It’s Radio Dispatch Best of 2019 and we’re revisiting our interviews with Eli Valley and Melissa Gira Grant.



Eli Valley, via Twitter

 

00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 - It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
02:16 - Eli Valley on the weaponization of anti - Semitism against the Left
26:05 - Melissa Gira Grant on Decrim NY
59:15 - Credits, “Awakening” by Magic Sword
60:10 - Finish

Best of 2019: Eli Valley and Melissa Gira Grant

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"We spend the hour on Afghanistan, including the recent history, the occupation years, and the current context now that the Taliban has taken control of the entire country.

Photo courtesy of Sgt. Pete Thibodeau via Wikimedia Commons

00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:28 - We spend the hour on Afghanistan
59:13 - “01 June” Jane Migraine / Credits
60:36 - Finish
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The Taliban Take Afghanistan

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The investigation into Andrew Cuomo revealed a pattern of harassment, back to school panic as states hold onto their mask mandate bans, the AAP calls for the FDA to approve the vaccine for kids as pediatric Delta cases rise, and a tribute to a very special Scoocher.



Governor Cuomo
photo courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York via Wikimedia Commons






00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 - Alex Appreciation
13:42 - John on the Cuomo report and infrastructure bill
37:51 - Pediatricians push for a faster approval of the pediatric vaccines
56:46 - Credits, “haircut” by Amindi
57:56 - Finish
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Serial Harasser Cuomo

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The CDC released data on the Provincetown outbreak that has a lot of vaccinated people freaking out, and we break it down.



photo courtesy of Craig Currie via Photo News 247






00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 - The saga of the yellow shoe
20:35 - John on the January 6 hearings
51:05 - The CDC’s messaging mess up
58:55 - Credits, “We Disappeared” by Human Barbie
59:59 - Finish
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The CDC Rollercoaster

"The state of the left and the challenges ahead, and conservatives react to the Delta spike.


Chicago Sunrise Movement Rallies for a Green New Deal Chicago, Illinois
Photo courtesy of  Charles Edward Miller via Wikimedia Commons

00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:28 - Summer jams
15:00 - The challenges ahead
50:00 - Conservatives react to the Delta spike
59:45 - “Control” Molly Burch / Credits
60:52 - Finish
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The Huge Challenges Ahead

"The Delta variant takes hold in the US, and thoughts on Haiti and Cuba.




photo courtesy of US Secretary of Defense via Wikimedia Commons

00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:28 - Family Trip
10:00 - The delta variant
50:00 - Cuba and Haiti
58:20 - “Miles Away” The Zolas / Credits
59:55 - Finish
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Best of 2019: Eli Valley and Melissa Gira Grant

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