Investigative journalist and avid tweeter, Ken Klippenstein joins Pallavi to deep dive on his journalistic process, his dad’s scientific process, and our return to the roaring 20s. They talk about the fallout from FTX, the Supreme Court case challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act, and the status of student debt relief. Plus, they play a couple trivia games!

Mutual Aid Babe of the Week: NDN Collective

Resources: Ken’s Substack

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Pallavi catches up on the US midterm elections, the gigantic mess Elon’s made of Twitter, some international human rights news and more! She also gives a special shout-out to our favorite Batman and a thank you to the City Counsel patrons.

Mutual Aid Babe of the Week: Echo Park Trash Club

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Pallavi is joined by stand-up comedian and writer Andrea More to talk about the community fridge program, the attack on Paul Pelosi, Elon Musk’s continued reign as a super chill dude, affirmative action, Brazil’s election, and more! Don’t forget to vote in the midterms! Ballots are due on or by November 8th!

Mutual Aid Babe of the Week: LA Community Fridge Program

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Pallavi is on her own today discussing updates on previous stories including the LA City Council mess, Kanye’s anti-semitism, and Fiona Apple’s experience as a court watcher! There are some Starbucks union updates and Pallavi speaks her mind on the new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. She also goes through the ballot for the November 8th election with progressive picks, so bring your ballot along as you listen!

Mutual Aid Babe of the Week: Jewish Voice for Peace

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Pallavi is joined by comedian and writer Mohanad Elshieky (Twitter, Instagram) as they record in the Big Apple! They discuss the latest updates on the LA City Council corruption and resignation scandal, Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi, Kanye’s latest rants and the BTS army, in all senses of the word.

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Comedy producer and mutual aid organizer Erik Abriss joins the pod to talk about the protests in Iran, Kanye, Navy Seals, the sh!tshow that is what’s happening with the LA City Council and more. Erik schools us on City Council corruption history and we play a trivia game!

Mutual Aid Babe of the Week: Center for Human Rights in Iran

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Pallavi and Ellory speak with comedian and writer Adam Conover (of Adam Ruins Everything and the G Word) about big G Government, small g government, public transportation, and the shining city of Los Angeles. We also hit the major headlines, and some fun stuff with trivia up top, and close on an announcement of epic proportions. Also, please sign up to support our Patreon so we can keep this show going!

Mutual Aid Babe of the Week: Brigada Solidaria del Oeste.

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Headline trivia covers all the topline stuff like: hidden travel fees, the Capitol Hill Staffers Union, a certain unnamed HBO show, NyQuil Chicken (or tofu!). Then we dig past the headlines into the meat of the big stories this week: NY AG Letitia James’ civil suit against Trump & org, Brett Favre (and the state of Mississippi)’s welfare scandal, the LASD search warrant of oversight committee members homes, and the Johnson & Johnson bankruptcy scandal.

Mutual aid babe of the week: Taller Salud 

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On the docket this week: the Queen reincarnated as Trisha Paytas’ baby, the pending UPS strike, a bill from California to form a council to consider maybe a minimum wage hike for fast food workers, tropical storm Kay, and more!

Mutual Aid Babe of the Week: Teamsters Strike Fund 

Shout-outs inside the pod include: Dana Donnelly (@hottestdana), Christine Medrano (@chrissymeds), and Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls (@chris.smalls_)

This week we cover the Jackson Water Crisis, booster shots, and the never-ending Mar-a-Lago investigation. There are a bunch of stories surrounding the midterms, including: Sarah Palin’s Alaska loss, Dr. Oz, John Fetterman, and Biden’s speech in Philly.

Comedians Mia Jackson and Josh Gondelman were mentioned in today’s episode, be sure to check out Josh’s essay about his vacation in Metaverse.

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