Eric and Jackson dig into what happens when you deregulate provision of public goods like electricity and combine them with the erosion of publicly beneficial natural monopolies for the sake of profit -  long story short, you get what happened in Texas (and Flint, and soon, everywhere else)!

A lot of history and energy policy - just what you always wanted. Also, jokes about Mothman and how he's helping West Virginia run the best damn vaccination delivery program in the world.

Recommended reading: check out this great old article that should make you very mad about the ways in which a government fully captured by corporate interests has thrown us to the vulture capitalists for a quick buck - The Failure of Electricity Deregulation by Tyson Slocum

Class is *clap clap* in session!