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Colacast, presented by The Cola Corporation episodes
- FLYOVER: The "Politics Are Ruining Sports" Myth
People who complain that politics are ruining sports were oddly quiet in 2015 when John McCain and Jeff Flake released a report that detailed how the Department of Defense sponsored military pageants during NFL games and other sporting events. This episode dives into the hypocrisy.
21 min - From Pizzagate to Patricide in Six Easy Steps: David Neiwert on "Red Pill, Blue Pill"
David Neiwert has researched the U.S. far-right since the 1990s. In this episode, David talks to the Cola Corporation about his new book, "Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us."
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32 min - Is It OK to Bodyshame Bad Guys? Donald Trump's Rocky Backlash
When Donald Trump tweeted a Photoshopped image of his head on the body of Rocky Balboa, liberals responded by bodyshaming Trump for his actual, overweight physique. Is it OK to bodyshame bad guys?
Topics
*Parallels between the bodyshaming of Trump and the homophobia of mocking him and Putin as homosexual lovers*The gestural qualities of pro wrestling and politics*Bodyshaming in Roland Barthes' 1954 essay on pro wrestling, "In the Ring"*Andy Ngo as bodyshamed young man who became alt-right flunky and disinfo agent*Myths about overweight people, e.g., they are undisciplined or villainous*Body positivity42 min - "Civil War" Is Domestic Terrorism. Richard Spencer Is a Dick.
Derek and Joe talk:
*Their politics while growing up in Appalachia*
*Far-right fantasies of "civil war"**The audio file that Milo released of Richard Spencer's meltdown**Bonus: Joe says that all white people are racist*Music
*Sunstroke, "Richard Spencer," available here.*Guns Up!, "Least of My Worries," "How It's Done," available here.
Mission
*The Cola Corporation is committed to killing American myths, the coded stories that America's elite have programmed into us for centuries.*We attack with art, via the democratic medium of casual street clothing. *Learn more here.
1 hr 36 min
About Colacast, presented by The Cola Corporation
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A head-on collision between politics and apparel.