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A podcast about inequality with hosts Walker Bragman and Mark Colangelo. Full episodes are available to recurring donors to the OptOut Media Foundation. Subscribe at https://originals.optout.news/#/po... more
FAQs about Gilded Age:How many episodes does Gilded Age have?The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.
March 20, 2023Evan Greer on Net Neutrality & Online CensorshipMark and Walker talk to Evan Greer, director of the nonprofit advocacy group Fight for the Future, about online censorship, net neutrality, the battle against disinformation, and punk rock. Greer is a longtime digital privacy rights activist, writer, and musician based in Boston, Massachusetts.This full episode is free. Most Gilded Age episodes are available to OptOut Media Foundation donors. Support us here: https://originals.optout.news/#/portal/signupLearn about the OptOut independent media aggregation app: https://www.optout.newsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gildedagepodFight for the Future: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/Follow Evan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/evan_greerFollow Evan on Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@evangreer...more48minPlay
December 15, 2022PREVIEW: The Star Wars Holiday Special feat. Tom ScoccaAlex and Walker talk with Tom Scocca, the editor-in-chief of POPULA and former editor at Slate, Gawker, and Deadspin, about the new Star Wars series Andor. This "Star Wars for adults" show was surprisingly good, offering complex characters, an eerie look at the banality of evil behind the fascistic Empire, an exploration of class and exploitation, and a lot more.This is a preview of our full discussion. To unlock the full episode, become a recurring donor to the OptOut Media Foundation: https://originals.optout.news/#/portal/signup.Learn about the OptOut independent media aggregation app: https://www.optout.newsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gildedagepod...more7minPlay
November 18, 2022Rep. Ro Khanna on the Midterms, Ukraine, COVID, and TwitterU.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) joins the Gilded Boys to discuss the recent midterm elections, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia, COVID-19, and Elon Musk's destruction of Twitter. What are the key takeaways from the midterms? Has the Biden administration heeded Khanna's call to use diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine? Have Democrats done enough to protect us from COVID? And what's the best ownership scenario for Twitter? Khanna answers these and other questions.Most full episodes are for recurring donors to the OptOut Media Foundation, a nonprofit charity that publishes Gilded Age and runs an independent news aggregation app, OptOut news. We are offering this episode for free in full. For future full episodes, become a paid supporter of OptOut: https://originals.optout.news/#/portal/signup.Learn about the OptOut app: https://www.optout.news/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gildedagepod...more33minPlay
August 08, 2021Ep. 29: Dems Are Letting Democracy Die feat. David DaleyIs Democracy over in the U.S.? It sure might be.Alex and Walker talk with David Daley, the author of the national best-seller on partisan gerrymandering "Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count" and "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy," about how colossally f*cked we'll be when the GOP gerrymanders congressional and state legislative districts in the coming months.Congressional Democrats could stop this, but some senators and the president seem content to cede power to the anti-democratic GOP for the next decade or more.Follow David Daley on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davedaley3?lang=enFollow Gilded Age on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GildedAgePodSubscribe to Gilded Age on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gildedageCheck out the new independent news app we're part of: https://www.optout.news/...more1h 1minPlay
May 23, 2021Ep. 28: Homegrown Hate with Sara KamaliIn this episode, the Gilded Boys speak with author, scholar, and holistic justice activist Dr. Sara Kamali about her new book, Homegrown Hate: Why White Nationalists and Militant Islamists Are Waging War against the United States."Holistic justice moves beyond anti-racism to anti-oppression in order to address militant white nationalism and end the disproportionate vilification of Muslim Americans and other marginalized groups," says Dr. Kamali.Buy the book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520360020/homegrown-hateDr. Kamali's website: https://www.sarakamali.com/Follow Dr. Kamali on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarakamaliSupport Gilded Age on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gildedageFollow Gilded Age on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GildedAgePodCheck out OptOut, the forthcoming news app for exclusively independent media: https://www.optout.news/...more1h 4minPlay
May 02, 2021Ep. 27: How Safe Are Vaccinated People? with Deepti GurdasaniEpidemiologist, geneticist, and Ph.D. Deepti Gurdasani, a senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, joins Gilded Age to debunk myths about Covid-19, including some spread by health experts and governments, and answer questions about health and safety precautions.Follow Dr. Gurdasani on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1Please consider becoming a paid support of Gilded Age on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gildedageFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GildedAgePodGilded Age is published by OptOut, a forthcoming news app for exclusively independent media. Find out more about OptOut: https://www.optout.news...more49minPlay
March 29, 2021Ep. 26: 'If We Get Lucky' — A Conversation with Harvard social epidemiologist Justin FeldmanEpidemiologist and Harvard fellow Justin Feldman talks with the Gilded Boys about the United States' mishandling of Covid-19 and whether, or if, the pandemic will end.Follow Dr. Feldman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jfeldman_epiRead Dr. Feldman's Jacobin article on the coronavirus: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/covid-19-business-work-public-healthSubscribe to Gilded Age on Patreon to help us continue producing episodes like this: https://www.patreon.com/gildedageFollow Gilded Age on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GildedAgePodCheck out a forthcoming independent media app that we're part of: https://www.optout.news/...more1h 22minPlay
March 21, 2021Ep. 25 — Marianne Williamson on the United States of OligarchyMark and Walker have a wide-ranging discussion with author and former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson about the corporate oligarchy that dominates the U.S., spirituality, Covid-19, and lots more.Read Williamson's latest op-ed, "The United States of Oligarchy" https://www.newsweek.com/united-states-oligarchy-opinion-1575266Follow Williamson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamsonListen to Williamson's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1536043190Please subscribe to our Patreon. We appreciate it. https://www.patreon.com/gildedageFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gildedagepodCheck out our forthcoming news app for independent media, OptOut: https://www.optoutnews.org/...more55minPlay
January 18, 2021Ep. 24 — Demilitarizing the Police and $1,400 Checks feat. Eoin HigginsThe Gilded Boys chat with Eoin Higgins about demilitarizing the police, especially how it relates to the Jan. 6 insurrection. We also discuss the controversy surrounding those $2,000—er, $1,400—checks that Biden's pushing for.Follow Eoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_Read Eoin's recent op-ed about demilitarization: https://www.businessinsider.com/rioters-riots-capitol-police-defund-disarm-demilitarize-insurrection-accountability-2021-1Check out Eoin's newsletter, The Flashpoint: https://theflashpoint.substack.com/Please subscribe to our Patreon. We appreciate it. https://www.patreon.com/gildedageFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gildedagepodCheck out our forthcoming news app for independent media, OptOut: https://www.optoutnews.org/...more1h 5minPlay
December 18, 2020Ep. 23: Live with New York State Rep. Ron T. Kim on COVID-19New York State Rep. Ron Kim joins the Gilded Boys to talk about the dire circumstances in his state due to COVID-19 and the governor's refusal to raise taxes on billionaires to fund relief efforts.Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/DxvaT_BQXJMFollow Rep. Kim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rontkimPlease subscribe to our Patreon. We appreciate it. https://www.patreon.com/gildedageFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gildedagepodCheck out our forthcoming news app for independent media, OptOut: https://www.optoutnews.org/...more52minPlay
FAQs about Gilded Age:How many episodes does Gilded Age have?The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.