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Lee Camp and Eleanor Goldfield discuss major divestment victories - making it one of the most successful protest tactics. In Florida, schools are now teaching that man lived with dinosaurs - and you thought US textbooks couldn't get any worse. Finally, are technological advancements inevitably used for surveillance and imprisonment. Does that corporate state always take control of amazing new developments in tech?

What does affirmative action have to do with Supreme Court cases and should we all feel guilty for not voting Dem in the last election?

A new study shows that for every 2 coal jobs, one person will die of pollution-related illnesses. Here's what a documentary on the dawn of humanity can show us about both evolution and devolution.

Finally, isms - the ideologies that keep us strictly separated and what we could gain from letting go and standing together on resolute - if not shaky - ground.

It used to be a joke that the military told Hollywood how to spin their war stories. But the DOD's so proud of their film careers, they bragged about it.

4th of July is this week - what are you celebrating (hint: nationalism and jingoist tribalism).

One man's trash...ends up in the ocean. The personal efforts to mitigate our waste and how they grow to local, national and global awareness and action.

DOD blog post: http://www.dodlive.mil/2018/02/28/how-why-the-defense-department-works-with-hollywood/

Be wary of who your government wants you to hate. Lee & Eleanor discuss neo-McCarthyism and the collective amnesia that keeps us falling into the same historic holes dug by the system in order to keep us hating, afraid and unaware.

On the bright side, lots of folks are woke - and they're getting in people's faces about it - and ruining their dinners on top of it.

Now is also a great time to divest from fossil fuels - not just in terms of ethics but also in terms of money.

You may be familiar with some of the horrifying stats and headlines from the immigration battle - but what's behind that? What's at the foundation of these human rights violations and at the core of our systemic policies?

And speaking of which - our system triggers the worst in human beings. Why - and how can we hack that system?

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Perspectives from the outcasts, the marginalized and the oppressed - why we need them to move forward and how to get them.

This is how many bombs we drop a day and how we're contributing to a horrific genocide in the Middle East.

You don't have to like Kim Kardashian but here's why you should hold your contempt.

This listener-suggested topic dives into the issues of living with less, scarcity and how super markets are killing us.

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The right to try new pharmaceuticals if you're terminally ill sounds like a good idea. The problem is that the latest legislation doesn't actually give patients any more access to those drugs.

And a 3.9% unemployment rate sounds too good to be true. Turns out, it absolutely is. Here are all the reasons why.

Finally, Lee discusses his previous encounters with Roseanne and the larger issue behind the racist tweet.

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When we talk about guns in the U.S., it's pretty much a binary conversation. And that's the problem. Lee and Eleanor discuss the nuances of gun culture - from community self defense and armed resistance the culture of capitalism and dethroned white men.

PLUS why our courts seek to penalize those setting a good example and a Swedish perspective on life.

Ever rationalized something you know is wrong? Not to worry - you're not alone. Lee and Eleanor talk psychology of the system and how to hack our brains for progress.

Next, the lesser of two evils argument is coming up again in the wake of the 2018 elections. Time to dive back into the duopoly.

And finally - you can't be immune to racism if you grew up in this system. We're all on the racist spectrum. So as white people especially - what can we do about it?

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Would it be a crazy idea to have politicians take empathy tests?

The personal attacks on Assange have cast a shadow over Wikileaks. Are we just shooting the messenger? Should we care about who Assange is as a person?

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is set to open on May 14th - just as Palestinians commemorate the "catastrophe" or Nakba of their displacement. Here's why the geography matters.

PLUS: $21 Trillion is missing, North Korea may soon see U.S. sanctions lifted.