We talk about the impact of the Epstein files on U.K. politics which Anders uses as an excuse to dive into "A Very British Coup", the 1982 Chris Mullin novel and 1988 BBC miniseries about the U.K. electing a Socialist Prime Minister, who the transatlantic deep state then tries to overthrow. As revelations since the 80's have proven "A Very British Coup" was even more prescient than its author thought.

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Nurses strikes, senate races, and who Epstein's guys were.

LA SHOW 2/7

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HUDSON VALLEY POWER AUTHORITY PETITION

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We discuss the Vietnam War era program where they lowered the IQ floor for new recruits to 80 and how ICE has a bunch of new dumb guys.

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BONUS cross pod w/ our pals at Tender Subject

This week on Tender Subject, we are joined by comedian Jake Flores and writer J †Johnson to talk Frankenstein. We dissect the book and the 2025 film through queer and Marxist theory and get into why the film often let us down.

Media referenced:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters by J Halberstam

Capitalism: A Horror Story by Jon Greenaway

J †Johnson is the co-editor of Cul de Sac of Blood, a horror poetics journal and the author of two books with Punctum Books. Their forthcoming book, Janky Materiality will also be published by Punctum.

Kayte is also a co-host on Fangs for the Memories and makes art here.

Anders talks to Racket MN's Jay Boller and Minneapolis Unite Here organizer, Sheigh Freeberg about Alex Pretti's murder and how Minnesotans are resisting ICE's occupation.

UNITE Here mutual aid fund: https://workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/uniteherelocal17

Racket: https://racketmn.com/

I talk about monster trucks, Anders talks about Mother Theresa.

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NYU History professor Nikhil Pal Singh joins us to talk about his new piece on Trump's whole nativist neo imperialist era thing he's doing right now.

NIHKIL PAL SINGH

@nikhil_palsingh

https://www.equator.org/articles/homeland-empire-trump-ICE

LA SHOW

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Anders tells Jake the story of Justin C. Ravitz, 1970s Detroit's marxist judge.

SOURCE: Detroit: I Do Mind Dying from Haymarket Books

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Anders returns to the show and we talk about ICE's 2000 pig siege on Minnesota.

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I further explore Venezuela's past and present through undead symbolism in two right wing Venezuelan films.

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