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Thanh Troung has a deep dive into Elmer Chocolate, the Crescent City Classic is upon us, and FOX News is up to their old tricks
The usual crowd of MAGA radicals are angry that we're not shutting down the government, and this could be the beginning of the end of Mike Johnson's speakership
The cynic would say, "we were robbed!" but the Terminator would say, "he'll be back."
A special late-night discussion on the results of the New Hampshire primary. Donald Trump won, but showed continued vulnerability which seemed to send him into a meltdown. Should Trump be encouraged or nervous after this supposedly big win? 00:32 Analyzing Trump's Victory and Haley's Performance 04:16 The Future of the Republican Party 06:57 The Democratic Side of the Race 11:39 The Impact of Trump's Misogyny 26:04 The Future of the New Hampshire Primary
The House Freedom Caucus is really, really mad, and they have a right to be. DeSantis hosts his first event in Iowa, and his wife is the campaign's not-so secret weapon. Meanwhile, in Trumpworld. Asa Hutchinson thinks the audience of The View is his target demo. James Comey Should be rotting in prison. Chick fil A does the sieg heil to DEI. Boycotting Target is literally terrorism, says MSNBC. And a plea rather than a polemic on Aaronalysis.
Uncle Si and Godwin are waiting impatiently for some fresh coffee to be delivered. Godwin starts getting queasy as Si explains his upcoming cataracts surgery. John-David and Si realize they won't receive a Duck Commander Christmas bonus this year. Martin and Si teach Godwin about native scorpions in Louisiana. Plus, can anyone truly live "off the grid" nowadays? And the boys all give their BEST gift ideas ... which all happen to be things they either have on their person or in their trucks. https://helixsleep.com/duck — Get up to $200 off all mattress orders AND 2 free pillows! https://bambee.com — Why pay $80K/year for an HR manager? Schedule your FREE conversation today to see how much Bambee can take off your plate, and let them know Duck Call Room sent you! https://american-giant.com — Get 20% off with code DUCK at checkout! --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A unique look into the world of Sports Betting from the eyes of Professional Punters
LLN (2/4/22) – Canadian truckers are in an uproar, to say the least, about the U.S. and Canadian vaccine mandates for crossing the border, and Marty Ellis is getting an earful. Also, the hike in minimum insurance limits we feared last year never happened, but the idea is sure to come up again. In fact, OOIDA's truck insurance department is still getting calls from concerned truckers about the issue. And a bill now before Congress would fix a longstanding problem with the background checks required for some truckers; we'll discuss that, plus provide an update on the shipping backlog at California ports. 0:00 – Newscast. 10:04 – Minimum insurance increase attempts. 24:41 – Vaccine mandates and truckers. 39:20 – Fixing background checks.
You ever have someone spoil a movie, a TV show, a series, a book or a sporting event for you? Joss' Dad did and he is HOPPING MAD. Dad joins Rob and Joss to vent about the spoiled film and KyXy listeners share their "spoiled" stories! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Australian online political partisans took a break from getting mad at each other become hopping mad that British freedom advocate Katie Hopkins confirmed she had landed in Australia. The raging about that plus the latest from Cuba and South Africa on this week's Tim's News Explosion. As part of their upcoming Big Brother VIP series, Channel 7 had flown international media personalities, Caitlyn Jenner and Katie Hopkins. With international travel caps to Australia being slashed due to the Delta variant, Hopkins's passage into Australia saw politicians and media commentators left and right call for her to be deported immediately due to her so-called 'racism' and her joke in her Katie's arms livestream from hotel quarantine where she joked about opening the door naked in front of Australian Border Force staff. Channel 7 terminated her contract, NSW Police fined her $1000 and she was deported today after her visa was canceled. Andrew Bolt wrote a column in the News Corp papers condemning Katie Hopkins in the same manner that he condemned Blair Cottrell in 2018 after he appeared on Sky News. Hopkins appeared on Sky News Outsiders in 2020 but after condemnation from Bolt and fellow Sky host Sharri Markson it is doubtful she will reappear, just as Lauren Southern hasn't appeared on Sky in 2021. Both Katie and Lauren have covered the white genocide in South Africa where the nation is still on fire due to riots. In better news the protests in Cuba against the communist regime continue, Joe Biden said the rallies show why socialism doesn't work, Democratic Socialist AOC said the protests are due to US sanctions. Contact: Email: me@timwilms.com Message: https://t.me/timwilms Wilms Front Links: Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/wilmsfront Website: http://timwilms.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Telegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront Parler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms/ Support the Show: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions: Trad Tasman Talk: https://www.theunshackled.net/ttt/ Report From Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Other Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.ai/theunshackled Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox Higgins Voice Over by Morgan Munro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
U.S. Animal Rights activists try to stop the killing of kangaroos in Australia.
Recorded March 30, 2020 – What better way to discuss supply chain attacks than to have Matt demonstrate how easily you can blend your payload into normal operations via Twitter shenanigans? We’re talking about (surprise!) supply chain attacks and how their rise to prevalence is notable, albeit expected. Supply chain gets linked in with privacy concerns as we round out the ep discussing the Signal/Cellebrite situation. Listen to the episode before you read Matt’s tweet (linkedin the full show notes) and see if you can pick the words that were part of his little reindeer game. Your prize is the achievement of a job well done. See the full show notes on the Talos blog
1110 UTAH HOPPING MAD Tues Your Calls Wont Be Told What To Do By Gov or Mayor by Kate Dalley
We play a game of Pathfinder with Cody's sister, KPendragon. She's our DM, and as you can imagine with us, things go off the rails right out the gate.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/evolvingfishcrabs)
#CatchTheTea This week A Tru Lady is joined by Holli2x, Mardy, and Future 106 Savage Secretary. We talk about Donald Trump, Tory Lanez, Ice Cube and so much more! Click play or watch at spillinthetea.com
Red Knight and Green Knight are transformed into frogs!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/redknightstories)
Hosted By Billy Dean, Little Steve, and SchwimSpecial Guest: Shorts Guy from Let's Go Devils PodcastLive In Primetime Radio Virtual Studio
According to Emmet Malone's survey of Irish football supporter preferences over the weekend in the Irish Times, the situation is much, much worse than Dermot Keely thought. It turns out that more than a million morons in this country support Manchester United or Liverpool. Today we try to figure out what's going on. We also discuss the Sunday Times latest revelations about Mick McCarthy's golden handcuffs, and Stephen Kenny's media handcuffs. Also we talk about the end of Liverpool's run, Man United's lucky escape at Goodison, a mediocre Clasico which saw the return of Argentina Messi, Villa's doomed bravery in the League Cup final, and different methods of handling the media. And we're joined by Felix Tamsut of Deutsche Welle to talk about the farcical scenes at the end of Hoffenheim 0-6 Bayern - when play was twice stopped due to abusive banners directed at Hoffenheim's billionaire owner, and eventually resumed with a truce between the teams. Why have German football fans turned on the Hoffenheim benefactor?
In this episode, we talk to Alexander DePaoli (associate teaching professor of marketing).Litmus is produced and reported by News@Northeastern reporters Emily Arntsen and Aria Bracci. This episode was written and hosted by Aria Bracci with mixing by Anthony Pulido. Edited by David Filipov.
Today is Friday, June 28, and we’re looking at Whataburger vs. In-and-Out Burger.
It’s Episode 74 of THE PODCAST ON HAUNTED HILL, and it’s our ANNUAL EASTER SPECIAL! Things get EGG-citing and EGG-istential as we EGGxamine DONNIE DARKO and 2012’s PROMETHEUS! We also have some REAL-LIFE SCI-FI stories in WORLD OF THE STRANGE, as well as music, chat, the usual tangents, and TIME TEAM visit 1974!! So tune in, listen, like, share and comment!! You’d be HOPPING MAD to miss it!! The post THE PODCAST ON HAUNTED HILL EPISODE 74 – DONNIE DARKO AND PROMETHEUS first appeared on Legion.
It’s Episode 74 of THE PODCAST ON HAUNTED HILL, and it’s our ANNUAL EASTER SPECIAL! Things get EGG-citing and EGG-istential as we EGGxamine DONNIE DARKO and 2012’s PROMETHEUS! We also have some REAL-LIFE SCI-FI stories in WORLD OF THE STRANGE, as well as music, chat, the usual tangents, and TIME TEAM visit 1974!! So tune in, listen, like, share and comment!! You’d be HOPPING MAD to miss it!!
Will and Arliss from the Hopping Mad podcast join us to talk about some thangs... but mostly we just focus on the 2020 Dem primary field. Or at least, as many names as we could think of and get in to a 90 minute segment. Then Rachel and Trav delve into the Cohen testimony and various other current stuff. Find them here on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IMHoppingMad
Feat. Don't let the fame go to your head Mike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7wYqRF-mVU Hopping mad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust Cowclops: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/751976/Mutant-one-eyed-cow-worshipped-miracle-God-bizarre-India-video Auld reason be forgot: http://mentalfloss.com/article/73078/brief-history-auld-lang-syne Show hosts: James Jordan (JJ) (@jamesjordan14) Syd Nadim (@SydNadim) Rob Arnold (@clockarniie) Suzi Perryman (@s_pezz) Other links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQmOR_QLfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=antQTDEhhJE https://www.google.com/search?q=nereis+sandersi&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM3e2KrOPfAhWP_aQKHX1YDTgQ_AUIDigB&biw=1280&bih=703 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pilgrim-Tinker-Creek-Annie-Dillard/dp/1848250789 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Lombardo https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/auld-lang-syne-what-does-it-mean-again/
Patreon.com/thevioletwanderersCW: Discussion of violenceWe talk to Will McLeod about the beginning of Occupy Wall Street, the cowardice of the media, and all sorts of political stuff.Listen to Will on the Hopping Mad podcast, available on all fine podcasting sources.Support the show (http://patreon.com/TheVioletWanderers)
TwoCrowsEp21 Crows Vs Kangaroos - Crows get a win over the Roos but Ali and Ant are still hopping mad! Crows spoil Ali and Ants Draft Party by winning against the Kangaroos. We still celebrate the win (Eddies mark....and Seeds almost mark..) Our 3,2,1 Milera Magic and Dudes gets collared Movers shakers Tankers and Fakers LOL's all round - We laugh at the Pear.....again! Brett Burton assures us "everything is awesome" Media Meltdown and Twitter Twits Around the Traps, Injury lists and teams for this weekend Get your TIPS out for the final round Listen and Subscribe: PodBean, iTunes, YouTube and listen, like, follow, share and Retweet on Twitter @TwoCrowsPodcast
13 August 2018 – We were lucky enough to have Steve Grumbine, of Real Progressives, for the entire show. We talked briefly about the recent OH-12 special election and his take on how the Greens impacted the election. We then spent the rest of the show talking about spreading the word about modern monetary theory and messaging. Next week we have terrific interviews with experts on Puerto Rico and the following week we have Nancy Altman of Social Security Works on her new book, The Truth About Social Security. Stay tuned, August is going to be a great month on Hopping Mad! Many Carrots – Arliss
23 April 2018 – Everyone is talking about the Comey memos and I think I’m about over it BUT I have been curious about how Congress and the Justice Department both run investigations in parallel without pulling a Nunes or embarrassingly dropping a Gowdy on the floor. David Waldman (@KagroX), who is a lawyer, Congressional procedure expert and the master of all that is Kagro in the Morning, is on the show to walk us through why it is such a mess right now, how it is supposed to be done and, in Extra Mad, he gets into something I had never heard of, inherent contempt. Between March of 2007 and April of 2008 David wrote a number of explainer diaries at Daily Kos so I have included the links on our website. At the top of the show, Hopping Mad #99, we take a quick look back at how we got started and then Will continues his Big Ideas of Democracy series talking about just war theory. In my block I begin my own multi-show series, this one focusing on framing MMT. Many, many carrots! – Arliss
4 April 2018 - Due to the holiday weekend we do not have a new show this week. This is a rebroadcast of a special mid-week combined Hopping Mad and Irreverent Testimony entirely focused on trade. Travis Rosen and Rachel Hutcheson of Irreverent Testimony joined Will and I to talk about the domestic and international implications of the Trump Trade Tariffs and the basics of what international trade really means. This is a deep dive into what we should all really be messaging about trade and "why trade deficit" matters not at all. Will and I have already recorded the interview for next week, with an election law expert, and we have a lot stored-up to add to the fire. Carrots!
Will and Arliss from Hopping Mad (https://imhoppingmad.com/) join us for a special mid-week show to discuss tarrifs, the economy, common misconceptions about trade deficits and economic jargon, and Democrats' awful messaging about thrse realites. You might need some hard liquoe for this one.
8 March 2018 – This is a special combined Hopping Mad and Irreverent Testimony entirely focused on trade. Travis Rosen and Rachel Hutcheson of Irreverent Testimony joined Will and I to talk about the domestic and international implications of the Trump Trade Tariffs and the basics of what international trade really means. This is a dive into what we should all really be messaging about trade and why “trade deficit” matters not at all. Will and I will be back on Monday for our regular show. Carrots! – Arliss
30 October 2017 – It worked! Brad Voracek (@bradvoracek) is back this week and the wait was worth it. This time you are able to hear his full answers on youth employment, Senator Sander’s & Congressman Conyers’ Employ Young Americans Now bill, the science versus human aspects of economics and his thinking on so-called (and wildly mis-named) “Right to Work” laws. Brad is a founder of the not-to-be-missed website, The Minskys and I recommend regular visits there. We were also extremely lucky to have Amanda Werner, of Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen (aka The Monopoly Man), back with us to fill us in on the loss this week when the Senate voted to support Wells Fargo and Equifax in their illegal/incompetent behavior by making sure that citizens cannot sue these corporations either singly or in class actions suits. Forced arbitration is, apparently, forever, just like diamonds. We also had Hopping Mad associate, Michele LeSure giving us more information on the strange anti-boycott legislation which has been passed in Texas and Kansas and is, supposedly, in support of Israel. This legislation is preventing some Texans from receiving federal aid post Hurricane Harvey. It’s strange and wrong and the ACLU is on it. Will updates us on the latest in the rapidly changing situation in Catalonia as the Spanish government attempts to “fire” the elected government of Catalonia. The Spanish government claims it will hold “legitimate” elections in December but the specifics remain to be seen. As always, there is a great deal going on and we will be back next week to take another swing at it. Carrots! – Arliss
In this weeks show, Arliss interviews Zach Carter, and I discuss both the NFL and the German election. Yesterday was a tough day for German Democracy. The Far-Right took third place in their election, entitling them to become the third largest political party in the Bundestag. What's particularly worrying is the tough path that Merkel now has to form a government, the fractures in the left wing SDP, and the poor coalition options. Which include trying to get the Greens to work the CDU and the FDP. Three parties that agree on very little. We're also poadcasting the first of several interviews which Arliss made with folks at the MMT conference. This week with Zach Carter, whom we like to quote here at hopping mad. Their wide ranging discussion touched on a number of economic issues, but also the way that certain conservatives tend to treat politics like sports. We'll have another heavy hitting MMT interview for you next week. -Will
11 September 2017 - The always interesting and informed Rachel Hutcheson, of Irreverent Testimony, joined us for a mini-roundtable. Will, Rachael and I each brought a topic and we spent some time thinking out loud about them. Will started us off talking about climate change, in terms both of the hurricanes and fires currently razing huge swaths of the United States. Will made the point that in the not-too-distant past we prepared for disaster through federally organized civil defense. Now those activities have been broken apart and many have fallen through the cracks. We already know that recovery from Harvey and Irma will take years if not decades so there's that but the real point is that "Winter is coming," so to speak. Climate change doesn't care if Florida, Texas and Montana believe in it or not. It's here. It is going to get worse. We are doing nothing. Rachel used the both funny and important work done by the Satanic Temple to talk about the push-back in the courts against the growth of forced Christianity. Rachel zeroed in on the use, by the Satanic Temple, of their sincerely held religious beliefs (which are egalitarian, scientifically coherent and humble), to challenge anti-abortion-related laws in the State of Missouri on behalf of member Mary Doe. This case, for which opening arguments are being heard today, is fascinating and makes for an interesting conversation. I wanted to cover the economic side of DACA but I wanted to couch it in terms that, perhaps, Rachel could use in talking with her dad and brother (both of whom are conservatives) about DACA and immigration. Rachel spoke with her dad in advance of recording the podcast and brought that into our discussion. I was surprised and, frankly, still can't wrap my mind around the disconnect in his "reasoning." I make the truly overwhelming argument about the positive economic impact of DACA and, in fact, immigration in general. Will and I will be back next week and, hopefully, between now and then I will get the time to put our new merch up on the site. Other folks have t-shirts but at Hopping Mad we have Thurston Owl, the deficit owl, and Arliss Bunny, wearing a McLeod tartan scarf, ornaments. These have been handmade for us by an artist in Kansas City and we are thrilled to support such a talented artisan. Carrots! - Arliss
We weren't expecting what happened in Charlottesville, just over a week ago, but by the time events unfolded, last week's show was already recorded. And a portion of this week's as well. But with the terrorist attack that happened quite close to where I live, I thought a deep dive into the thread far-right terrorism represents was important. Joel and I discussed recent events, a brief history of far-right terrorism in the US both recent and in the past, and also, we discussed what can be done about the problem. Arliss is away this week on business, and will be away next week as well, but after that we'll be back to our usual schedule. -Will
So we get to keep our healthcare for now, I give the cult of the hop some shit and we play more pigfest bands including a new track by Among the Weeds
This weeks show was a first amendment extravaganza. Arliss had to leave on business, but she still made time to participate in the show this week. In my section, I discussed freedom of speech with Joel Dent, long time listener and new member of the Hopping Mad team. We talked about what freedom of speech is, what it isn't, and how the alt right represents a threat to it. Arliss discussed being blocked on twitter by Donald Trump, and why that's probably illegal. Yes, the president of the United States is so offended by rational discussion of how money works that he took the time to personally block Arliss on Twitter. It's amazing that he found the time to do that during the nuclear crisis with North Korea. Our guest was Armando Llorens, with whom we had a fascinating discussion about freedom of speech, trademark law, and hamlet. Arliss will be back full time next week, and we look forward to seeing you then. Carrots and the like, -Will
Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.com2:15 - 3:15pm Jeff Crouere ("crew air") THE CAJUN CRUSHER is a New Orleans native son, the former Executive Director of the LA Republican Party and the host of the Louisiana based radio and TV show "Ringside Politics" based in New Orleans. Jeff also hosts a live, political comedy stage show called "Politics with a Punch." His weekly columns are featured on websites such as Townhall.com and his own site, RingsidePolitics.com.? TWITTER: @jeffcrouere3:15-4pm Wild Bill Finley is America's leading "Liberalologist" and is working to cure liberalism in our lifetime.On Saturday, June 24, 2017, Bill was scheduled to speak for World Coalition Against Islam this weekend. He arrived in Canada only to be arrested for "hate" speech found on his IPAD. There is no freedom of speech in Canada. Hear his saga and why we must defend our rights and liberties here in America ever more strongly today. www.youtube.com/user/WildBillforAmericawww.facebook.com/WildBillForAmericaLLC/Dedication: Dedication: Deputy Sheriff William Durr. Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, MississippiEnd of Watch: Saturday, May 27, 2017
Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.com 2:15 - 3:15pm Jeff Crouere ("crew air") THE CAJUN CRUSHER is a New Orleans native son, the former Executive Director of the LA Republican Party and the host of the Louisiana based radio and TV show "Ringside Politics" based in New Orleans. Jeff also hosts a live, political comedy stage show called "Politics with a Punch." His weekly columns are featured on websites such as Townhall.com and his own site, RingsidePolitics.com.? TWITTER: @jeffcrouere 3:15-4pm Wild Bill Finley is America's leading "Liberalologist" and is working to cure liberalism in our lifetime. On Saturday, June 24, 2017, Bill was scheduled to speak for World Coalition Against Islam this weekend. He arrived in Canada only to be arrested for "hate" speech found on his IPAD. There is no freedom of speech in Canada. Hear his saga and why we must defend our rights and liberties here in America ever more strongly today. www.youtube.com/user/WildBillforAmerica www.facebook.com/WildBillForAmericaLLC/ Dedication: Dedication: Deputy Sheriff William Durr. Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Mississippi End of Watch: Saturday, May 27, 2017
Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.com2:15 - 3:15pm Jeff Crouere ("crew air") THE CAJUN CRUSHER is a New Orleans native son, the former Executive Director of the LA Republican Party and the host of the Louisiana based radio and TV show "Ringside Politics" based in New Orleans. Jeff also hosts a live, political comedy stage show called "Politics with a Punch." His weekly columns are featured on websites such as Townhall.com and his own site, RingsidePolitics.com.? TWITTER: @jeffcrouere3:15-4pm Wild Bill Finley is America's leading "Liberalologist" and is working to cure liberalism in our lifetime.On Saturday, June 24, 2017, Bill was scheduled to speak for World Coalition Against Islam this weekend. He arrived in Canada only to be arrested for "hate" speech found on his IPAD. There is no freedom of speech in Canada. Hear his saga and why we must defend our rights and liberties here in America ever more strongly today. www.youtube.com/user/WildBillforAmericawww.facebook.com/WildBillForAmericaLLC/Dedication: Dedication: Deputy Sheriff William Durr. Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, MississippiEnd of Watch: Saturday, May 27, 2017
Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.com2:15 - 3:15pm Jeff Crouere ("crew air") THE CAJUN CRUSHER is a New Orleans native son, the former Executive Director of the LA Republican Party and the host of the Louisiana based radio and TV show "Ringside Politics" based in New Orleans. Jeff also hosts a live, political comedy stage show called "Politics with a Punch." His weekly columns are featured on websites such as Townhall.com and his own site, RingsidePolitics.com.? TWITTER: @jeffcrouere3:15-4pm Wild Bill Finley is America's leading "Liberalologist" and is working to cure liberalism in our lifetime.On Saturday, June 24, 2017, Bill was scheduled to speak for World Coalition Against Islam this weekend. He arrived in Canada only to be arrested for "hate" speech found on his IPAD. There is no freedom of speech in Canada. Hear his saga and why we must defend our rights and liberties here in America ever more strongly today. www.youtube.com/user/WildBillforAmericawww.facebook.com/WildBillForAmericaLLC/Dedication: Dedication: Deputy Sheriff William Durr. Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, MississippiEnd of Watch: Saturday, May 27, 2017
26 June 2016 - Most of this show was recorded within a few hours after the Senate released their "Better Care" bill and we were lucky enough to have Linda Benesch (@LindaBenesch), the Communications Director for Social Security Works, with us to spell out the depth of the depravity of the GOP. I began by asking her "On a scale of 1 to I'm moving to Norway, how bad is it?" She recommended the Arctic. And she's not wrong. Linda got into some detail (because we, at Hopping Mad, love to go out into the weeds) but she was also very clear that we need to be talking about people's lives, not statistics. This really is an "all hands on deck" level crisis and none of us can afford to just hope for the best. I recommend going to the site for Indivisible's targeted campaign, aimed at the ten (or so) GOP senators most vulnerable on this. The other real stroke of luck this week is that I was joined on air, for the Hopping Mad Lying Liar Lie of the Week segment by one of our three new associates, Joel Dent. Joel begins by telling you a bit about himself and then goes right into why he thinks Jason Chaffetz is the Lying Liar of the Week. (Thank you to Rebecca Romans for nominating Chaffetz. Excellent choice!) I reserved my wrath for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. You'll hear why. Oh, and I took just a minute at the beginning of the show to update everyone on the change in the line of succession within the House of Saud. MBS is in. Will is actually traveling this week but prior to leaving he recorded a brief segment on rights. We on the left are the party of expanding and ensuring rights but defining them can be interesting. Will gets even further behind the curtain when he talks about who it is that "grants" rights and the purpose of the social contract and of government. I thought it would be helpful to talk about how Medicaid works and what it is right now. Since the GOP is getting ready to completely end Medicaid as an entitlement program (as a foot in the door to privatizing Medicare and Social Security) it seemed to make sense to talk about why it is so critical that Medicare remain a fully functional part of the social safety net. Wow! I know this is the fourth week but I'l still just really, really glad to be back on the air. Carrots! - Arliss
12 June 2017 - While the results of the snap election in the UK were not quite as unexpected as the most recent US election, they came close. Recovering politician and the founder of English Scotts for YES, Math Campbell (@MathCampbell and @EnglishScottsForYES) joins us to sort out the chaos. We take extra time to really understand why British PM Theresa May opted to form a coalition government with the terrorist affiliated political party from Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party. Since this tipping of the delicate balance in Northern Ireland toward the unionists and away from the republicans could potentially re-ignite the Troubles it seemed worth our time. Math and Will also dissect the voter turnout problem in Scotland and, like the 70,000 voters in the upper Midwest who tipped the entire US election, they cover why the SNP voters who stayed home made such an outsized difference in the result nationwide. We begin with our new weekly segment, the Lying Liar Lie of the Week. Arliss' competitor was proposed by listener @bosengood. Apparently, David Brooks thinks the Flynn/Russia matter had little to do with why Trump fired Comey! Will rejoined with Trump assuring us that he is 100% happy to testify under oath. (Sure you are, Donald.) The American Health Care Act (AHCA / Trumpcare) is back with a vengeance and I went over what we think is in this bill and why the AHCA is incredibly bad even for those with health insurance through their employer. Ben Winkler, of MoveOn.org, has a truly excellent set of instructions and tips for how to optimize a call to your senators and how to #resist. Will got way back to basics, all the way back to Thomas Paine (and further) talking about the principle of positive liberty and why it is this basic core value which distinguishes progressives from conservatives. Positive liberty is about having the capacity to create real opportunity versus the negative liberty principle of not being prevented from achieving an outcome. Positive liberty is why progressives believe in basic rights and is at the heart of the healthcare debate. On a side note, Will and I have begun speaking with some folks who have come forward to volunteer to join the Hopping Mad team. If you are interested please let us know. We are serious about adding more voices. Carrots! - Arliss
We are celebrating our return from hiatus by joining in the celebration for the arrival of the brand new Daily Kos Political Editor and Senior Communications Advisor, Carolyn Fiddler (@cFidd). Carolyn begins her work with dKos today so it seemed the perfect time to interview her. She comes to dKos from the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) where she was the Communications Director. She has deep knowledge of state-level campaigns and her hiring signals the fierce nature of the focus dKos bringing to its work to elect Democrats nationwide at all levels of government. Today is also the beginning of a new format for Hopping Mad. Will and I feel like we had set-up a show which was too dense and difficult for us to sustain indefinitely but we vey much wanted to continue it so we have evolved. I think you will find that the show is more conversational, there will be more "umms" and pauses and, in fact, it will move a bit slower because we are going to stop trying to cram too much show into too little time. We are going to keep our focus on the resistance, 2018, modern money (#MMT) and, inevitably, Scotland (*wink*). We are also going to continue to be one of the few US-based podcasts which will bring you news and commentary about international issues. Annnnddd - we are inviting you to join us in the weekly segment, The Lying Liar Lie of the Week. You can submit your nominations here, on this site, or directly to us at ImHoppingMad@gmail.com. Again, we are happy to be back and so glad you are still with us. Carrots! - Arliss
5 December 2016 - It's time to suit-up. The coming battle will be extraordinarily difficult emotionally, physically, economically, politically and, well, in every other way imaginable. But we are still here and while they may have a choke-hold on power, that hold is fragile. Now that they will have the responsibility of leadership squarely on their shoulders it will not take long for them to be exposed as the king who wore no clothes. They will be naked and we will be in our best battle armor. We fight. We keep fighting. We never, never, never lose hope. This week the show is about the fight. It is about the future. Our interview is with Neeta Lind (navajo on Daily Kos). Neeta is the Director of Community at Daily Kos where she blogs about native American issues. Today she is filling us in on the battle between the Standing Rock Sioux, the US federal government and the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). We felt this interview was so important that Will gave up his block so that more of the interview would fit into the broadcast version of the show. What is happening at Standing Rock is intersectional in many ways, the rights of indigenous people, environmental racism, sex trafficking, abuse of women, clean water, religious freedom, broken treaties, climate change and militarized police forces are all issues which have ended up being part of the Standing Rock resistance. I recommend this video which speaks to some of these matters. If you want to help, Neeta recommended this link as the place to start: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's DAPL page. At the top of the show I provide an update on scheduling for future shows as we know it at this time. Will and I will be celebrating the holidays with our families so there will be no show on 26 December or 2 January. I will be traveling on business so there will also not be a new show on either the 16th or 23rd of January. And, as if all that wasn't enough, I am finally having the surgery to resolve my health issues in February so there will be no new show on the 13th or 20th of February. What we really need is a third member of the Hopping Mad team. If you would like to volunteer or know someone who would be a terrific addition, please let us know. The show is an enormous amount of work but also very rewarding so think on it and let us know. Also at the top I touch on my perspective on going forward. I do not plan to hyperventilate about every drop of acid which will be pouring from the firehose of the administration of President Collect* Trump. Also, I won't be spending much time on the battle within the Democratic party. None of those things move us forward and my eyes are firmly on survival and building for future victory. Will elaborated on my thinking by observing that the President Collect is exceptionally good at getting the media and the Left to pay attention to his tweets and overlook many of his actions. Here on Hopping Mad, we won't be doing that. In my big block I go through a list of the organizations which will truly be on the front lines and ask that listeners join at least one - and by join I don't mean signing-up for their email list or sending a contribution. I mean working. So, as I said at the beginning, suit-up. Many Carrots of the Season! - Arliss * David Waldman, of Kagro in the Morning fame, accidentally coined this term when he had a Freudian slip while trying to say "President Elect." President Collect is more accurate so I think I will keep it for a while. Thanks, David!
29 August 2016 - Will is out of town on business this week and I have finally managed to struggle back up onto my paws after six days in the hospital and way too many more in recovery at home. Under normal conditions Will and I would have tried to prepare a show in advance but it was impossible to predict that I would be hospitalized and he would have a concussion at the same time almost immediately followed by an emergency business trip. Obviously, fate is snickering at us. Hopping Mad is a show which requires considerable preparation and, because Will and I both have “day” jobs, we fit all that in around already full days. His travel this week and my short days (work, nap, work, nap, work, nap....) made thorough preparation impossible. I have to say that when I am too exhausted to read about financial news or economics, I am one seriously pissed off rabbit. After all, who doesn’t love reading about economics at 3AM! Will and I solemnly promise a terrific new show next week. So much has happened and we have a LOT to say about it. Seriously, last week Donald Trump had former UKIP leader Nigel Farage at one of his rally extravaganzas!!! There was Farage, “Hello Mississippi….” I think we can all safely anticipate a rant from Will on that subject. This week we are going back to our 7th show, from last November, when Will first started talking to us about South Sudan and the Spratly Islands and I was on the so-called “budget deal” and the difference between fiscal and monetary spending. The interview was with a California educator who was intimately involved in developing Common Core standards and she is absolutely fascinating on the subject. We hope you enjoy this and we will be back with you next week. Carrots to you and yours! - Arliss
Alriss and I have had bad luck this past week. She ended up hospitalized with Diverticulitis, and I ended up concussed after rolling my ankle and face planting into the ground. I'm still limping around, and she's resting at home, but we hope to be back to full strength soon. I recorded a brief update about what's going on to let folks know that we're both alive, and that Hopping Mad will be returning soon. -Will
16 July 2016 - We are here in St. Louis at Netroots Nation and, as usual, it's remarkable. On Friday we sat down for a truly wonderful interview with Lady Ashley Gregory, of QT POC STL, and Capella Marissa Huniwalt of the Metro Trans Umbrella Group. Together these two organizations work symbiotically to empower the queer and trans community of St. Louis. The Metro Trans Umbrella Group delivers against their CAVE (Community, Advocacy, Visibility, Education) Priorities in genuinely impressive ways including providing nationally certified trainings to hospitals, universities and community organizations on providing trans related services and on interacting with trans individuals. They have recently also built and opened the first Trans Memorial Garden in the nation. I especially love the quote they have on a sign there, "They thought they could bury us. They did not know we were seeds." Speaking of seeds, QT POC STL grew out of the swirl of emotions following the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. The QT POC community needed a place to talk and to organize. From that beginning an organization has grown. As Lady Ashley says during the interview (paraphrased here), "When they go to write history books in the future, Ferguson will figure prominently." There is no question of this and QT POC STL is just one of the examples of how the nation has been forever changed by the activism which was trigged initially by the murders of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. This episode of Hopping Mad is exclusively dedicated to the articulate, informative, exceptional interview and we thank our guests. - Carrots! Arliss
6 June 2016 - Will and I were unable to record a new episode this week so we are reprising our episode from March which featured Alexis Goldstein of Americans for Financial Reform. Alexis gave us a truly exceptional interview on Dodd-Frank and given that our interview last week was on the foreclosure crisis, with David Dayen, we thought touching back to our conversation with Alexis made sense. You can go here for our original episode notes. We will be back next week with an all new Hopping Mad. - Arliss
16 May 2016 - When you have Mark Potok, from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), on for the interview, you already know it's going to be a good show. Mark is the editor of the SPLC quarterly journal, Intelligence Report and most of this interview is based upon an article he and Don Terry wrote for the Winter issue, Margins to the Mainstream. While Mark is one of the leading experts in the country on extremism (and we will have him back in a few weeks on that very subject) this article took a look at the conspiracy theories which have seeped into the mainstream of politics from the radical right. In this, the season of Trump, it seemed apropos. Will takes a thoughtful stroll around democracy. Once initially ensconced, most citizens tend to think of democracy as a done deal but it is a process and, certainly, both in North America and in Europe, it is undergoing change, some good and some bad. Will knows where he wants to go and that's what he's "on about" today. I'm off on one of those "third rail" topics of American politics, Social Security. Everyone seems sure that Social Security is in need of saving and, well, everyone is wrong. It isn't that we shouldn't maintain and even strengthen Social Security, we most assuredly should, it's that the problem with Social Security isn't funding, the problem is politics. ...and one other thing...we are going to Netroots Nation in St. Louis in July! Will and I will be there the whole time. We will be recording interviews for Hopping Mad and helping out on Radio Row at the Netroots Radio booth. Come on by. We would love to meet you, maybe chat over a couple of carrots and generally have a fabulous time. Thanks for listening! - Carrots! Arliss
9 May 2016 - This week on Hopping Mad we had two guests for an extended interview which we dubbed our Pundit Primer. Greg Dworkin (DemFromCT at dKos and Twitter) and Driftglass ( his own blog and Mr_Electrico on Twitter). Greg starts most weekday mornings on the popular Netroots Radio show and podcast, Kagro in the Morning with David Waldman. Driftglass joins Bluegal on the podcast The Professional Left, which also airs on Netroots Radio. These are both shows I can honestly say I never miss and I encourage you to give them a listen if you have not done so in the past. Both Greg and Driftglass are long-time pundit watchers and they both put various pundits into context and make us laugh. Just perfect. [Note: at the bottom of this blog post we have included some links Greg sent us which evidence the work of some of those pundits we discuss.] Will took a look at the Scottish election results which show what might happen to the Democratic Party if we decide to slide to the right. Scottish Labour is in trouble because they aren't fighting for the things the Scottish people actually care about. Scotland was once a country run by Labour with its largest city, Glasgow, called the "Citadel of Socialism" by pundits. But the red and gold "Vote Labour" signs have been replaced with the SNP's black on yellow Clootie Dumpling symbol. Glasgow's constituencies are held almost entirely by the SNP. Labour has fallen into third place as the battle in Scotland becomes one between the SNP and the Tories. Meanwhile, the SNP won a historic third term as the government of Scotland but lost their overall majority despite their vote share increasing. That's because the D'hondt method of vote counting is intentionally designed to prevent any one party from having an overall majority. However, the SNP were also the victims of inflated expectations and that's where another lesson applies to our own country. The Democratic Party looks as if it will sail to victory in November. But can similar inflated expectations hurt us here? Carrots! - Arliss
2 May 2016 - Even more than in the past there is this nexus between the progressive movement and the labor movement in the US. This week we were joined for the interview by the Chief Economist of the AFL-CIO, the deeply knowledgable Dr. William Spriggs. Dr. Spriggs kindly gave us an unusually long and detailed interview and we highly recommend visiting some of the pages, to which I refer during our talk. They are on the excellent website of the AFL-CIO here, here, here and here. At the top of the show Will fills us in on what is going on with the protestors who have just taken the Iraqi Parliament. Later in the show he gives us the promised update on the Scottish elections which will take place on 5 May. I start out on the newly released anti-austerity budget which has just been announced by the Trudeau government in Canada. I come back a bit later to give a lot of detail about the very aggressive Vision 2030 economic plan aimed at weaning Saudi Arabia off of its dependence on oil. Headed by favorite son Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MbS as he is called in Saudi), the plan is interesting and hopeful but will have to overcome significant resistance from Wahhabi fundamentalists in order to succeed. We'll see.... I also learned that Netroots Radio has moved all of the old shows to which we had links from this site. Of course, all those links are now dead. I'll have to figure out where they went and fix that. On a more cheerful note, the archive section for Hopping Mad has been updated and an index has been added making it easier to find specific subject - Carrots! Arliss
Arliss is on vacation for two weeks, but we've decided to go ahead with the show. For a little fun, Tom Cheevers of the Coffee Cast joined us, along with Tom and Rachel of Irreverent testimony. Our frenetic conversation ran the fullest possible gamut, from Religion, to the chaos of the GOP primary, to Terrorism and then to Feminism. Great fun was had by all as we fought through some of the tougher issues we're dealing with in the modern world. Next week, Rachel will be back for a regular format program, including an interview with a very special guest. We'll be covering LGBT issues in depth, so tune in, you won't want to miss it. Thanks for listening, and we'll see you all next week.
Our heroes dive into beer events: festivals, tap takeovers, and beer pairing meals. They then try some IPAs, and John says the word “character” way too much. Theme music: “Never Is Now”, by Sinkhole. Licensed under Creative Commons.
Our heroes dive into beer events: festivals, tap takeovers, and beer pairing meals. They then try some IPAs, and John says the word “character” way too much. Theme music: “Never Is Now”, by Sinkhole. Licensed under Creative Commons.
22 February 2016 - This week Will and I ended up with so much to say that we did the whole show ourselves. I open with an update on the economic crisis in Puerto Rico and I follow that with a quick take on economic canaries, Maersk and CSX. Will follows me with news about the terrific campaign of DeRay Mckesson in the mayoral race in Baltimore. DeRay has released spectacular position papers and proposals and is running the kind of campaign which deserves to draw support from progressives across the nation. I'm up next with answers to listener questions relating to the article, "It's Not About the Debt," by Chad Stone. I get into some detail about why using debt-to-GDP ratio as a metric makes no logical sense. As part of my explanation I draw from the excellent Levy Economics Institute Working Paper (Number 603), "Does Excessive Sovereign Debt Really Hurt Growth? A Critique of This Time It's Different, by Reinhart and Rogoff." We also mark the passing of the gifted author and thinker, Umberto Eco. Both Will and I have been deeply impressed by his works and given the bent of the current US elections many of Eco's literary themes seem inordinately timely. In Extra Mad I venture out into the weeds of GDP; what it is, what it isn't, what's wrong with it and the various options. If you listen to the podcast version of the show I'm betting you will be surprised by relevancy of this topic. We do have new interstitial music this week from Bua, the great traditional Irish band. Check out their website and support their music. Traditional music artists have an especially challenging road and artists as fluent and musically astute as Bua are rare. As always, Hopping Mad is available here as a download as well as on Stitcher and iTunes. We are on Twitter and Facebook as IMHoppingMad. We LOVE receiving your feedback, questions and corrections. Spring is coming! - Carrots! Arliss
9 November 2015 - Today on Hopping Mad, Arliss was unavailable to record the intro, but was still able to cover her usual financial beat, explaining the power of a fiat currency. Will covered Comcast's Data Caps, and our guest was Professor Francis Boyle, Human Rights Lawyer and International Law Expert. He explained that the Hawaiian situation is unique, as the laws which apply to Native Americans apparently do not apply to Native Hawaiians. Unfortunately, his time was limited, so there is no Extra Mad section this week. But the good news is that we're now on both Stitcher and iTunes! For those of you who prefer the direct RSS feed it is https://www.buzzsprout.com/50892.rss. Thanks for listening, Everyone. I promise I'll write a bio portion for my part of the site soon. -Will
12 October 2015 – It’s true, over the past eight years the Supreme Court has been steadily chipping away at citizen access to Federal courts for civil actions. Not only is the bar to individual access almost impossible to surmount, climbing the mountain of barriers put before those attempting to gain certification for a class action is very nearly impossible. Corporations are people and welcomed into the courts but actual people…not so much. Armando, who is a lawyer, frequent contributor to Daily Kos Radio Kagro in the Morning with David Waldman and a Daily Kos front pager, joined us to walk us through the foundation of citizen access (which was the Sherman Act) the later clarification to access (Conley v Gibson) and then the Roberts’ Court efforts to tear access down through Ashcroft v Iqbal, Bell Atlantic v Twombly, Wal-mart v Dukes and AT&T v Concepcion. I’ll be honest with you, until I hopped on a Twitter link which took me to an article in The Nation, I had absolutely no idea things had become this serious. Essentially, Federal courts are filled to overflowing with criminal cases (many of which should not be there at all) and instead of working to reform the criminal case-load, SCOTUS went after the rest of us and slammed the door of the third branch of government right in our face. The version of “Hopping Mad” which aired, on Netroots Radio, on 12 October, contains the first half of our interview with Armando. The podcast version (player below) has the full length interview so it is, of course, “Extra Mad!” This week Will gets into it on the need for progressives to stay connected to the real world and to create a workable progressive political strategy. He utilizes the current struggle of Jeremy Corbyn and the candidacy of Bernie Sanders as examples. Arliss goes off on de-industrialization and the successful campaign by neoliberal economists to keep us from caring too much. As a final note, we managed to get through the recording of this episode all in one day. We were very excited. I don’t know what Will did with the rest of his weekend but I spent mine gardening, hiking and standing at the paint counter at Home Depot – because my life is precisely that exciting. So here it is, the forth episode of “Hopping Mad”…
5 October 2015 – We realized something this week. While we must maintain a tight 58 minute schedule for the version of our show which airs on Netroots Radio (at 8AM Eastern on Mondays) we have no such limitation for the version which posts here. Joe Firestone, who joined us to talk about his new book, “Who Needs Balanced Trade? Who Needs a Balanced Budget?” was so fascinating that we simply had lots more to ask…so we did. The version of the show here on the site adds an additional 25 minutes of the interview with Joe and you must listen because Joe really had time to dive down and give us some detailed answers to our questions. While we could have called the extended version either, “Extended” or “Directors Cut” we took the path less travelled and went with, “Extra Mad!” because why not have a little fun with it, right? The show starts off with a few minutes on the crazy things happening in Indiana Congressional District 6 / Indiana House District 68. Basically, Jud McMillan needs to keep his pants on and stay off his cell phone. In the A Block Will goes into the background of the modern Catalan independence movement, something which will be more present in the news in the relatively near future. I get my paws dirty digging into the scandals at the Vatican Bank and the impressive work Pope Frances has done to get that long-corrupt institution forcibly dragged out from the shadows and into the light. Then we get to the exciting part, the interview with Joe Firestone. I make a real effort to read everything Joe Firestone writes and that takes some doing because he is such a prodigious writer and touches upon so many topics. Still, Joe doesn’t fool around. If he has taken the time to write on it, it’s important. Joe, like me, is generally focused on the applications of modern monetary theory to the real world and recently he has been doing truly deep and detailed dives on pending trade treaties which are currently in negotiation. His newest book, published on 28 September, is his latest on the subject and is absolutely excellent. Even Will, who unlike me doesn’t usually spend all his spare moments reading about economics, could not get his nose out of Joe’s book once he started reading. He kept saying to me, “Wow! This is really good!” And so was our interview with Joe. We think you will love it too which is why you are getting “Hopping Mad” with a side of “Extra Mad!” this week. Carrots! – Arliss
28 September 2015 - This podcast was tough. The combination of our learning curve and strange technical issues was exhausting. Eventually, both Will and I ran out of time. We also ran over time. If you heard the podcast when it aired on Netroots Radio you immediately noticed that the introduction was trimmed, there was no interstitial music, there was no opening chatter between Will and I and Will’s comments on the Catholic church were both fascinating and lightening fast. Will, who handles the editing, had to cut seven minutes out so everything not absolutely necessary got thrown overboard. Obviously, we made rookie mistakes. The good news is that it’s a podcast (and does not air live, for now) so I was able to do a new edit on Friday night. (It would have been done much earlier in the week but I have a demanding job and Will spent his week at the dentist…don’t ask. Ouch!) The “extended” edit (Director’s Cut, lol) has returned our full opening, the chatter we recorded but did not use in the podcast that aired and the interstitial music to the proper places. Sadly, because we could no longer stay awake last Friday, when we were recording, we each ended up recording our “blocks” separately so there is no exchange between us when Will is talking about the Church or when I am talking about Serra. This isn’t how we planned it it’s just how it ended up. We’ll improve. The whole process really does make me realize how spoiled we were just popping in twice a week and doing guest spots on The After Show. Both Will and I are full of ideas and we love the freedom of our own show but we are learning by doing and that always adds in a Jack-in-the-Box full of surprises. The Pope Canonized the Devil and Walk for the Ancestors Responded with Grace I was supposed to be talking about the Vatican Bank this week. I was all set. Then I read that Pope Frances, while in the United States, was going to canonize Fr. Junipero Serra. I lost my mind. Once I located it again I called Will and we changed the entire direction of the show. Will gave us a quick-march through Catholic history as it relates to the broadest social, and especially political, impact of the Catholic church as an institution. I explained who Junipero Serra was and trust me when I say I provided the PG version. This man was very, very bad and the examples I include are just the tip of the Serra iceberg. I am not stretching the truth or embellishing the facts when I tell you that Serra was both cruel and genocidal. Now he’s also a Catholic “saint.” Our interview was with the wonderful Caroline Ward Holland. Like so many people in the indigenous nations in California, Caroline could not rest easy knowing that Serra was to be raised up and canonized while the stories of her ancestors, their whispers and cries, were to continue to be ignored. This is especially disconcerting coming from a Pope who had so recently apologized for the outsized impact of colonization on the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Apparently, he was not also looking to the north. Caroline and her son are walking 650 miles, visiting every mission in California, to draw light and focus to the stories not being told of the tens of thousands of people who were enslaved, abused, ripped from their cultural foundations and died. Caroline’s vision, Walk for the Ancestors, is a genuinely beautiful story. You can follow the Walk on Facebook at Walk for the Ancestors 2015. Please do. – Carrots! Arliss
21 September 2015 - We survived the launch! It would have been better had it not taken us about eight hours to record the show only to later discover that we still had a strange audio problem in a couple of places but all-in-all we are still in one piece and we are downright hoppy with the result. It’s hard to be anything but thrilled with the end product because we had such a wonderful time talking with SUNY professor and Daily Kos feature writer, Denise Oliver-Velez. I think it’s obvious that Dee is basically a progressive rock star. She answered questions about hope, Puerto Rico, the Latino get-out-the-vote effort and education. I especially loved the conversation about the fact that the Moral Mondays platform and the Black Lives Matter platforms are putting forward issues that are not “new” which is contrary to the commentary by mainstream media. Dee, with her wealth of perspective on progressive movements closed out by commenting on the difference between getting out the word in the 1970s versus the social media of today but she was sure to say, “The revolution will be slogged, not blogged.” We make change by talking with one another directly. Will and I began the show talking a little bit about how we got started in the space that ultimately lead to “Hopping Mad.” We then went on to talk about the need for a new New Deal via job guarantee programs. So, here it is, the very first Hopping Mad…
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