it if they were told that eating avocados was bad for the environment? When I said to him, but they are told that. There are lots of environmental NGOs that talk about sustainable fisheries, or the cost, the carbon footprint of crops and things in the West. The two countries are pulling apart and the pandemic has just accelerated that process. And so if you are a Chinese nationalist, not only are you angry about being criticized, but you don't believe that the West is ever critical about itself. You think that the West is only bent on criticizing China. And that gap in perceptions is just really dangerously wide.Bill:And widening, it seems like. I mean, I'm not there now, but it certainly, from everything I can see outside of China, it feels like that's what's happening too.David:Yeah. We need to know more about China.Bill:I agree.David:And report more about China. And I don't just say that because that's how I earn my living. I think it's really, really dangerous for us to think that the solution is less reporting about China.Bill:Well, and certainly, I mean, and all sorts of avenues, not just media, but all sorts of avenues, we're seeing a constriction of information getting out of China. And on the one hand China's growing in importance globally and power globally. And on the other hand, our ability to understand the place seems to be getting harder. And it goes back to, I mean, we just, I think it'll be a mistake if we just get forced into accepting the official version of what China is. That's disseminated through the officially allowed and sanctioned outlets in China. Maybe that'll help China, but I'm not sure it helps the rest of the world.David:And it's not compatible with China's ambitions to be a high tech superpower. China wants to be a country that doesn't just-Bill:That's a very fundamental contradiction.David:Yeah. China wants to sell us vaccines and wants the Western world to buy Chinese vaccines and approve Chinese vaccines. Why has the FDA not yet approved Chinese vaccines? Well, one reason is because China hasn't released the data. You can't play this secretive defensive hermit state and be a global high tech superpower. And China is a very, very big country with a lot of good universities, a lot of smart people. It has every right to compete at the highest levels in global high tech. But you can't do that, if you are not willing to earn trust by sharing the data, or by letting your companies be audited, when they list overseas. They need to decide.Bill:Or being able to handle legitimate criticism. I mean, certainly there has been illegitimate criticism and the attacks on the Western media, I mean, I know the BBC was a frequent target last year. And I think they were able to pull out some errors of the reporting and then magnify it. I mean, it is a struggle. And I think one of the things I think is on the Chinese side, they're very much geared up for this ongoing global opinion struggle. And we're not and we're never going to be, because it's just not how our systems are structured. So it's going to be an interesting few years.David:It is. And it's a tremendous privilege to still be here. And as long as I'm allowed, I'm going to keep letting Chinese people, letting their voices be heard in my column. That's what I think I'm here for.Bill:Okay. Last question. Just given your experience in living in DC and writing for The Economist from here, where do you see us, China relations going? And there is a one direct connection to what we just talked about, the foreign journalists where there theoretically has been some sort of an improvement or a deal around allowing more journalists from each side to go to other country. Although what I've heard is that the Chinese side was been very clear that some of the folks who were forced to leave or were experienced are not going to be welcome back. It's going to have to be a whole new crop of people who go in for these places, which again, seems to be, we don't want people who have priors or longer time on the ground, potentially.David:We think that each of the big American news organizations just going to get at least one visa, initially. And that Is going to be this deal done and it's high time. And you're right, as far as we can tell the people who were expelled or forced to leave are not going to come back. And that's a real tragedy because I have Chinese officials say to me, we wish that the Western media sent people who speak good Chinese and who understand China. And I was like Ian Johnson and Chris Buckley, these people lived for, their depth of knowledge and their love for China was absolutely unrivaled. So, if you're going to throw those people out, you can't complain about journalists who don't like China.Bill:Exactly.David:The general trend of U.S. China relations. to be of optimistic about the trend of U.S. China relations I'd have to be more optimistic than I currently am about the state of U.S. Politics. And there's a kind of general observation, which is that I think that American democracy is in very bad shape right now. And I wish that some of the China hawks in Congress, particularly on the Republican side, who are also willing to imply, for example, that the 2020 election was stolen, that there was massive fraud every time they say that stuff, they're making an in-kind contribution to the budget of the Chinese propaganda department.Bill:I agree completely there. It's not a joke because it's too serious, but it's just ludicrous, hypocrisy and shortsightedness. It's disgusting.David:You cannot be a patriotic American political leader and tell lies about the state of American democracy. And then say that you are concerned about China's rise. So there's a general observation about, if dysfunction continues at this level, then-Bill:No wonder the Chinese are so confident.David:Yeah. I mean, the Chinese line on president Biden is interesting. One of the big things about my first couple of years here when president Trump was still in office was, I'd any number of people in the states saying confidently that Donald Trump was a tremendous China hawk. I never believed. And I've interviewed Trump a few times and spoken to him about China and spoken to his China people. I never believed that Donald Trump himself was a China hawk. If you define a China hawk, as someone who has principled objections to the way that China runs itself. I think that Donald Trump couldn't care less about the Uighurs and Xinjiang. In fact, we know he approved to what they were doing.David:Couldn't care less about Hong Kong couldn't care less frankly, about Taiwan. His objection to the China relationship was that I think he thinks the American economy is the big piece of real estate, and you should pay rent to access it. And he thought China wasn't paying enough rent. So he was having a rent review. I mean, that's what the guy. It was about, they needed to pay more and then he was going to be happy. So he was not a China hawk. What was really interesting was that here in China, officials would be pretty open by the end, took them time to get their heads around Trump. For a long time they thought he was New York business guy. Then they realized that was, he wasn't actually like the other New York business guy they knew.David:And then they thought he was like a super China hawk. And then they realized that that wasn't true. By the end, they had a nail. They thought he was a very transactional guy. And the deal that they could do with him was one that they were happy to do, because it didn't really involve structural change on the Chinese side. Then their message about Joe Biden is that he is weak and old and lacks control of Congress. And that he is, this is from scholars rather than officials, I should say, but their view is, why would China spend political capital on the guy who's going to lose the next election?Bill:And not only the next election but is probably going to lose control of the House, at least in nine, what is it? Nine months or 10 months. So why worry? And that they do and I think, I mean, one of the big milestones will be the national security strategy, the national defense strategy, which in the Trump administration they came out in the December of the first year and then January for the NDS. It's February, we still haven't seen those here. I think certainly as you said, but certainly from Chinese interlock is the sense of, is that they can't come to an agreement on what it should be, the U.S. China policy.David:Yeah. And China has some legitimate concerns. I mean, for example, if you are Xi Jinping and you're trying to work out how ambitious your climate change timetables going to be. How much pain are you going to ask co-producing provinces in the Northeast to take to get out to carbon neutrality as quickly as say, the Europeans are pushing you to do. And part of the equation is America going to take some pain too, or are we going to end up being uncompetitive? Because America's not actually going to do the right thing? Well, Joe Biden can talk a good game on climate as an area for cooperation with China. But if he loses the next election and Donald Trump or someone like Donald Trump wins the White House then if you're shooting pink, why would you kind of strike a painful deal with America if you don't think it's going to last beyond 2024?Bill:Right. You'll do what makes sense for your country and not offer anything up to America because we already have a record of backing out of these deals. That's the problem.David:So that has real world consequences. The one thing that I will say about the U.S. China relationship, and I'm very, very pessimistic about the fact that the two sides, they don't share a vision of how this ends well. There is no end game that I think makes both sides happy, because I think the Chinese vision is America sucks it up and accommodates.Bill:Right. Resistance is futile.David:Yeah, exactly. And the American vision, I think, is that China stumbles, that China is making mistakes, that the state is getting involved in the economy too much. That Xi Jinping is centralizing power too much. And that somehow China's going to make so many mistakes that it ends up to feed defeating itself. I think that's one of the arguments you here in DC.Bill:Yes. It's wishful thinking it's not necessarily based on a rigid rigorous analysis. It seems like it's much more wishful thinking.David:So, that is a reason to be pessimistic about the medium and the long-term. The one thing that I will say based here in China is that when I write really specific color about things like what does China think of the idea of Russia invading Ukraine? And I talk to really serious scholars who spent their lives studying things like Russia policy or foreign policy or international relations, or if I talk to really senior tech people, Chinese tech companies, they do take America's power very seriously. Even though there is absolutely sincere disdain for American political dysfunction.David:I think that America's innovation power, the areas of technology, whether it's semiconductors or some forms of AI algorithms where America just really is still ahead by a long way, the really serious people, when you talk to them off the record, they still take America seriously. And on that Ukraine example, what was really interesting, the prompt for that was seeing commentators in the U.S. saying that Xi Jinping would like Putin to invade Ukraine because this was going to be a test that Biden was going to fail and America was going to look weak. And maybe that would lead Xi Jinping to then invade Taiwan.David:And when I spoke to Chinese scholars, really serious Chinese scholars of Russia, their Irish, it's like, no, no, no. Russia is an economy, the size of Guangdong and they sell us oil and gas, which is nice. But our trade to them is not enough to sacrifice our relationship with America.Bill:Thank you, David Rennie. That was a really good conversation. I think very useful, very illuminating. The links, some of the articles we talked about, the links will be in the show notes. And just a note on the schedule for the sinocism podcast. It is not, I think going to be weekly or biweekly as I thought originally, I'm still working it out, but it will be every, at least once a month. I hope it's the plan, if not, a little more frequent depending on the guests.Bill:So thanks for your patience and look forward to hearing from you. I love your feedback. The transcript will be on the website when it goes live. So please let me know what you think. And as always, you can sign up for sinocism at sinocism.com, S-I-N-O-C-I-S-M.com. Thank you. Get full access to Sinocism at sinocism.com/subscribe

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David unveils The Moe Green New Deal where corporations don't buy America out---we buy you out. Topics: Rogan apologizes; Whoopi apologizes; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologizes; Rachel Maddow should apologize; Another Arctic Blast Guests With Time Stamps: (2:28) David Does the News (1:31:52) Richard Panchyk (author of “Power to the People: A Young People's Guide To Fighting For Our Rights As Citizens And Consumers”) (2:02:17) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) and Neal Walia (candidate for US House Of Representatives, CO-1) (2:31:48) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (3:01:19) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:33:57) Mike Recine (Comedian) (4:05:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (4:51:46) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:40:30) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) "I Wanna Be A YouTube Sensation" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

Topics: Bill Maher; Eric Clapton; Meat Loaf; Tesla Stock's wild ride; Ukraine; Sarah Palin, unvaccinated, tests positive for Covid again for the third time; Arizona Democratic Party censures Sinema for voting rights position Guests With Time Stamps:  (2:50) David Does the News (1:33:56) Gina Hakamäki with Jessica Nordell (author of The End of Bias: A Beginning– The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias)  (2:05:05)  Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) (2:36:00)  David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (2:59:00)  Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:33:00)  Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:06:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (4:42:00)  Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:26:40) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) "You Like Him" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

Topics: Voting rights, filibuster and Biden's presidency dead; Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell compares African Americans to Americans; FBI raids Congressman Henry Cuellar's home; Teddy Roosevelt cancelled; Peloton, Netflix and Adele disappoint the world   Guests With Time Codes: (2:50) David Does the News (1:04:12) Dave Sirus (SNL, "King of Staten Island" and Triumph The Insult Comic Dog) (1:33:01) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters") (2:08:00) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:38:06) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:05:32)  The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) along with Dr. Joanne Lynn. (4:15:33) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain (5:12:28)  Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (6:07:24) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard (6:30:29)  Liam McEneany (Comedian and Producer)

Topics: Dr. Martin Luther King; J. Edgar Hoover's name should be taken off the FBI building; The Poor People's Campaign; Evictions; Homeless Guests With Time Codes (3:00) David Does the News (1:58:00) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) and Tom Winter (candidate for US Congress MT-01) Tom Winter is a candidate for the 2022 US Congressional election for MT-01, he's a union member of IBEW local 206, and he represented Helena in the Montana State Legislature. (2:40:00) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (3:09:02) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:28:11) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:04:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (4:39:00) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:33:00) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) (5:51:00) "Driftin' and Driftin''" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel  

Topics: Biden's presidency teeters on the brink; Jeffrey Epstein visited the Clinton White House; Prince Andrew stripped of his titles; Did anyone think Biden was actually up to the job?; Glenn Beck, unvaccinated, gets Covid again this time it's in his lungs; Guests With Time Codes (1:07) "Feldman Made Me Do It " written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (4:33) David Does the News (1:35:00) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters") (2:15:04) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:40:23) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:19:02) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:20:13) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain (5:21:00) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America)

Topics: Flu-Rona; Biden Blames Trump; Merrick Garland honors the one year anniversary by not indicting Trump; Guests With Time Codes (5:00) David Does the News (1:39:00) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters" (2:01:39) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:38:59) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:09:52) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:07:53) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain (5:07:12) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (6:08:36) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard

Topics: Cops can't prevent shootings, only stricter gun laws can; Betty White; New York Mayor Eric Adams; January 6; Theranos; Statistical evidence proves America is an oligarchy BREAKING NEWS: Don Jr. and Kimberly are engaged. If you want to buy them a gift they're registered with the law firm of Sydney Powell and Lin Wood. After going over their assets, Kimberly ended up being the one who demanded the prenup. You know the marriage is doomed when the bachelor party is scheduled for after the wedding. Kimberly's so excited. She's already picked out the caterer and banquet hall she's planning to stiff. Kimberly's dress won't be white out of fear Don Jr. will try to snort it. I wish them the worst. Guests With Time Stamps (02:54) David Does the News (1:36:08) Mark Breslin (founder and president of Yuk Yuk's, largest comedy chain in North America) (1:59:00) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) and Melanie D'Arrigo (candidate for US House of Representatives, NY-3) (2:31:00) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (3:16:09) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:32:00) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:03:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (5:00:00) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:43:21) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) (6:21:07) "Ain't No Chairs" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

Topics: Time to call off 2022; Ghislaine Maxwell guilty; Archbishop Desmond Tutu, champion of human rights is gone; Covid clampdown; Meet the new year same as the old year; Guests With Time Stamps (02:53) David Does the News (1:01:50) New Yorker Cartoonist Jose Arroyo (Emmy Winning Comedy writer and cartoonist. His new comic book is called "Somewhere In L.A. A Book Of Hours") (1:40:00) Professor Ben Burgis his new book is, "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters"(http://tinyurl.com/fth4fmr8) (2:05:33) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:33:57) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:05:34) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:06:44) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, and Adnan Husain (5:05:25) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (5:46:00) "The Harvey J. Kaye Alan Minsky Love Theme" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (5:51:02) “Texas Tom” Webber (“Spirituality and Activism”) talks about whatever he wants

Topics: Revenge; Airbnb Porn; Is Democracy over?; Passengers stranded; New Year's Eve cancelled; How cats cause insanity Guests With Time Codes (2:40) David Does the News (1:21:54) Pete Dominick (host of "StandUp! With Pete Dominick") (1:59:00) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) (2:32:52) Jon Ross (comedy writer and gentleman farmer) (2:56:00) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:37:53) Mark Breslin (founder and president of Yuk Yuk's, largest comedy chain in North America) (4:00:00) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (4:37:18) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:16:39) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist)

Topics: United & Delta Cancel X-mas; Kim Potter guilty; Biden confused; Omicron weakens; Biden extends moratorium on student loans; "Being The Ricardos" has a lot of 'splaining to do; Paxlovid; Special Guest: Investigative Journalist Russ Baker author of "Family of Secrets" which uncovers the sordid relationship between the Bush family, the CIA and the Kennedy assassination. How is it possible George Herbert Walker Bush couldn't remember where he was on November 22, 1963? "Family of Secrets" examines the Bush Dynasty and the confluence of money, oil, power and politics. Guests With Time Stamps: 00:00 Chapters 03:30 David Does the News 1:03:40 Russ Baker (investigative journalist and editor of Who What Why) author of "Family of Secrets" 1:35:00 Professor Ben Burgis whose new book is "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters" 2:03:48 The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) 2:36:00 Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) 3:09:00 The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) 4:08:20 The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, and Adnan Husain 5:16:09 Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) 6:02:00 Comic Liam McEneany (Comedian and Producer)

Judd and David commiserate over how hard it is to make your own children laugh. Topics: Will Henry Kissinger assassinate Gabriel Boric?; Joe Manchin; Build Back Better Buried; Conspiracy theories; Does anyone understand how the economy works?; Ghislaine Maxwell; Identity Politics; Chile Moves Left; America Moves Right Guests With Time Stamps: (00:45) David Does the News (1:04:54) Judd Apatow (writer, director, comic) (1:59:08) Dan Frankenberger and David take calls from the audience (2:26:35) "Who's Afraid of Catherine Liu" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:32:00) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) (3:06:38) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (3:27:33) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (4:02:38) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:44:34) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:19:40) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame)

Topics: Bruce Springsteen; Omicron; Sackler Family; Inflation; Build Back Better Is Dead Guests With Time Stamps: (3:23) David Does the News (1:15:18) Jose Arroyo is a 2-time Emmy award winning comedy writer who has worked on all of Conan O'Brien's late night shows since 2002. In addition to writing comedy he's also a cartoonist who's been published in The New Yorker. This year he wrote and drew a comic book called “Somewhere In L.A. A Book Of Hours” (1:39:17) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Cancelling Comedians While The World Burns") (2:08:17) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:37:33) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:15:38) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:00:15) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Ann Li, Professor Adnan Husain (5:17:43) Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America)

Judah Friedlander's latest Netflix special is "America Is the Greatest Country in the United States." Guests With Time Stamps: (2:26) David Does the News (1:02:44) Community Billboard with Dan F. Our intrepid community reporter always keeps his ear to the ground. Dan F fills us in on the latest. Plus, David engages with the YouTube live chatters. (1:09:14) Judah Friedlander. Every week Judah Friedlander produces 2 hour livestream, pay-what-you-want, interactive stand-up shows on Zoom. (2:00:20) "Who's Afraid of Catherine Liu" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:04:00) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) (2:35:26) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (3:09:41) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:33:58) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:01:44) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (4:35:00) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (5:02:04) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist)

Topics: Covid cases up 30 percent; Starbucks in Buffalo goes union; Kellogg fires striking workers; Bob Dole; Fox News Christmas tree fire Guests With Time Stamps: (2:52) David Does the News (1:06:09) David kills time waiting for Pete Dominick (host of "StandUp! With Pete Dominick") to show (1:17:20) Jon Ross (comedy writer and gentleman farmer) (1:58:14) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:30:52) Community Billboard with Dan F: Our intrepid community reporter always keeps his ear to the ground. Dan F fills us in on the latest. Plus, David engages with the YouTube live chatters. (2:46:49) Jose Arroyo is a 2-time Emmy award winning comedy writer who has worked on all of Conan O'Brien's late night shows since 2002. In addition to writing comedy he's also a cartoonist who's been published in The New Yorker. This year he wrote and drew a comic book called "Somewhere In L.A. A Book Of Hours" (3:11:23) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:11:19) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Professor Ann Li, and Professor Adnan Husain (5:13:41) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (6:04:33) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (7:01:30) "Who's Afraid of Catherine Liu" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel

Topics: Alec Baldwin cries; Tom Morello's Rage Against The Machine is part of the machine; More U.S. Congressmen trading stocks off inside information; Ben Burgis teaches us about Orwell; Chris Cuomo was only suspended because he's an A-hole Guests With Time Stamps; (3:16) David Does the News (30:11) Pete Dominick (host of "StandUp! With Pete Dominick") (55:22) Jon Ross (comedy writer and gentleman farmer) (1:39:08) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Cancelling Comedians While The World Burns") (2:02:12) "Pig For Love" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:05:28) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:32:49) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard (2:47:17) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:15:40) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:21:21) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professor Mary Anne Cummings, Professor Jonathan Bick and Professor Ann Li (5:13:33) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America)

Everything bad in American is traced back to its professional managerial class, the highly credentialed self dealing charlatans carrying water for the richest one percent. We talk with Professor Catherine Liu author of the classic "Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against The Professional Managerial Class." This is a Pledgisode. Please support independent media by donating to this show: https://davidfeldmanshow.com/supporting-people-in-need/ Guests With Time Codes (3:36) David Does the News (1:13:30) Catherine Liu (Professor of Film and Media Studies at University of California, Irvine and author of "Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class") (2:02:00) Howie Klein (founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC and author of Down With Tyranny) (2:33:55) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (2:59:20) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (3:30:53) Professor Adnan Husain ("Guerrilla History" and "The Majlis" podcasts) (4:09:53) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (4:33:33) Community Billboard with Dan Frankenberger played by Mr. and Mrs. Brown (4:58:53) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) (5:41:55) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) (6:09:58) Henry Hakamäki fills us in on the latest Covid variant

David Rubenstein, founder of The Carlyle Group, is said to be the single largest war profiteer in the world. Why is President Biden and his family of grifters spending Thanksgiving weekend staying inside Rubenstein's $30 million dollar Nantucket estate? What exactly is The Carlyle Group? Does Biden even know that the Bin Laden family was one of the The Carlyle Group's earliest investors? Along with the Bush family? Why does a war profiteer like David Rubenstein chair the Council on Foreign Relations, or The Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts? David Rubenstein donates fifteen million dollars to Ken Burns and millions more to the PBS and then mysteriously ends up with his own television show on the PBS. How is that ethical? Why do so few people know where Rubenstein's blood money comes from? Why is the The Carlyle Group allowed to play the stock market while at the same time own NSA and CIA contractor Booz Allen? Why does a private investor like David Rubenstein have access to our government's intelligence agencies? It's a Feldsgiving celebration! Turkey-optional. Genocidal colonial history- acknowledged. Tonight we give thanks for our guests' intellectual bounty. Like the early Euro-American colonists, David arrives on the shores of tonight's taping without any resources. Will he find people naïve and generous enough to offer their talents, not realizing he'll suck them dry and leave them with nothing? Audience questions, our friendly neighborhood Canadians, and any Americans who don't have something better to do round out tonight's Feldsgiving lineup. Guests With Time Codes: (3:20) David Does the News (1:54:27) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:29:52) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:05:18) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:10:11) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Adnan Husain, Ann Li, and Jonathan Bick (5:09:17) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (6:13:00) Henry Hakamaki returns! From Russia!!!

WE HAVE FOUR YEARS TO FIX THE PLANET!!! The Climate Emergency with Special Guest Peter Kalmus, whose piece in today's Los Angeles Times is entitled "The Failure At Glasgow And What Needs To Happen Next." Peter Kalmus is a climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and author of “Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution” He joins us at (2:01:13) Other Topics: Nancy Pelosi and her husband's criminal inside trading; Beto O'Rourke declares he's a candidate to lose the race for Texas Governor; Joe Rogan can blow himself: Bannon Fodder; Kamala feeling unloved; Senator Patrick Leahy quits Guests With Time Stamps: (00:00) "Pig For Love" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:17) David Does the News (6:10) Colleen Werthmann (Comedy writer: Mark Twain Prize, Comedy Central Roasts, Academy Awards, The Daily Show) (40:25) Jeff Blackwood (progressive campaign manager) exposes Paul Pelosi's inside trading (1:08:14) David Cobb (environmental activist and Green Party Presidential candidate) (1:33:28) Dr. Harriet Fraad (host of "Capitalism Hits Home") (2:01:13) Peter Kalmus (climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, author of “Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution”) (2:36:00) Professor Mary Anne Cummings (physicist and parks commissioner Aurora, Illinois) (3:02:50) Peter B. Collins (Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame) with Bay Area Legend Professor Michael Krasny (3:49:00) Professor Mike Steinel (Jazz historian and Dylanologist) unveils his latest, "Pig For Love"

Like all of you who watched Kyle Rittenhouse break down on the stand, my first thought was, "How can we get AR-15s into the hands of more brain dead losers like this?" Rittenhouse, a Proud Boy, will soon be acquitted all because Judge Bruce Schroeder obviously owns another robe that's white. In other news, Notably absent from Oil Heiress Ivy Getty's wedding was her Italian grandmother Spa Getty. Topics: Ivy Getty; Inflation; Brian Williams; The real money behind SpaceX; Veteran's Day; Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsome care more about Oil Heiress Ivy Getty than Climate Change Guests With Time Stamps (2:31) David Does the News ( 1:32:17) Dan Frankenberger and David engage with the YouTube live chatters. (2:07:11) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Cancelling Comedians While The World Burns") (2:30:55) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (3:03:21) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:37:00) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:55:33) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, and Jonathan Bick (5:33:00) Marc Cevasco (chief of staff for Congressman Ted Lieu) with Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America)

Despite what the Democratic establishment wants you to believe, Tuesday was a big win for The Left. America's Left is now more powerful and more influential than at any time since 1972. On Tuesday, Minneapolis voted in favor of rent control; Cleveland voted in favor of a comprehensive groundbreaking crack down on police brutality; Austin voted to defund the police; Progressive Larry Krasner made history by getting reelected as Philadelphia's district attorney; Cleveland, Boston and Pittsburgh elected progressive mayors; Phil Murphy, not quite progressive but almost, became New Jersey's first Democratic governor to win a second term since 1977; Shontel Brown kept Marcia Fudge's Democratic congressional seat. Democrats only lost Virginia, and only Virginia, because they ran Terry McAuliffe-- a Neoliberal Wall Street flunky with a criminal past who stood for NOTHING other than more of the same. On today's show we explain in detail why Democrats only win when they run to the Left. Guests With Time Codes (2:38) David Does the News (1:29:11) Eric Pallant (Professor in Environmental Science & Sustainability at Allegheny College) on his new book "Sourdough Culture" (2:00:14) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:28:45) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:06:25) Dan Frankenberger's "Community Billboard" (3:14:53) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:12:24) "Feldman Made Me Do It" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (4:15:39) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Ann Li and Adnan Husain (5:09:00) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (6:04:00) Henry Hakamaki talks with Jules Taylor, musician, host of No Easy Answers Podcast, and producer of the Working People Podcast. They talk the American Dream and more, and hope to raise money for his mom to get through dialysis. Find him on twitter at @realJulesTaylor and @noeasyanswerpod. His mom's GoFundMe is available at

Topics: Andrew Cuomo charged with sex crime; Amazon isn't efficient, it's evil; Exxon must go; Democrats blow it on Build Back Better Guest With Time Stamps: (2:37) David Does the News (1:36:43) Matt Lech (co-host of Left Reckoning and Literary Hangover podcasts, producer at the Majority Report) (1:56:28) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Cancelling Comedians While The World Burns") (2:35:57) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (3:00:18) Dan Frankenberger's "Community Billboard" (3:12:15) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:44:00) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (5:03:39) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Adnan Husain, Ann Li, and Jonathan Bick (6:05:12) Roger Nygard (director, editor, and writer) on his new book "Cut to the Monkey: A Hollywood Editor's Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Making Hit Comedies" (6:44:02) Alan Minsky, executive director of Progressive Democrats of America introduces us to Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus author of "Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution"

Topics: The Democratic Party is run by millionaires who refuse to pay their fair share of taxes and then ask, "How do we pay for it?" ; Heather Bresch, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin's daughter, should be arrested for price fixing and defrauding Medicaid; Time is running out on Biden's domestic agenda and our planet. Guests With Time Stamps (2:02) David Does the News (1:05:57) Michael A. Cohen (journalist, editor of "Truth and Consequences") (1:52:51) "Feldman Made Me Do It" written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel (1:56:23) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:33:17) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:04:50) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) talks about making fun of Matt Gaetz but in a totally non-libelous way; revisiting "jury nullification" if states criminalize abortion (3:51:08) Mark Cevasco (chief of staff for Congressman Ted Lieu) on B(uild)B(ack)B(etter) and the January 6th Committee (5:10:00) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Ann Li, and Adnan Husain (6:06:01) Henry Hakamäki and Chris Saltmarsh (cofounder of Labour for a Green New Deal, climate campaigner, and author of the new book Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice) [pre-tape] Henry and Chris Saltmarsh discuss the upcoming COP26 UN Climate Change Conference.

D.C. Comics announces Superman is gay, which means his kryptonite is now Vanderpump Rules; That wasn't a Twilight Zone tribute when William Shatner looked out the window and saw a Gremlin. That was just Bezos waving goodbye. (3:00) David Does the News (1:30:40) Jon Ross (comedian and gentleman farmer) (1:58:42) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:29:45) "Feldman Made Me Do," Written and Performed by Professor Mike Steinel (2:36:01) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:01:00) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) (4:06:22) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Ann Li, other PhDs TBD (5:13:53) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America)

Democrats like Sinema, Manchin and Gottheimer may call themselves "moderates," but they are far right extremists facilitating a corporate takeover of America. Topics: Pandora Papers; Debt "Ceiling" Relief; One America News Network Is Almost Entirely Funded By AT&T Guests With Time Stamps (4:42) David Does the News (1:32:00) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Cancelling Comedians While The World Burns") (2:01:14) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:33:45) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (3:09:20) Henry Hakamäki interviews Jon Siebels (U.M.A.W., Justice at Spotify, Eve 6, Monsters Are Waiting) [pre-tape] Henry interviews indie rock icon and baby socialist Jon Siebels about his political education, his work with the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers during the pandemic, and the Justice at Spotify campaign that's fighting artist exploitation on the platform. (3:41:34) Jackie" The Joke Man" Martling [pre-tape] (4:04:21) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard (4:21:54) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain, Ana Li (4:59:00) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America)

Topics: Progressive Democrats derail railroading of Progressive Democrats; Congress plays baseball while America burns; General Milley lies before Congress; French President #Sarkozy found guilty; #IATSE to strike Guests With Time Stamps: (3:20) David Does the News (1:10:35) Max Chafkin (tech reporter and author of "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power") (1:44:07) Arjun Hundal ("Deep into History" podcast) on the fall of the Republic of Rome and Doomerism among today's leftists (2:01:00) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:33:26) Michael A. Cohen (journalist, editor of "Truth and Consequences") Michael writes for MSNBC and The New Republic on the absurdities of American politics and Trump's "Music Man" (3:08:19) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) on "Banned Book Week" (4:07:00) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professor Mary Anne Cummings, Professor Ann Li, Professor Jonathan Bick, and Professor Adnan Husain (5:15:16) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (5:48:57) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) (6:34:58) Dan Frankenberger's Community Billboard