Burn It Down

In this episode, Liv and I talk to writer, Robert Dean. Join us as he tells us about his politics, his quarantine life, how he started writing, the ups and downs of his exciting career, and the special he's releasing on September 1st, Functioning On Zero: Robert Dean Live From The Lost Well.

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Intro: Kimberly Guilfoyle's cocaine fueled speech. (Complete with N.Korea Propaganda Music)

Outro: Toonami: TOM's BLM Speech

Music: Testify By Nas, I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto by 2-Pac

In this episode, Liv and I talk to our friend, Jose Roxas! Join us as he regails us his family make up, his life during the pandemic, the Dunning-Kruger Effect and how it explains why so many people are dealing with this pandemic poorly, and much much more! Strap in, and be prepared to learn something, Burners!

Intro: Ed Markey Campaign Ad " What Can Our Country Do For Us?"

Outro: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez DNC Speech (What Should Have Been)

Music: "Testify" By Nas, "Mural" By Lupe Fiasco

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FINALLY! In this episode we bring back Luke Ziegler, as it's finally time for the proprietor of Kitka Soaps to get her shine! We talk to my co-host, Olivia Seaman. Join Us as we talk about Liv's childhood, her political journey, her autism diagnosis, her time spent in Europe and how it strengthened her love for the United States, and most importantly, how she came up with her daughter's name.

Intro: Maya Angelou - Still I Rise

Outro: Jay Hezekiah reads excerpt from Eugene Debs Canton, Ohio Speech

Music: "Testify" by Nas, "Everything is Everything" by Lauryn Hill

In this episode Liv and I interview my sister-in-law, Elizabeth Johnson. Join us as we discuss Liz's political awakeness, her background in education and what she thinks about sending kids back to school during the pandemic, the Storm Troopers in her home state of Oregon, and much more!

Intro: MLK - I've Been To The Mountaintop.

Outro: Wall Of Moms Protester

Music: Testify, by Nas, Cops Shot The Kid, by Nas

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This was a LOOOONG time coming! In this episode we interview Luke Ziegler, our dear friend and comrade. Join us as Luke talks about the death of Michael Brooks, the Defund/Abolish the Police meeting they attended, buckets of food for some reason, and listen to the end to hear them awkwardly respond to my admission of passionate love and admiration of them. (Sorry Luke lol)

Intro: RIP Michael Brooks

Outro: Ana Kasparian - Lesson From Michael Brooks, "Be brutal to institutions, but be kind to individuals'"

Music: Testify By Nas, Kill Your Masters By Run The Jewels

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In this Episode Liv and I talk to couple, Zoe and Alysha! Join us as we discuss coming out as gay, supporting gay rights, 90s kids television for some reason, and getting racist fuckers fired from their jobs. 

Intro: John Lewis - Gay Rights are human rights.

Outro: John Lewis - Famous Washington March Speech

Music: Testify By Nas, Confess by Logic Ft. Killer Mike

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Liv and I talk to Steven Soltysik, brother of the late Mimi Soltysik, the 2016 American Socialist Party candidate for President. Join us as we talk the politics of the day, and how Steven reached his socialist identity, how moving away from rural Pennsylvania to Los Angeles changed him, and we also briefly talk about the recent passing of his brother, and what we must do to take the socialist/leftist movement forward!

Intro: Kwame Ture - Judging Socialism

Outro: Kwame Ture - The Organization of the Masses

Music: Testify By Nas, Freedom By Pharrell Williams

In this episode Liv and I talk to newly formed Leftist, Abby Deardorff, a working mother of three who still finds the time to be a community activist. Join us as she shares with us her journey to the Left, her exodus from her Catholic upbringing, and her activism in the form of the BLM movement and the #FireJoeGale movement.

Intro: Lols @ Abby's condom story

Outro: Malcom X: White Liberals

Music: Testify by Nas, Black America Again by Common

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Prepare to learn something! In this episode Liv and I talk to the smartest person I know, my cousin, Professor Kim Pearson. She shares with us her experience and gives us a brief history of her family and how she made it to Princeton University, which, as she says, she made it by opportunity, not because she was special. We also get into various other topics that Kim's experience and brilliance can explain much better than this summary can do justice, so listen in, grab a pen and pad, and experience a free college lecture on the Burn It Down Podcast!

Intro: Rev. Dr. William Barber II

Outro: Fred Hampton

Music: Testify by Nas, The Food by Common Ft. Kanye West (Pre-Red Hat)

Liv and I interview April Dragas as she shares with us her upbringing, the abuse she suffered and the enabling of such abuse. She also shares her political ideology and how she thinks about the American system, things get spicy! 

Intro: Frederick Douglas' Forth of July Speech, Read By James Earl Jones

Outro: Fred Hampton "Fight Fire With Water"

Music: Testify by Nas, This Is America by Childish Gambino