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Alcoholism, Elizabeth Warren, and what to do with serial killers once prisons are abolished

Jeff D dropped by to talk about crowd work, slow pedestrians, and the cure for whiskey dick

Antinatalism, sexual validation, and "emotional labor"

Democratic candidate for Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture & Forestry Margee Green drops by to talk food justice and climate action while The Man tries to censor us with strategically timed lawn care

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In which we discuss suicidal ideation, (((echoes))), and where wigs come from (viz., Benjamin). You can read the Sylvie McNamara review we talked about here: https://podcastreview.org/review/red-scare/

Investigative journalist Michael Isaac Stein (The Lens, The Intercept, The New Republic, The Nation, WIRED, etc) dropped by to talk about his work covering New Orleans' extensive surveillance system, homeless encampment sweeps, and the stranglehold a handful of consultants have maintained for decades over millions in city contracts.

https://thelensnola.org/2019/03/28/political-connections-contributions-helped-utility-consultants-keep-lucrative-contracts-for-decades-former-council-members-say/

https://thelensnola.org/2018/12/06/june-drug-bust-shows-potential-pitfalls-with-citywide-surveillance-system-defense-attorneys-say/

We've wanted to get Jean on the show for months but for some reason it took us two hours to ask him a single question

Topics include Michael's new bidet, MD's ingenious plan to discredit Beto O'Rourke, and CBT (both of them)

Cate dropped by to talk about police appropriation of DSA initiatives, remind us of the cowardice of doomerism, and plug our podcast for us??

The BELOVED Laura Sanders is finally on the pod. She roasts Benjamin, tells us about what it was like to bomb for 30 minutes in front of her dad, and teaches us how to avoid giving false compliments to ugly babies