Empathy Avengers Podcast

Mark Kerr joins the podcast to discuss how he has shifted his views, and doesn't recognize the Republican party anymore.  We discuss creative ways to get involved to fight for our democracy in this time of fascism.  

Resources discussed in this episode: 
Thom Hartmann article: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/transform-the-democratic-party
Dr. Hassan's website: https://freedomofmind.com/
No Kings Protests: https://www.nokings.org/

Heidi Siegmund Cuda joins us for an excellent discussion on what's going on in the United States, and how we can help when those in our lives waking up from their brainwashing.  

Heidi's Substack (Bette Dangerous): https://www.bettedangerous.com/ 
RADICALIZED Truth Survives Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/ 
Byline Times Articles: https://bylinetimes.com/author/heidicuda/

Zarina Zabrisky has been bravely reporting and writing from Ukraine for the past several years as a correspondent for Byline Times and Euromaidan Press. In her new feature documentary, 'Kherson, Human Safari', the tragic story of Ukraine's most dangerous city is told by its people. 

In this episode, Zarina shares stories of how the people of Kherson have been enduring their spirit and culture even with the continuing war.  Watch the film, and get inspired by the people of Kherson, and learn more from at Zarina's website:  http://www.zarinazabrisky.com/

Desia "Dee" Batiste joins the Empathy Avengers to discuss engagement and advocacy in our community and world.  She highlights what's been going on in her state and how Blue Tennessee is fighting back against the GOP Trifecta.

Learn what you can do to educate and engage civically in your community in these troubled times.

Read Dee: https://substack.com/ ⁨@advocacyarena⁩  
Listen to Dee: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2446382

IT Security experts Hi Fidelity and Normie Joe join us to discuss internet trolls and how to deal with them... 

What are Internet Trolls?  What is Doxxing and Swatting? Learn how and why trolls came to be and tips for how to best deal with them. 

Spoiler alert:  The Internet isn't real!

Find Hi Fidelity on the RADICALIZED: Truth Survives podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/radicalizedtruthsurvivespodcast

Veteran, Pilot, Counselor and Activist Eric Mosley joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of his thinking about our government and how we can best frame our thinking about the current state of our country. 
He provides several book recommendations:
'Strangers in Their Own Land' and 'Stolen Pride' by Arlie Hochschild; 'Money, Lies, and God' by Katherine Stewart; 'The Political Philosophy of James Madison' by Garrett Ward Sheldon; 'Killing Hope' by William Blum; 'School of the Americas' by Lesley Gill

The truth behind the right-wing media machine that changed a father—and divided the nation, and how we can fight back.  

Jen shares her highlights from her award-winning documentary and more recent book release about the struggle her family had when her dad became brainwashed buy right wing propaganda and how they got him out of it.  

https://www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com/

First episode of our new Empathy Avengers podcast! Alexa Casey, Psychologist joins us to discuss what empathy is and why it's so important to a robust society... 

Learn about Dark Empathy and how it is being weaponized to make us stop caring about each other. 

And take part in our first Empathy Challenge, #EmpathyIs and share what #EmpathyIs to you!  

Follow us on social media @empathyavengers or www.empathyavengers.com