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Since former Daily Show host Jon Stewart was recently on a press tour promoting Irresistible, his mid-2000s time capsule of a feature film, it’s the perfect time to evaluate his cultural impact. To help us flesh this out, we chatted with Luke Savage (@lukewsavage), a true gentleman and scholar of mid-2000s liberal media. We discussed Stewart’s strengths and weaknesses, why he seems utterly despondent in the Trump years, and how empty his political ideology is, to the extent that it even exists. Subscribe at patreon.com/hogplanet to gain access to the post-game where we discussed the highly anti-climactic 2016 Democratic Primary and why the Bernie Sanders campaign was not a complete failure. You can find Luke’s writing on Jacobin.com and his excellent podcast Michael & Us on all podcast platforms.

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Show Notes:

https://newrepublic.com/article/155928/daily-shows-rally-restore-sanity-predicted-decade-liberal-futility

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/jon-stewart-irresistible-review

This week we had Gaby Kubi (@gabynotchatty on Twitter, @sugarkubi on Instagram) on to discuss her organizing with #DoBetterCornell (@dobettercornell and dobettercornell.com). We talked about the movement, its goals and the administration’s reaction. We also poked holes in some of the common myths in the discourse and concern trolling about campus activism, its methods and its perceived impermanence. For the Patreon subscribers, the post-game covers Gaby’s research on education and critical consciousness, which Sam manages to relate to the Sopranos somehow. Support Gaby and Do Better Cornell by following the links in the show notes!

These hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out.

Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags).

SHOW NOTES

https://dobettercornell.com/

https://cornellsun.com/2020/06/16/in-2017-pres-pollack-responded-to-racist-incidents-on-cornells-campus-with-a-task-force-did-it-change-campus-climate/

https://cornellsun.com/2020/06/13/student-petitions-demand-anti-racist-action-from-administration

https://cornellsun.com/2020/01/19/guest-room-keep-humec-policy-is-just-one-part-of-our-identity/

https://www.educationnext.org/where-left-right-agree-civics-education-where-they-dont/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJdiMIL-JC4&feature=emb_title

Recent update from Cornell leadership on racial justice on campus

https://statements.cornell.edu

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One of the top Hog Planet legal minds Jackson Phinney joins Dan for a viewing of Uncut Gems.

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Dan and Sam get really local on this one and explore a controversy that recently rocked the Board of Education with jurisdiction over where we went to high school. We talked with Sarah Evelyn of Valley for Change, a newly formed anti-racist organization in the Northern Valley region of Bergen County, New Jersey. She gave us a crucial background on the organization’s successful push to advocate for the removal of Dan Eller, a former member of the Board of Education, after photos surfaced of him wearing blackface while he was in high school. Yes, the same high school that Dan and Sam went to! Sarah helps recap the blockbuster 7-hour Board of Education meeting where Eller’s defenders and racial justice advocates made their cases until about 3:30 AM. We also got the details on what’s next for Valley for Change and antiracist efforts in the area. Afterwards Dan and Sam discuss Alan Dershowitz soiling the good name of Lucy Vincent Beach, and the latest prominent Trump supporters getting COVID-19.

Also these hogs write! Check out new writing (and old) on the Hog Planet Digest at hogplanet.substack.com. There you can find articles shed light on what we have discussed on older episodes, and if you subscribe, you can get new articles sent straight to your inbox as soon as they come out.

Subscribe on patreon.com/hogplanet to support the show and get bonus content including extra episodes, extended cuts of guest interviews, and original artwork. As always, all music composed and created by the incomparable Joseph S. Bags (https://soundcloud.com/josephsbags)

Show Notes

Support Valley for Change

https://linktr.ee/nvchange

Follow Valley for Change on social media

https://twitter.com/ChangeValley

https://www.instagram.com/valley.for.change/

Here's a re-release of audience favorite Rachey's first ever appearance (from Episode 13) and the saga many now call a modern classic, the succulent story (from Episode 30). 

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Dan and Sam sat down with Ray Gedd, our associate out of Delaware, to discuss working at a chicken plant during COVID-19, uprisings in the First State, and the fine work done by organizations like Food Not Bombs’ Wilmington chapter. Of course, we also discuss the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell and the Epstein School of Interior Design for a bit too.

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Notes:

Food Not Bombs Wilmington

https://linktr.ee/FNBWilmington

Justice for Jabri Hunter

https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-jabri-hunter?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip

The hogs are joined by our man in Kentucky Brenden Stipes to discuss the state’s rampant poverty, attitudes towards police, recent protests, reaction to Breonna Taylor’s murder, urban and suburban segregation, Confederate pride, and the 2nd Amendment.

McDonalds changed its twitter name to “Amplify Black Voices”…ok

Follow Brenden @brendenstipes on Instagram and check out the protest art he plugged by The Snoeman @thesnoeman on Instagram.

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The hogs were thrilled to interview one of our podcast heroes, Bryan Quinby (@murderbryan) of Street Fight Radio. We talked about shock jocks, independent left media, and hog culture in the suburbs. Bryan also gave us his first hand account of the uprisings in Columbus, Ohio, movements to rename the city and hold its leadership accountable, and what he’s working on for Street Fight, the PODkast, and Means TV.

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Some of the petitions discussed in the episode:

Petition to recall the Mayor of Columbus, Ohio

https://recallginther.org/

Petition demanding the resignations of the mayor and police chief of Columbus

https://www.change.org/p/shannon-hardin-the-resignation-of-mayor-andrew-ginther-and-police-chief-thomas-quinlan

Petitions to rename Columbus

https://www.change.org/p/senator-hearcel-f-craig-change-the-name-of-columbus-ohio?original_footer_petition_id=22620028&algorithm=promoted&source_location=petition_footer&grid_position=10&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uAL5tWgEAAAAAXt6wH4GhLT0zMDI3N2U1ZQ%3D%3D

https://www.change.org/p/mayor-ginther-columbus-city-council-change-the-name-of-columbus-ohio-to-flavortown

Street Fight Radio Website

https://www.streetfightradio.com/

Means TV

means.tv

On this episode we recap the myriad celebrities who have been cancelled since the beginning of the ACAB Spring in June. Joining us is Ian Miller (@pasotizing on Instagram) to weigh in on cancel culture, tell us about Black Lives Matter protesting in the New York suburbs, and swap stories about run-ins with the police. We also covered Trump’s COVID-19 sharing party in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Hog Planet is in a new phase. In addition to expanding into Instagram (@hogplanetpodcast) where we do weekly livestreams, we are also actively seeking guests from around the country to discuss uprisings in their communities. If you would like to come on to discuss your experience with the uprisings, to plug your work, or to partner with us to sponsor your business, send us a DM!

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