Cactus tries his hand at news aggregation and analysis with the top stories of this week around the globe, featuring COVID-19 vaccines, EU recovery deal, Portland, USA conflict, China sanctions and WE Charity scandal.Follow MetaPol:TwitterInstagram

Across the world, junk science is used to push political messages with horrifying consequences. The problem extends much deeper: human nature defaults to emotional connections, personal appeals and polarized debates, while few are educated to combat it. Cactus talks problems, solutions, and how to vaccinate your friends and family against misinformation.Follow MetaPol:TwitterInstagram

"Cancel culture" has re-entered the public conversation as of late. We break down this phenomenon and explain how it is a natural consequence of various fundamental flaws in how political news is reported. Also on this episode: a crash course on some of the most glaring systematic failures of journalism in our modern era.Follow MetaPol:TwitterInstagram

Black Lives Matter is one of the most important, yet one of the most enigmatic movements of our time. Political media is in shambles over what BLM stands for, with many malicious actors on the left and right trying to misrepresent or co-opt this movement, We break down the issues that unite the movement and what it needs to do to knock down the remaining political barriers. Also, we talk about successful political movements and positive populism.Follow MetaPol:TwitterInstagram