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The gang takes a minute to reflect on all the ways that we plan to defile Dori’s corpse after we dig it up next week before discussing what the future might hold for two of our most beloved City Council Members.

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Brian and Munya discuss how discrimination in postwar housing and Cold War militarism extended the life of the reservation system in the United States.

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Up Next: We conclude our discussion of Ch 12 - Some Demonic Suction Tube from Greg Grandin’s The End of the Myth.

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The gang is back on the boat again to talk about local power outages and what’s going on at Southwest Airlines and why it’s Jimmy Carter’s fault.

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Munya and Brian discuss the evolution of housing in America after the Second World War. Will the country invest in its major cities? Will it abandon racial segregation? No, obviously, but there is still a lot to learn in the details!

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Up Next: We catch up with what is happening in Indian Country after the war. This is meant to pair with Ch 12 - Some Demonic Suction Tube from Greg Grandin’s The End of the Myth.

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We’re joined by friend of the show Shaun Scott to discuss the legacy of Mike Davis and urban history of Los Angeles. If you haven’t ever read the work of Mike Davis, there is no better time to start than now and City of Quartz is a good place to start.

If you are interested in exploring Mike Davis’ work, Verso has a great collection of books available

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Munya and Brian begin their discussion of Chapter 12 of Greg Grandin’s The End of the Myth by exploring the role that Cold War policy abroad affected civil rights policy at home. They also take a deeper look at the US relationship with Apartheid South Africa.

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Up Next: We will be discussing the role that post-war housing policy played in the Civil Rights Movement. We will be discussing the excellent documentary The Pruitt-Igoe Myth that you can (and should) watch for free on youtube or Kanopy. This is meant to pair with Ch 12 - Some Demonic Suction Tube from Greg Grandin’s The End of the Myth.

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This week: a very spicy Seattle Sucks type episode with Greg and Brian. We’ve got SPD insanity, the Harrell Machine, naive local political heroes! We’ve got the Seattle Times patting itself on the back for assimilationist gay rights that are built on sand even as trans and queer people are increasingly targeted for political murder! Finally, we have for you one of the worst opeds maybe ever in the Times, wherein the Che of gay rights in WA recounts her story of the revolution (a lesbian wedding). To hear more about the history of gay Seattle and pride as a march and protest vs a marketing parade check out this old banger with Dr. Kevin.

Read the Seattle Times pat itself on the back, and the words of a revolutionary

Listen to our episode with Dr. Kevin to learn about the history of gay Seattle and pride

In a follow-up to Ep 18, we discuss some of the other conflicts in the global cold war. We then talk about the historical roots of the violence in Indonesia and Vietnam, before discussing the consequences for world politics of counterinsurgency and mass killings.

Go back to Ep 18 to hear what we are talking about

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Up Next: We will be discussing America’s Civil Rights Movement through the perspective of American foreign policy. This is meant to pair with Ch 12 - Some Demonic Suction Tube from Greg Grandin’s The End of the Myth.

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Show art by Carl

Ending the Myth is back from our recent hiatus! And we are grimmer and more depressing than ever! This week Munya and Brian discuss America’s foreign policy in the first three decades of the Cold War by looking at the genocide in Indonesia and the American invasion of Vietnam. This part 2 of a two-part discussion of the early Cold War meant to pair with Chapter 11 of The End of the Myth.

Visit the Ending the Myth page for updates, sources, and suggested readings

Up Next: We will be discussing America’s Civil Rights Movement through the perspective of American foreign policy. This is meant to pair with Ch 12 - Some Demonic Suction Tube from Greg Grandin’s The End of the Myth.

Show music by Bjorn/Fleksor

Show art by Carl

Brian & Munya get together to congratulate their friend and new boss, Dr. Jennifer Posa, on her new promotion. Then they stick around to talk about the Democrats voting to break the railroad strike and give some thoughts on the mass shooting in Colorado.

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