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We speak to feminist media scholar Dr. Jennifer McClearen about her new book "Fighting Visibility: Sports Media and Female Athletes in the UFC," along a wide-ranging conversation about race, gender, labor rights, and the media landscape. 

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This is a special audio documentary on the career of Zhang Weili. If you want to see the video for this documentary, you can find it on Patreon or Ko-Fi. If you want to read it as an animated transcript, you can find it on Patreon. 

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We speak to Professor Jonathan Dettman about Cuba: from early Indigenous history, settler colonialism, to the Revolution. The emphasis of this two-part series is the untold bottom-up history of Cuba. Focusing more on Indigenous peoples, African descendants, and life before and after colonization. To fully appreciate the Revolution, you need to understand the context that led to the Revolution. 

Professor Dettman is an associate professor of Spanish as well as the department chair. His current scholarship covers Cuba, the Caribbean, the Southern Cone, and the US Southwest. He's also taught classes in critical theory and comparative literature. 

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We bring on the wrestling coach of Leftist Twitter, Zach Goldrosen, to talk to us about UFC 262, the upcoming bantamweight fight between Rob Font and Cody Garbrandt, and some wrestling basics. 

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You can find Zach on Twitter: @goldjaboytellem 

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An explainer on "It takes money to make money," and why it's a lot worse than you think: "Capitalism is an involuntary contract where we are bound to make already rich people richer." 

Written by Sam, read by Comrade Baby. You can also read the transcript. 

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We speak to Professor Jonathan Dettman about Cuba: from early Indigenous history, settler colonialism, to the Revolution. The emphasis of this two-part series is the untold bottom-up history of Cuba. Focusing more on Indigenous peoples, African descendants, and life before and after colonization. To fully appreciate the Revolution, you need to understand the context that led to the Revolution. (If you don't want to wait for part two, it's available now on Patreon.)

Professor Dettman is an associate professor of Spanish as well as the department chair. His current scholarship covers Cuba, the Caribbean, the Southern Cone, and the US Southwest. He's also taught classes in critical theory and comparative literature. 

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Find Professor Dettman on Twitter: @jon_dettman 

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Jason Sargus has been involved in all aspects of MMA, from coaching and managing fighters to scouting and matchmaking. Our conversation with Jason went well over two hours: discussing gym stories, the influence of the UFC in fight camps and management, the impact of USADA, his thoughts on MMA techniques and strategies, as well as previewing UFC 262. Jason also gave us his thoughts on Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal 2, Dominick Reyes vs. Jiří Procházka, along with sharing his coach's perspective on Procházka and how he matches up against Jon Jones. You can listen to the first part now; part two will be on Patreon and Ko-Fi. 

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What happens when you bring together a panel of Black and Asian radicals to discuss UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka? Lots of anime, manga, and video game references that completely make sense. 

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Find RN AllDey on Twitter: @imadethistostan and Jodeci Joestar: @grapplerronny 

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We speak to historian GOAT Dr. Gerald Horne about his new book, "The Bittersweet Science: racism, racketeering and the political economy of boxing." The history of American boxing is really a story about America. 

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