Podcasts about plutocrats

Move over, first class passengers on the Titanic! America has a new class of doomed elites! Extreme income inequality threatens our democracy and the security of the world, but unions are fighting back, showing our path forward for the safety of everyone.    C.E.O.s and billionaires celebrate record-breaking profits, but for everyday workers, wages have remained stagnant, not keeping pace with the rising cost of living. The result? The American Dream is increasingly resembling a Neoliberal Ponzi Scheme, where the promise of prosperity seems to be reserved for nepo-babies.   Beyond the obvious moral implications, income inequality has profound consequences for our society. It undermines trust in institutions, worsens political instability, and contributes to declining life expectancy—a stark reality in America today. When the rich get richer and the rest of us get left behind, it doesn't just create social rifts; it destabilizes the United States, and therefore the world.    How do we overcome this crisis? The renaissance of unions will strengthen our economy for all and protect our democracy. This week's guest Michael Podhorzer has been on the frontlines of this fight for decades, as the former longtime political director of the AFL-CIO – the largest federation of unions in the United States. Podhorzer is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, the chair of the Analyst Institute, the Research Collaborative and the Defend Democracy Project, and writes the Substack Weekend Reading.    A 2021 TIME article described Podhorzer as the architect of a broad movement that helped protect the integrity of our vote in the 2020 election. This week's bonus show, available to subscribers at the Truth-teller level ($5/month) and higher, includes Podhorzer's insights on how to protect the 2024 election, in an excerpt available to all. Exclusive to our Patreon supporters, this week's bonus show also includes a deep-dive examination of the recent arrest of Telegram's C.E.O. Pavel Durov and what that might mean for Russia's global war on democracy. Subscribe today at Patreon.com/Gaslit to help support our independent journalism!  * Big Announcement! If the election cycle has left you feeling overwhelmed, we're here to help. Join our new weekly political salon every Monday at 4 PM ET via Zoom. This space is designed for you to vent, ask questions, seek support, and contribute to discussions that shape Gaslit Nation. Everyone is welcome—our goal is to foster coalition-building and collective healing.   Starting next Monday, our first ever salon will be recorded and shared on Patreon to support our community. If these sessions resonate with you, they may continue beyond the election. To join, support us at the Truth-teller level or higher on Patreon at patreon.com/Gaslit where you'll find the Zoom link every Monday afternoon.   On September 10th: Join the Gaslit Nation Debate Watch Party in the “Victory Chat” community chatroom on Patreon. A debate between democracy vs. dictatorship! (Convicted felon Trump belongs in prison, not a debate stage).    On September 16 at 7:00 PM ET: If you're in NYC, join our in-person live taping with at the Ukrainian Institute of America in NYC. Celebrate the release of In the Shadow of Stalin, the graphic novel adaptation of my film Mr. Jones, directed by Agnieszka Holland. Gaslit Nation Patreon supporters get in free – so message us on Patreon to be added to the guest list. I will be joined by the journalist Terrell Starr, to talk about his latest trip to Ukraine.    On September 17 at 12:00 PM ET: Join our virtual live taping with investigative journalist Stephanie Baker, author of Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia. Her book has been highly praised by Bill Browder, the advocate behind the Magnitsky Act to combat Russian corruption.    On September 18 at 4:00 PM ET: Join our virtual live taping with the one and only Politics Girl, Leigh McGowan, author of A Return to Common Sense: How to Fix America Before We Really Blow It.   On September 24 at 12:00 PM ET: Join our virtual live taping with David Pepper, author of Saving Democracy. Join us as David discusses his new art project based on Project 2025.   All of those events, becoming a member of our Victory chat, bonus shows, all shows ad free, and more, come with your subscription on Patreon.com/Gaslit! Thank you to everyone who supports the show – we could not make Gaslit Nation without you!   Show Notes:   Opening clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckxmXjRuBik   As Go Unions, So Goes America Power concedes nothing but to collective action. https://www.weekendreading.net/p/as-go-unions-so-goes-america Listen to our interview with Starbucks union organizer Jasmine Leli on how to start a union https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes-transcripts-20/2023/11/08/end-human-sacrifice-union-jasmine-leli  

#CALIFORNIA Beach Fronts confound the plutocrats and the Democrats. Bill Whalen, Hoover. https://www.hoover.org/research/why-sea-changes-california-are-no-day-beach 1930 California Historical Society

In July 2017 Andy was joined by Alice Fraser to take a deep dive into North Korea's nuclear capabilities - with some unique ideas for the future of diplomacy. It's Bugle issue 4036, Paunchy Plutocrats, Inc.Presented today by Chris Skinner.Hear more of our shows, buy our book, and donate here: thebuglepodcast.com/This episode was produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

America's Foundation as a Christian Nation and How the Right Captured Freedom | The "Christian" Moral Authoritarianism of Supreme Court Justices in the Pockets of Plutocrats

David Cameron was catapulted back into British politics this week; what does it say about Rishi Sunak/s leadership struggles and what now for the embattled Tory Party? This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to Sir John Curtice about the state of the British Government.Ireland is struggling to cut emissions to say the least. But what can be done? David Mc Gee from PwC and Muireann Lynch from the ESRI share their views.And ‘Buying Silence; How Oligarchs, Corporations and Plutocrats use the law to gag their critics' the author of a new book on the subject David Hooper chats to Mandy about the growing trend of lawsuits designed to censor.

Elon Musk made his money leading and shaping the latest advances in society but now he's dabbling in politics on the global stage – unelected and unaccountable but with the power to hold one-to-one meetings with world leaders as he did just last week with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who flew to California to meet the tech billionaire in person. Two commercial figures in history also took on the roles of unofficial diplomats and international influencers - Henry Ford, a car maker like Elon Musk, and a man who used his pioneering industrial might for political ends; and Robert Clive, the C18th imperialist and privateer whose actions under the guise of the East India Company brought him influence locally and internationally on the back of the new opportunities of empire. Historians: Adam Smith, Professor of US Politics and Political History at University of Oxford Chandrika Kaul, Professor of Modern History at University of St Andrews Reader: John Lightbody Producer: Mohini Patel

Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez, and Erik Torenberg sit down with Professor Walter Russel Mead, an American academic, author, WSJ- and Tablet-contributor, and podcast host to discuss the shape of the next era after our information age. Moment of Zen is part of Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co RECOMMENDED PODCASTS: Walter Russell Mead is one of our favorite guests on Moment of Zen, and he also has his own show called What Really Matters, a new podcast from Tablet Magazine (whose editor in chief, Alana Newhouse, was also on our show recently). Every week on What Really Matters, Mead and deputy editor Jeremy Stern analyze the revolutionary changes upending American life and connect them to larger trends. Go to tabletmag.com/podcasts/what-really-matters or subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. TIMESTAMPS: (01:00) Episode Preview (03:30) What is the American Crisis right now? (08:00) New social model for the information age (11:24) Sponsors: Vanta | NetSuite (16:30) A(brahamic) bomb and revolutionary change in human society (22:40) Has religion peaked or is the world getting more religious? (28:00) Who believes in happy endings? (30:30) Israel vs. American Jews (33:00) Israeli-Palestinian conflict still matters, just not to Israelis in power (36:40) Characterizing American foreign policy (45:00) Nation states vs Network States h/t Balaji (54:20) Defining the next era of Post Liberalism (1:01:00) Populists, Plutocrats, Technocrats, and the Intelligentsia (1:11:00) Israel's future and what's at stake (1:24:00) Could California be Republican again? (1:30:00) Golda Meir and female power (1:33:50) Arafat and a jasmine-scented night in Gaza LINKS: -What Really Matters podcast: https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/what-really-matters -Walter Russell Mead, The A(braham) Bomb: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/abraham-bomb-via-meadia-walter-russell-mead -Antonio Garcia Martinez, Among the Protestors: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/among-the-protesters-antonio-garcia-martinez -Go back and listen to our Moment of Zen episodes with Tablet's Editor in Chief Alana Newhouse (E29), Nadia Asparouhova (E26) and Liel Leibovitz (E23) X / TWITTER @wrmead (Walter) @WRMpod (What Really Matters) @eriktorenberg (Erik) @antoniogm (Antonio) @dwr (Dan) @moz_podcast (Moment of Zen) SPONSORS: Vanta | NetSuite Are you building a business? If you're looking for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR or HIPAA compliance, head to Vanta. Achieving compliance can actually unlock major growth for your company and build customer loyalty. Vanta automates up to 90% of Compliance work, getting you audit-ready in weeks instead of months and saving 85% of associated costs. Moment of Zen listeners get $1000 off at https://www.vanta.com/zen NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform, head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/ZEN and download your own customized KPI checklist.

In the August 2023 edition of In Real Time with Stan Cox (yes I know it's September) we talk about his dispatch, “The Hubris of Plutocrats”, and the escape fantasies (and condos) of the super-rich. Stan argues they can't escape the heat that's coming, but at least some of our troubles stem from the fact … Continue reading "In Real Time 14: The Hubris of Plutocrats"

Jeremy and Marino are joined by The Breach co-ordinating editor Emma Paling (@emmapaling) to discuss a column from Carson Jerema, the National Post's comment editor, who in accordance with Post traditions doesn't seem to do much editing. According to Jerema, Pierre Poilievre's shrieking about the globalistsat the World Economic Forum isn't a conspiracy theory at all. In fact, it's exactly like Chrystia Freeland's tepid criticisms of the WEF in her book Plutocrats, which Jerema adds is a Marxist conspiracy theory. Read The Breach and subscribe to its newsletter.If you like our work, please consider donating to our Patreon. You'll get to join our community on Discord and hear occasional bonus episodes.Plugs and Recs (The Rinse)Emma: Listen to the band Wednesday and read Killernova by Omar Musa.Marino: Watch Ronin (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Frasier (1993-2004) and read Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber.Jeremy: Visit Banff and Jasper, subscribe to The Orchard and preorder Kenneyism: Jason Kenney's Pursuit of Power to your local independent book store.Big Shiny Takes is a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network, which includes other great shows, such as Tech Won't Save Us (produced by our beautiful boy Eric), Darts and Letters and The Progress Report. If you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

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The Plutocrats' purchase of the Supreme Court and its rulings are almost complete. AOC nails the Supremes as she calls for strict oversight. Christie continues nailing Trump. Biden must act on SCOTUS. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politicsdoneright/support

Hvordan lever de egentlig, de aller rikeste i London? Caroline Knowles er professor i sosiologi ved Goldsmiths University London, og har skrevet boka Serious money - Walking the Plutocratic London. Gjennom 12 år har hun kommet tett på de aller rikeste i London, for å studere deres hverdag og verdensbilde. Hun møter professor Anders Vassenden fra Universitetet i Stavanger til samtale. Dette er et opptak fra Sølvberget i januar 2023. --- Innspilt på Sølvberget bibliotek og kulturhus i januar 2023. Medvirkende: Caroline Knowles og Anders Vassenden. Produksjon: Åsmund Ådnøy

Subtitled: "Elite Immunity" and the Abandonment of the Working ClassI recently watched "The Rise of the Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else" on ENDEVR's YT channel. In this episode, I will discuss that documentary as well as Glenn Greenwald's book With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful.  Key topics:✔️The neocons and neolibs work together as part of the same elite class? Say it ain't so!✔️The elites break the law and then pardon themselves. How could we be surprised by that? At this point, it would be more shocking if they obeyed the laws they expect the rest of us to follow.✔️"These guys are making up to $1 billion a day."✔️Governments as instruments of the wealthy super elite.Links I discuss in this episode:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlMjalPFSzUhttps://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Justice-Some-Equality-Powerful/dp/1250013836Links where I can be found: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/01/30/updates-housekeeping/Need more? Email me: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/contact-causey/

If you think the Social Security cuts that Republicans & neoliberals are trying in the United States is some isolated event, you would be wrong. The Plutocrats throughout the world can't get enough. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

We're your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast, where we talk through our money trauma and create a better understanding of building a healthy relationship with finance. We've now launched our Patreon! Subscribe for bonus episodes and extra content from your hosts.In today's episode, we discuss the following:What is the socioeconomic class?How do we measure low, middle and high-income classes?The thresholds for each income classThe erosion of the middle classThe working rich and their behaviours How to uplift the lower-income classesBooks and podcasts we mentioned:Plutocrats by Chrystia FreelandThe Sum of Small Things by Elizabeth Currid-HalkettRest is Resistance by Tricia HerseyYou're Wrong About - Online Shopping EpisodeFollow us on Instagram @mixedupmoney, @bridgiecasey and @moneyfeelspodcast, and we'll see you next time! 

WE & OUR ENEMIES: FACE-TO-FACEKeep Right with Ralph K. GinorioI am a sinner.  I am also a Christian.  I am therefore keenly aware that no human being has earned the right to cast the first stone.  My clay feet are inescapable.  I try to live from a basis of genuine humility, because I have so very much about which to be humble.Concomitant with this, though, is my duty as a Christian, as a man, and as an American to endeavor to speak truth, serve conscience, and stand against evil.  Christian love and civic duty require that I not be mute and neutral when faced with matters of right and wrong.  I believe we are each called to take sides.Today, as our civilization teeters on the brink, we could drown in the rising tide of controversy.  I cannot think of any area of life that does not have enemies within clamoring for the West to destroy itself in shame over what they say we have done.  Simultaneously, there are outside forces hungering for our decrepitude, enslavement, or outright destruction.The scope of these two types of attack on Judeo-Christian Western Civilization is staggering.  It is traumatic to have every powerful voice mobilized to tell us that we, ourselves, are the world's chief problem.  In fact, our demoralization is their objective.“Confusion to the enemy!” is an old British war toast.  The Greek word for the dark enemy of God literally means “confusion, through-and-through”.  Each and all of these contemporary attacks on our West aim to overwhelm our reason and confuse our certainties.  We are to be made insensible to our own conscience and unable to think clearly about effective ways we can serve it.We are not faced, as we were in the Cold War, with a monolithic creed that intends to replace what we hold dearest in life.  Instead, there is a cacophony of voices raised against our traditions, values, freedoms, and folkways.  Many of these hold mutually-exclusive ideals.  Many hate one another.But, be certain that they hate us more.  Their hatred coalesces this unlikely alliance of LGBTQ+ activists, Islamist Fundamentalists, Feminists, Transnormatives, Academic Deconstructivists, Western Communists, Globalist Plutocrats, Chinese Communists, Anarchists, De-Christianizers, Christian Liberation Theologians, Woke Social Justice Warriors, Anti-White Racists, Hollywood Propagandists, Climate Alarmists, Teachers' Unions, and Legacy Media Moguls.They want to destroy the Judeo-Christian West, with our many denominations, liberal democracy, human rights, freedoms of speech, liberty of conscience, free market, armed citizens, traditional gender roles, national identities, Constitutions, inspirational myths, and insistence on the sanctity of human life.Our enemies are not interested in negotiating a live-and-let-live peace between us.  Their aim is not lassiez-faire mutual toleration with a genuine diversity of peaceably coexisting faiths.  Despite their babble of mutually-exclusive utopias, they are each in their own way religious zealots whose fervor will usher in our Apocalypse.These Millenarians see our world as irredeemably evil.  They see the growing peace, prosperity, freedom, and population ushered in by the post-1945 Pax Americana as the Devil's work.This world will be cleansed by the holy fire of their convictions.  After our society is burned to ash, their proverbial Thousand Years of Peace will be all that remains.  For their New Jerusalem to be born, the West must die.In service to such a purpose, any means are justified.  Our domestic and foreign enemies will enthusiastically lie, cheat, steal, seduce, deceive, imprison, and murder without shame or restraint.  Only their monomaniacal unscrupulousness can forge true Paradise-on-Earth.  Nothing must stand in their way.This is why grown men are cheered when they dress as transvestites and shake their privates in the faces of children.  This is why free expression must be called misinformation, so that only their message can be heard.  This is why our own wealthiest citizens are using their influence to destroy the very way of life that brought them success.  This is why our security agencies have been unleashed against us as a Gestapo.  This is why our culture is deteriorating in decadence.  This is why our schools ardently steal hope and truth from innocents.  This is why,... all of it!We must answer their fanaticism with courage, their lies with truth, their vanity with humility, their zealotry with mercy, their subjectivity with objectivity, their willfulness with faith, their excesses with restraint, their anxiety with trust, and their unscrupulousness with integrity.  We must answer their hatred with God's love.***In Maine and then Idaho, Ralph K. Ginorio has taught the history of Western Civilization to High School students for nearly a quarter century.  He is an “out-of-the-closet” Conservative educator with experience in Special Education, Public Schools, and Charter Schools, Grades 6-12.  He has lived in Coeur d'Alene since 2014.Would you like to share your thoughts with Ralph?  Please email your comments to hello@idahospeaks.com or post your comments on @IdahoSpeaks on Facebook.Idaho Speaks is a listener supported production.  Please visit idahospeaks.com/support to learn more.Do you have something so say?  Interested in learning more about publishing on the Idaho Speaks Network?  Our nation was built on ideas and your idea could be the next political advancement for Idaho.  Call Ed at (208) 209-7170 or email hello@idahospeaks.com to start the conversation.

Elon Musk was invited to Dave Chappelle's comedy show, where the audience greeted him with boos and videos of this have been circulating social media ever since. We look at what people on Twitter have been saying.Image source: Shutterstock

Nick and Dave talk about everything in the title as well as a woman who won the lottery twice, and expired health cards.  Follow us!  Twitter:  @Nick_Beaton and @DaverBurke and @weekinoutrage   Instagram: @NickBeatonComedy and @DaverBurke and @weekinoutrage

Hello Shot Callers and everyone else listening. Today's podcast is actually a Solocast!  I take you on a slightly "random walk" from relaying some science around NOT always having a plan B, meandering into Stoic & Epicurean philosophy; unravelling the quote that nations start STOIC and die EPICUREAN(with context of course), continue on with the backstory of Nick Hanauer and his pitchfork/middle out economics theory; strongly advocating for a thriving middle class and END on my passionate new private membership: THE WEALTH PACK! This is only 30 minutes long and will give you both a nice historical brief on topics that are of VITAL importance to those nations-especially America- who value democracy and economic prosperity.  This isn't rhetoric, this is economics. Any thriving, successful nation since the beginning has had one critical element; A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS!  Ignore this at your peril. How many extra haircuts can a billionaire get? How many more meals can a billionaire eat?  How many refridgerators are billionaires buying?  Quote from Nick Hanauer, "The US made plutocrats, not the other way around.  A thriving middle class is the source of prosperity in capitalistic economies NOT a consequence of it."  Nick's Ted Talk can be found here. His Pitchfork Economics podcast here. How backup plans can harm goal pursuit: The unexpected downside of being prepared for failure. Epicurus Stoicism Will Durant quote Thank you for listening to this podcast.  It is my singular goal to exponentially increase female financial wealth and thus improve the well-being of the planet.  I WANT MORE FEMALE PLUTOCRATS! (around the world)  Plutocrat: a person whose power derives from their wealth. What is the Wealth Pack and why should you join? The Wealth Pack wants women to thrive in all aspects of their life and recognizes that we can't focus on all the big buckets of life in a vacuum.  Strong mental health is necessary to tackle the other issues of your life.  Strong financial health helps you to stick to your values and live your dreams.  Strong physical help allows you to participate in an active life.  Strong planetary health means we all thrive!  I am building a platform & community that will help you thrive;  It is a dynamic source for financial literacy & news as well as a support system for redefining and building wealth; inclusive of mental, physical and planetary well-being. Mind, body, wallet and planet are the top priorities. My goal is to reach 50,000 women in the next year. It is radical and it is achievable.  I believe that what I am building will be revolutionary for women but also for the world.  I believe we can find a more harmonious middle way.  But, we need more women PLUTOCRATS!  We need you to not just build wealth but to utilize your existing wealth in a way that will actually ensure our legacy is able to be enjoyed by our loved ones. *************************** Please rate and leave me feedback.  It is so important that I serve you well in building a wealthy life! You might also impact someone else's wealthy life if you share this podcast with them; especially a mother, daughter, sister, friend, neighbour.... You can also find me on : The Wealth Alchemist_LinkedIn The Wealth Alchemist Website The Wealth PACK private membership  .  .  . 

This week Scott and Frank talk about YouTube Tales, Star Dust Dissension, Sustainable Tesla Toys, Pluto Plutocrats, Airbus Jumbo Juice, Double Dolphin Lasers and Old Timey Heat Shields ...among other things...in their continued hope that Humanity Might Make It. Humanity Might Make it is a fun and easy-going podcast created by two lifelong friends, Scott and Frank. Talking about all things under the sun...and trying to work out each week if humanity will make it...or not. They try to take the positive approach and really want to believe that...Humanity Might Make It!! Send questions, answers, reasons humanity might make it, and all other whatevs to Scott & Frank's super high-tech email below. humanitymightmakeit@gmail.com https://humanitymightmakeit.simplecast.com/ https://www.coombas.com/

Support The Maple by subscribing to our daily newsletter for as little as $7 per month.A read out of one our favourite recent articles titled 'Poverty Wage Plutocrats: A Guide to Canada's Grocery Chain Oligarchs,' by Mitchell Thompson. The article was read out by The Maple's managing editor, Alex Cosh.Read the original article here. Follow Mitchell on Twitter here. Let us know what you think of this episode format by emailing us: hello@readthemaple.com.Sound design by Sophia Sanford www.sanfordsanford.com; @_sanfordsanford.Music credit: "Fluidity," by tobylane.

Fighting back against the Plutocrats.   With Russia in the news lately, a lot has been said about the power wielded by that country's plutocrats. This week, we look back at the overwhelming influence a few wealthy billionaires have over the American government—and at the ways Americans are ready to fight back. Sheila Simon Former Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Sheila Simon explains how her state was taken over by a Republican governor operating not on ideology but on helping his business buddies make more money. Stanley Greenberg Progressive Democrats are not only fighting to get Donald Trump out of the White House,  but for a new alignment of politics in America that will realize a progressive agenda on everything from jobs and immigration to health care and the climate. Jim Hightower   Is Your Job in the Robot Kill Path?   Hunters have come up with euphemisms to make what they do sound… well, less unpleasant. For example, animals aren't killed, they're “harvested.”   Corporate America is now adopting this verbal ploy, for CEOs urgently need to soften the image of their constant hunt for ways to kill jobs. Their urgency is that they're now pushing a huge new surge in cuts – this time targeting college-educated, white-collar professionals.   Barbara McQuade The Case Against Trump. with fmr US Attorney Barbara McQuade   Can Congress file charges against Trump? Will the Justice Department file charges against Trump? Can a former president even be charged with a crime or even if true, can Trump still just get away with it? To get the answers, Bill talks to Barbara McQuade, an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst. She is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.    If you'd like to hear the entire episode, visit BillPressPods.com.  

Who are the Russian oligarchs facing UK, US, and European sanctions as their country wages war in Ukraine, and just how lavish are their lifestyles? The Indo Daily finds out. Presenter: Siobhán Maguire. Guests: Richard Curran, Irish Independent and Sunday Independent columnist, and journalist Jason Corcoran.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recorded on Sunday, February 20, 2022. Other scripture cited: Genesis 3:1-7; 1 John 2:18-28.Support the show (https://www.eservicepayments.com/cgi-bin/Vanco_ver3.vps?appver3=wWsk24ZWJSTZKsGd1RMKlg0BDvsSG3VIWQCPJNNxD8upkiY7JlDavDsozUE7KG0nFx2NSo8LdUKGuGuF396vbSw-R2mhrvfe_HJOXvFcrh-XHubq5Z7ap5JVmPErc4ZeYHCKCZhESjGNQmZ5B-6dx0MW8b85t8s_s5fNKictIkY=&ver=3)

An interesting, if flawed, analysis of rich people, which I found particularly interesting because I am rich myself, and much richer than I was when I wrote this! (This article was first published October 30, 2018.) The written, original version of this article can be found here, or at https://theworthyhouse.com/2018/10/30/book-review-plutocrats-the-rise-of-the-new-global-super-rich-and-the-fall-of-everyone-else-chrystia-freeland/ We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site (https://www.theworthyhouse.com). You can also subscribe for email notifications. The Worthy House does not solicit donations or other support, or have ads. 

Included in this episode: 1. Column: What America's Plutocrats Today Should Learn From Past Generations 2. Brands Continue to Back Naomi Osaka, Showing an Evolution in How Sponsors Treat Athletes 3. As Germany Acknowledges Its Colonial-Era Genocide in Namibia, the Brutal Legacy of Diamond Mining Still Needs a Reckoning 4. With the Help of a World Full of iPhones, Apple's AirTags Have Already Outsmarted the Competition .

“Outrageous,” screeched the US Chamber of Commerce. “It doesn’t feel fair,” whimpered a top corporate executive. The wailing by those who run corporate America is not for the plight of the workaday families who’ve seen their incomes stagnate and even plummet to zero during the past months of the coronavirus pandemic. Rather, this chorus of woe comes from powerful plutocratic interests that have been enjoying windfall profits. Why? Because, they cry, that meanie in the White House, Joe Biden, intends to jack up their corporate tax rate. But wait didn’t Trump and the GOP Congress slash the corporate share of our nation’s upkeep nearly in half just four years ago, shifting the burden to the middle class and poor? Yes. And didn’t they promise that those cuts would create millions of new jobs? Yes, again – yet corporations got richer and working stiffs got shafted. Still, here they come again, howling that raising corporate taxes would crash the stock market. Well, the day Biden announced his plan, stock prices did fall… by less than 1 percent. The next day, they bounced right back, and they’re still booming. Moreover, those are crocodile tears the rich are shedding, for they know that – as Biden himself makes clear – his proposed uptick in their tax share “is not going to affect their standard of living at all. Not a little tiny bit.” They’ll still have their two or three big houses, private jets, and yachts. But, with them paying just a bit more toward the Common Good, our country will be able to reinvest in society’s physical and human infrastructure, making America stronger and fairer for all. That’s why there is broad and deep public majorities – even among Republicans – for Biden’s infrastructure plan and the taxes to pay for it. For more information go to AmericansForTaxFairness.org.

Free market advocates long ago figured out that the monied classes of bankers and Wall Street operatives were exploiting the "little people" to prop up the fortunes of what is now the billionaire class. The scam is alive and well today. Original Article: "The Plutocrats of Wall Street and Silicon Valley Are Scamming America" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

Free market advocates long ago figured out that the monied classes of bankers and Wall Street operatives were exploiting the "little people" to prop up the fortunes of what is now the billionaire class. The scam is alive and well today. Original Article: "The Plutocrats of Wall Street and Silicon Valley Are Scamming America" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Michael Stack.

Some people blame our climate woes on capitalism, and I agree. But capitalism means different things to different people. It think it's more helpful to characterize our politico-economic system as a plutocracy, the rule of the rich. It's the golden rule. Whoever has the gold makes the rules. This is, of course, just the opposite of democracy, equality and freedom.

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The Republican Party runs populist culturally conservative campaigns, but its policymaking mainly benefits the already well-off. In a time of rising economic inequality, how do they get away with that? Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson find that Republicans have to ramp up the outrage stoking due to their lack of broad policy appeals. The Republican Party's economic positioning is internationally extreme and threatens to undermine US democracy. In this conversational edition, we assess plutocratic populism and its consequences.

Matt Stoller talks to Eamon about last week's appearance at the US Congress Anti-Trust Committee by Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook CEOs. Matt Stoller is the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and a visiting lecturer in the Department of History at Columbia University. He writes a free email newsletter Big, and his book, Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly, Power and Democracy, is published by Simon & Schuster. The Stand is proudly sponsored by Tesco.

Jared Yates Sexton is a writer whose political writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, and elsewhere. He is the author of three collections of fiction and a crime novel. Currently he serves as an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia Southern University. His new book is American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World But Failed Its People. Sexton reflects on his childhood and life in Trumplandia and the power that Trump's cult holds over so many white right-wing so-called “Christians” – and why Trump's foot soldiers will do anything for the Great Leader including dying of the coronavirus. Sexton also warns that crisis is an opportunity and that Donald Trump and his regime are likely going to use the coronavirus pandemic to cancel the 2020 election and remain in power indefinitely. Chauncey and Jared also reflect on what it means to be working class in a moment of economic disaster and precarity and how that upbringing prepared them early on for the horrors of the Trump regime. Chauncey explains how the Trump regime and its consigliere enforcer William Barr is now publicly plotting to use the coronavirus crisis to suspend the Constitution, enforce martial law, and to put Americans in prison and jail indefinitely and without trial. Chauncey also shares how white supremacist terrorists are trying to use the coronavirus as a biological weapon to kill nonwhites, Jews, Muslims, and other groups and individuals deemed to be the enemy. And Chauncey shares some wisdom about how to move from fearmongering in a moment of disaster and terror to living a life of “caremongering” and being a true hope warrior. SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW A Journal of the Plague Year Federal law enforcement document reveals white supremacists discussed using coronavirus as a bioweapon DOJ seeks new emergency powers amid coronavirus pandemic Bandy Lee: Trump is spreading a "mental health pandemic" that's making coronavirus worse The Executive Unbound, Pandemic Edition Coronavirus: Kind Canadians start 'caremongering' trend WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Chauncey DeVega Show: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow Please subscribe to and follow my new podcast The Truth Report https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-report-with-chauncey-devega/id1465522298 http://thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega.libsyn.com/ Music at the end of this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show is by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. You can listen to some of their great music on Spotify.

Yup, folks, this is a super focused episode because, hey, it's Super Tuesday eve or, umm, morning. I don't freakin' know, I live in Japan! Anyway, with Coronavirus striking down my classes for the month, well, I figured I ought to listen to some political podcasts, cut out some clips and offer some of my commentary on the big news leading into the biggest day of the primary season. We focus on Mayor Pete's decision to drop out and endorse Joe Biden because, well, because he's practice the politics of cynicism he once railed against! And then some other clips about why Bernie is the best candidate to beat Trump and why we need be wary of the media coverage tomorrow. And last, I basically copy Kyle Kulinski and do some predictions! Enjoy!

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Air Date: 11/15/2019 Today we take a look at the proposals from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders for a Wealth Tax and how those proposals run afoul of not just Republican Fats Cats but Democratic Fat Cats as well Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991   EPISODE SPONSORS: Bombas.com/BEST  |  Forecast Fest Podcast (Wherever you get your podcasts)  | Clean Choice Energy SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK  MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) *No Topics Poll this week, but we just want to say THANK YOU to all of our Patrons, both old and new! This show is simply not possible without your support! We're incredibly grateful.* SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: A Wealth Tax For American Progress - Jim Hightower - Air Date 10-24-19 The rich are different from us, but their psyches are fragile. Ch. 2: Wealth Tax with Michael Linden - Off-Kilter with Rebecca Vallas - Air Date 10-4-19 Rebecca and Michael discuss how a wealth tax would be a great start to reducing inequality and building a thriving economy, Ch. 3: Bernies Wealth Tax Causing Existential Dread At Fox - The Majority Report with Sam Seder - Air Date 9-28-19 Sam discusses the media propping up billionaires as the oppressed in light of Bernie's plan for a wealth tax. Ch. 4: Elizabeth Warren Has Democrats Shaking - The Young Turks - Air Date 10-10-19 Cenk, Hasan and Brett discuss Elizabeth Warrens plans to make corporations accountable to the American public. Ch. 5: Warren, Sanders and Big Donors with Jeet Heer - Start Making Sense - Air Date 10-30-19 Jeet and Bob discuss Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Ch. 6: Are Democratic Donors Really Looking Elsewhere with Zach Montellaro - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 10-24-19 Brian chats with Zack about the top 2020 candidates and who big donors are supporting. Ch. 7: Winners Take All with Anand Giridharadas - Strange Days with Fernand Amandi - Air Date 9-26-19 Fernand and Anand discuss the role of corporate billionaire philanthropy in maintaining power structures. Ch. 8: Wall Street Democrats Show Their True Colors - The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow - Air Date 10-1-19 RJ discusses the difference between Warren and Bernie, but Wall Street hates them all the same. FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 9: Final comments on seasonal depression MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Banjo - Grey River Turning to You - Landsman Duets Swapping Tubes - Studio J Curio - Vacant Distillery The Rampart - Castle Danger Line Etching - Marble Run Peacoat - Studio J Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | Alexa Devices | +more Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!

It is a trick. Call ideas by Progressives Left Wing and what immediately occurs is you put them in a box. It is a calculated fraud imposed by the Plutocrats.

Join us Tuesday, October 15th for the new live monthly EA Class for Associates only: "The Chronological Aspects of Life - Part 2" Purchase at least one segment of EA Course materials and Save 25% through the end of this month. MediaMonk will send out your personal email registration for this live, interactive 2-hour webinar. Pluto in dutiful Capricorn joins Saturn going direct now at the time of the fall equinox. This one-two punch is emphasizing all the Capricorn themes we have been talking about with the nodal axis in Capricorn-Cancer. Vulnerabilities are being exposed in our various political and economic systems. Are you operating in a mode of self responsibility? Wealth inequality has seen CEO pay outpace worker pay at dizzying levels. Plutocrats literally act and negotiate as if they are above the law. The inner planets in Libra square the nodal axis demand more morality, compassion and contributions to the larger whole. It is now time for retribution, fairness and balance. Re-negotiate with teachers, parents, colleagues and bosses from a place of impartiality and justice for best results right now. Chiron in Aries opposes the new moon sowing seed thoughts of our new and evolving healthcare system. Mercury will enter Scorpio October 3rd and remain there during its retrograde period and until December 9th. Our B.S. meter is on high alert throughout this fall season. The same worn out rationalizations and excuses are useless. Reciprocity and consensus building yield the best results when discussing resources, assets, and money. Finally, This New Moon in Libra quote from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks sums this energy up rather nicely: "Power works by division, influence by multiplication. Power, in other words, is a zero sum game: The more you share the less you have. Influence is a non zero game: the more you share, the more you have." Get your EA Course materials before September 30th, Save 25%, and share the influence!

Join us Tuesday, October 15th for the new live monthly EA Class for Associates only: "The Chronological Aspects of Life - Part 2" Purchase at least one segment of EA Course materials and Save 25% through the end of this month. MediaMonk will send out your personal email registration for this live, interactive 2-hour webinar. Pluto in dutiful Capricorn joins Saturn going direct now at the time of the fall equinox. This one-two punch is emphasizing all the Capricorn themes we have been talking about with the nodal axis in Capricorn-Cancer. Vulnerabilities are being exposed in our various political and economic systems. Are you operating in a mode of self responsibility? Wealth inequality has seen CEO pay outpace worker pay at dizzying levels. Plutocrats literally act and negotiate as if they are above the law. The inner planets in Libra square the nodal axis demand more morality, compassion and contributions to the larger whole. It is now time for retribution, fairness and balance. Re-negotiate with teachers, parents, colleagues and bosses from a place of impartiality and justice for best results right now. Chiron in Aries opposes the new moon sowing seed thoughts of our new and evolving healthcare system. Mercury will enter Scorpio October 3rd and remain there during its retrograde period and until December 9th. Our B.S. meter is on high alert throughout this fall season. The same worn out rationalizations and excuses are useless. Reciprocity and consensus building yield the best results when discussing resources, assets, and money. Finally, This New Moon in Libra quote from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks sums this energy up rather nicely: "Power works by division, influence by multiplication. Power, in other words, is a zero sum game: The more you share the less you have. Influence is a non zero game: the more you share, the more you have." Get your EA Course materials before September 30th, Save 25%, and share the influence!

Join us Tuesday, October 15th for the new live monthly EA Class for Associates only: "The Chronological Aspects of Life - Part 2" Purchase at least one segment of EA Course materials and Save 25% through the end of this month. MediaMonk will send out your personal email registration for this live, interactive 2-hour webinar. Pluto in dutiful Capricorn joins Saturn going direct now at the time of the fall equinox. This one-two punch is emphasizing all the Capricorn themes we have been talking about with the nodal axis in Capricorn-Cancer. Vulnerabilities are being exposed in our various political and economic systems. Are you operating in a mode of self responsibility? Wealth inequality has seen CEO pay outpace worker pay at dizzying levels. Plutocrats literally act and negotiate as if they are above the law. The inner planets in Libra square the nodal axis demand more morality, compassion and contributions to the larger whole. It is now time for retribution, fairness and balance. Re-negotiate with teachers, parents, colleagues and bosses from a place of impartiality and justice for best results right now. Chiron in Aries opposes the new moon sowing seed thoughts of our new and evolving healthcare system. Mercury will enter Scorpio October 3rd and remain there during its retrograde period and until December 9th. Our B.S. meter is on high alert throughout this fall season. The same worn out rationalizations and excuses are useless. Reciprocity and consensus building yield the best results when discussing resources, assets, and money. Finally, This New Moon in Libra quote from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks sums this energy up rather nicely: "Power works by division, influence by multiplication. Power, in other words, is a zero sum game: The more you share the less you have. Influence is a non zero game: the more you share, the more you have." Get your EA Course materials before September 30th, Save 25%, and share the influence!

In the pilot episode of Battle Rhythm Podcast, Steve and Stef introduce themselves and explain the purpose and format of the podcast. They discuss the end of Canada's peacekeeping mission in Mali and the appointment of Canada's first ambassador for Women, Peace and Security. In our Emerging Scholar segment, Stef speaks with James Anderson, a US Air Force intelligence officer and Fulbright Scholar on US-Canada security relations. Steve shares some of his thoughts on millennials in the debut of 'Steve's Peeves.' The feature interview guest is Dr. Dan Drezner, Professor of International Politics at Tufts University and Washington Post Columnist who offers his perspective on the frayed state of the liberal international order. Battle Rhythm is part of the CGAI Podcast Network, © 2019, all rights reserved. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: - Stéfanie von Hlatky: Associate Professor of political studies at Queen's University and the former Director of the Queen's Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP). Her research focuses on NATO, armed forces, military interventions, and defence policy. - Stephen M. Saideman: Paterson Chair in International Affairs, as well as Director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network – Réseau Canadien Sur La Défense et la Sécurité, and Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University. - Dr. Daniel Drezner, Professor of International Politics at Tufts University and Washington Post Columnist. - James Anderson, a US Air Force intelligence officer and Fulbright Scholar. MA student at Queens University. Related Links: - CDSN-RCDS (https://www.cdsn-rcds.com/) - "The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas" by Daniel Drezner (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ideas-industry-9780190264604?cc=ca&lang=en&) Recording Date: June 25th, 2019

Democrats and many Progressives bend themselves into knots trying to find a way to project their values to line up with some mythical center and in the process hypocritically screw most of us.

I think it is well-meaning insanity by some but an outright calculation by the Plutocracy to manufacture a near clear path for Joe Biden and it must be resisted.

Elizabeth Warren is going bold as centrists like Klobuchar risk ensuring Americans see no reason to change to an economic path of timidity. Trump is at least giving the semblance of fighting for the middle-class & poor.

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In Political Mind Games, psychologist Roy Eidelson presents a unique and illuminating framework for understanding and combating the manipulative ploys of the 1%. He explains exactly how the rich and powerful mislead the American people--about what's happening, what's right, and what's possible

Chrystia Freeland, author of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize-winning book “Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

This week on Let Your Voice Be Heard! Radio, Stanley Fritz, Ilyssa Fuchs, and Jaqi Cohen discussed the latest revelations and allegations of sexual assault charged against politicians and celebrities. Later the team dissected the Republican tax reform proposal and how it will impact average Americans. Lastly, during “The Quickie,” Ilyssa explained how President Trump and Republicans are attempting to pack federal courts with unqualified right-wing judges.

Alice Fraser joins Andy in London this week. As usual, they talk about Vegan Goats, Hotdog Eating Contests, Nuking Alaska and the Man shortage. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the Lawfare Podcast brings you Jack Goldsmith's interview with Dan Drezner at the Hoover Book Soirée about Drezner's new book, The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas.  The conversation covers how polarization, inequality, and mistrust are changing the way ideas influence policy and public opinion.

The Hoover Institution hosted "The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas" on Thursday, June 15, 2017 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm EST. The Hoover Institution's National Security, Technology and Law Working Group, along with Hoover's Washington, DC office, invite you to a discussion of The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas. Jack Goldsmith, working group co-chair and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, will interview author Daniel Drezner about how political polarization, heightened inequality, and eroding trust in authority have ushered in the change. A limited quantity of complimentary copies of the book will be provided to attendees. (Playing time: 43:47)

The Hoover Institution hosted "The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas" on Thursday, June 15, 2017 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm EST. The Hoover Institution's National Security, Technology and Law Working Group, along with Hoover's Washington, DC office, invite you to a discussion of The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas. Jack Goldsmith, working group co-chair and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, will interview author Daniel Drezner about how political polarization, heightened inequality, and eroding trust in authority have ushered in the change. A limited quantity of complimentary copies of the book will be provided to attendees.

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard talks with ECFR's research director, Jeremy Shapiro and Asia & China experts Angela Stanzel and François Godement about Trump's Asia policy and the EU's response to it. The podcast was recorded on 13th April 2017. Bookshelf: Bobo Lo, A Wary Embrace Daniel Drezner, The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here Dale C. Copeland, Economic Interdependence and War Picture: Brigette Supernova/ The Daily Beast

Trump’s cabinet picks deserve A Closer Look.

In response to the growing influence of money in politics in recent elections, the Brennan Center hosted a workshop to discuss Professor Rick Hasen’s most recent contribution to the debate – his new book Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections. He was joined by several other leading academics in the field.

Francis Fukuyama, Walter Russell Mead, Tyler Cowen, Adam Garfinkle, Nils Gilman, Kurt Volker, Jeffrey Winters and Charles Davidson on liberalism in 2016.

Francis Fukuyama, Walter Russell Mead, Tyler Cowen, Adam Garfinkle, Nils Gilman, Kurt Volker, Jeffrey Winters and Charles Davidson on liberalism in 2016.

Inspired by the People's Climate Change March in September 2014, Doctress Neutopia has written and recorded an epic poem about the fate of Gaia, the planet Earth. Not only does she list the cascading problems that our species must address, her poem gives a solution, build a network of arcologies: ecological cities to protect and advance the human species and other living things on Earth. 

The late, great comic George Carlin did a 3-min./12-sec. comedy skit a few years back. It basically encapsulated the entire thrust of what the Occupy Wall Street movement was all about. Only a handful of people actually have a say in the affairs of our country and that is because they own literally everything ---> land, buildings, corporations, banks AND most importantly, the AIR WAVES! They therefore OWN all of the rest of us.  They have us by the BALLS! They tell us what to think, how to react, what to focus on or not. The 1% know full well that, for the most part, MOST of us will do as we're told and not bother thinking about any BIG PICTURE.  They know full well that, for the most part, we are too bogged down with our own respective daily dramas - like survival - and that we will never mount any real concerted threat directed at their monopoly of power. We, in effect, play the part of the victim all too well.  We allow the mighty plutocratic machine to ram us up the arse continuously and relentlessly with the Red, White & Blue Shaft.  And, we don't really work up much of a lather to offer up a real objection or complaint.  We can only muster up a tinny whine and just continue to muddle along. Having lost so many hard fought rights and privileges over the last 30-35 years the Plutocrats are now going after our Social Security & Carlin suggests that they will get that as well. He closes his skit with a complete refutation of the so-called AMERICAN DREAM.  He intones:  "It's A Dream, Because You Have To Be ASLEEP TO BELIEVE IT! Worker Bees Of The World Throw Off Your Blinders.  You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Own MYOPIA.   NightRider/RoughRider  

Edition #657 Maybe if we ask the plutocrats nicely Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith  Ch. 2: Act 1: Burn Your Money! ...Or Maybe Just Put It Away - Lee Camp - Air Date: 09-24-12 Ch. 3: Song 1: Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong Ch. 4: Act 2: How the 47 Percent Are Taxed Even More Than Mitt Romney - Majority Report - Air Date: 10-16-12 Ch. 5: Song 2: Comin' back for more - Robert Crew Ch. 6: Act 3: Romney's 12 Million Jobs - Real Math Breakdown - The Young Turks - Air Date: 10-23-12 Ch. 7: Song 3: That's what's wrong - Good Old War Ch. 8: Act 4: American Robot's Job Outsourced To Overseas Robot - The Onion Ch. 9: Song 4: Mr. Roboto - Styx Ch. 10: Act 5: Fact Checking Moderators - CounterSpin - Air Date 10-19-12 Ch. 11: Song 5: Tom Brokaw Blues - Jonas Friddle Ch. 12: Act 6: The rich may help but only if the poor get hurt too - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 10-19-12 Ch. 13: Song 6: Razorwire - Chris Priest Ch. 14: Act 7: Plutocracy rising - Moyers and Company - Air Date: 10-19-12 Ch. 15: Song 7: Remains - Matt Pond PA Ch. 16: Act 8: Teachers vs Kids In Alabama - Howdyland.com Ch. 17: Song 8: Selfish - This Providence Ch. 18: Act 9: Ben Stein Scared on Fox News: Rich People Should Pay More Taxes - David Pakman - Air Date: 10-23-12 Ch. 19: Song 9: You spin me right round - Dead or Alive Ch. 20: Act 10: Shocker! Study Proves Cutting Taxes on Wealthy Does NOT Create Jobs - Majority Report - Air Date: 10-24-12 Ch. 21: Song 10: She blinded me with science - Thomas Dolby Ch. 22: Act 11: I Went To The Cayman Islands To Expose The Truth About Romney's Tax Shelters - Lee Camp - Air Date: 10-15-12 Ch. 23: Song 11: The traitor - Sea Wolf Ch. 24: Act 12: Walmart Workers Strike for First Time - Young Turks - Air Date: 10-11-12 Vote for us for a Stitcher Award! stitcher.com/stitcherawards PodcastAwards.com Voicemails: Ch. 25: Binders from a male privilege perspective - John Ch. 26: Thoughts on binders full of women - Anonymous Leave a message at 206-202-3410 Voicemail Music:  Loud Pipes - Ratatat Ch. 27: Final comments on the insufficient comedy on 'binders', 350.org's Do the Math tour, Vote for BotL for awards! Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes!

Mike talks with Dr. Daniel Drezner, a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Dr. Drezner is the author of multiple books, including Theories of International Politics and Zombies, The System Worked: How The World Stopped Another Great Depression, and most recently, The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas. In this interview, Mike and Dr. Drezner discuss public intellectuals, thought leaders, TED Talks, self-promoting academics, why economists are more popular than political scientists, 'Trump vs. The Blob', North Korea, and lots more! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy