Utterly Moderate Podcast

New George Floyd Documentary (w/Robert VerBruggen)


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On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Robert VerBruggen from the Manhattan Institute to discuss a new documentary which claims to disprove that George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin, as well as a new research study which claims to disprove that income inequality in the U.S. has been rising since the 1960s.

The documentary in question, The Fall of Minneapolis, was produced by Alpha News, an organization that has a history of low-quality journalism that is often inaccurate, biased, and misleading. Podcast host Lawrence Eppard and guest Robert VerBruggen will discuss the claims in the documentary and why they fall short.

They also discuss a new and important research study which calls into question whether income inequality has really been rising since the 1960s like we have all been led to believe. While this new paper does not completely disprove the argument that inequality has in fact been increasing, it raises serious concerns about how certain we can be about the dominant narrative that inequality has been rising out of control.

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Episode Audio:

  • "Air Background Corporate" by REDCVT (Free Music Archive)
  • "Please Listen Carefully" by Jahzzar (Free Music Archive)
  • "Last Dance" by Jahzzar (Free Music Archive)
  • “Happy Trails (To You)” by the Riders in the Sky (used with artist’s permission)
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