Dig on America

Happy Labor Day!! Actor and politician Bruno Amato joins the show. The Race Film was a genre of film produced in the United States between about 1915 and the early 1950s, consisting of films produced for black audiences, featuring black casts. Approximately five hundred race films were produced. Of these, fewer than one hundred remain. Because race films were produced outside the Hollywood system, and were largely forgotten by mainstream film historians until they resurfaced in the 1980s. In their day, race films were very popular among African American theatergoers. Their influence continues to be felt in cinema and television marketed to African Americans. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Race Films by DJ Spooky
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Once again we beat the Young Turks to the punch supporting progressives in races that matter.  Bruno Amato is a Navy veteran, a former union iron worker, and currently an actor, appearing in such films as Evan Almighty, Horrible Bosses, and TV shows such as Agents of SHIELD. He is running against GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy in Bakersfield's 23rd district.

The guys discuss the handouts going from our pockets to giant corporations via government subsidies by examining the recent history of corporate welfare after the 2008 financial crisis. We ask if corporate welfare is every a good thing and discuss how it may be implemented in the future.  We also review a Karen at a Steelers game getting her man knocked out.

DoA is joined by Jim from the Meaning Forge podcast, a self described moderate conservative Christian as we read the entirety of the Declaration of Independence, including a key deleted paragraph, and discuss interpretations of the founder's intent, their risks, their failures, and the impact we have today, as many of the barriers to freedom they fought against remain in certain communities even today.

This episode is the beginning of 08/18's show followed by the end of 08/11's show, and is essentially a bonus episode.  We discuss the bipartisan failure of the US involvement in Afghanistan and the botched withdrawal. We also talk about what to do with the refugees and the horrors they face.  We also discuss death and COVID in the second half, with a humidor thrown in for good measure. Our guest in the first half is Jim from Meaning Forge podcast, a moderate conservative Christian. 

We are joined by viral video star Shana B, and we discuss her epic resignation from Wal Mart over the intercom, this woman quit her job in dramatic fashion, cursing out her bosses and went viral on Tik Tok with over 47 million views. Then we dive in to the history of the term Karen and look at some of the more notable examples of the entitled, soccer mom Karen in the Wild, and Mikey shares his own tales of Karen in the retail environment.  Serial Karen tries to kill a dog, Karen has a hammer, Karen calls the cops and talks to your manager... Karen is everywhere!!

Actor and Filmmaker Kyle Hester and Pop Culture Review host Andrew Davis join to discuss some of the accusations of biases in pop culture and look at some historical examples.  We also discuss Nina Turner's loss in Ohio and the accusations of anti-Semitism, Scarlett Johannsen's lawsuit vs Disney+, and not shockingly, Ken and Karen get a pardon, then Ken (attorney Mark McCloskey) runs for Senate in Missouri as the GOP ramps up the culture wars.

We discuss how a public bank might work, how it works in North Dakota, and explore a timeline of banking history in the United States, and reasons why a public option might be a good call for disadvantaged communities and small businesses. Plus Dutch makes a confession and we play a game with our esteemed guest.  

Irish Swede joins the program in part one of a two part show, in this half we discuss the Olympics, we discuss some online interaction and have a little small talk.  Look for part two, which is on Public Banking options, in a day or two!

The guys of DoA discuss bias in the American media, the origins of Fox news and the social media echo chambers of today.  DoA is proudly brought to you by the Deep State. We discuss the history, examples of bias, and echo chambers on social media, and also touch on the Norwegian women's handball team controversy and discuss whether or not Trump will run again in 2024.