Current Affairs

#20: Voicemailbag IV

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Every fifth episode, we like to open up the phone lines and take callers. Join us as we answer questions about: science, Beto, doctors, reverse racism and Douglas Adams!

Our panel:

  • Briahna Joy Gray, contributing editor
  • Sparky Abraham, finance editor
  • Vanessa A. Bee, social media editor
  • Lyta Gold, amusements editor
  • Nathan J. Robinson, editor-in-chief
  • Pete Davis, host

    • Miscellaneous items

    • Douglas Adams's cookie story
    • Einstein's article on socialism
    • Chomsky's on the responsibility of intellectuals
    • Nathan on how rights don't mean slavery
    • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw's essay that coined the phrase "intersectionality"

      • Corrections

      • Vanessa said she likes "Vice" — she meant "Veep"

        • This episode was edited by Dan Thorn at Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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