The Epoch of Incredulity

Hello again! This is the second half of episode #114, though it functions just fine as a standalone episode.

Jesse covers a handful of local stories, beginning with the overturning and rewdrawing of Boston City Council's district maps; continuing into the unethical conduct of Rachel Rollins (former DA / US Attorney for Massachusetts); onto the drunken antics of a Boston Police Lieutenant; and concluding with the train that fought back.

Joe dives into the state's food insecurity crisis, which is hitting people of color and LGBTQ+ residents hardest, and from which children are by no means exempt.

We then turn it over to Scott, who describes the uncomfortable (and radicalizing) experience of fighting for labor rights as a member of a burgeoning union.

Thanks for listening. Please check out our patreon (https://patreon.com/epicincredulity) and, of course, enjoy your epoch.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:02) Redistricting

(08:38) Rachel Rollins & Ricardo Arroyo

(11:10) Drunk Leiutenant

(19:18) Train kicker

(21:58) Food insecurity

(28:31) A Starbucks saga

(52:08) UPS strike?

(53:50) Host handles

(55:00) Slam recommendation

(57:42) Plugs & outro

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** Intro music **

"OCTILARY - CHILL TRAP BEAT" -- https://youtu.be/J3VrtjFIy7U

** Cutaway background music **

Song title: George Street Shuffle

Artist: Kevin MacLeod

Song URL: https://filmmusic.io/song/3800-george-street-shuffle

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

** Slam Recommendation **

Song Title: To Feed The Worms

Artist: Cognitive

Album: Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction

Label: Unique Leader Records

Released: July 16th, 2021

Hometown: Jobstown, New Jersey

Bandcamp (Album URL): https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/malevolent-thoughts-of-a-hastened-extinction

** Outro music **

Written & performed by Contingence -- https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston

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Podcast: Bostopia News w/ Evan George

Episode title: The Council - Map Wars (Part 2)

URL: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4O4UskBRBue4Z55NNmqIFF

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Please donate via https://ko-fi.com/warmupboston

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse will read Kathleen Neal Cleaver's 1998 essay titled "Women, Power, and Revolution".

Source text:

  https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/cleaverwomenpowerrev.html

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  "Tyche" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/8mgTiDMradE

Theme music:

  Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston

This episode was released to our patrons on December 13th, 2022.

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In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads The Authoritarian Personality by Erich Fromm, first published in 1957.

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This episode was released to our patrons on November 19th, 2022.

Sorry for the late Epoch, everyone, it's been a busy one! Of course, all we missed was just another blood-soaked paranoia day of death in America. From the subways of New York to the streets of Texas, violence reigns. Plus, the debt ceiling, and now they're putting olive oil in coffee? It's a wild one out there. We move on to some more positive things as Jesse discusses the benefits of safe injections sites, and Scott talks about the Writer's Strike. There is a second part of this episode coming exclusivity to Patreon in which Joe gives a full historical view of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Watch out for that, very soon!

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:00 - Another day of death in America
00:07:30 - Shitty Dudes by Every Time I Die
00:09:06 - Austin Texas votes for Police Reform, the Police were not happy
00:12:50 - Whole lot of shootings every where
00:16:00 - Arab league reinstates Syria
00:19:26 - Olive oil in coffee?
00:24:35 - Safe injection site are good/Mass & Cass
00:38:00 - Debt ceiling
00:47:55 - Latvia bans Russian
00:54:00 - WGA strike
01:00:22 - Google Rod Webber
01:01:15 - Outro and Social Medias
01:02:40 - Slam recommendation
01:07:15 - Extras - Trump's a rapist

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Video Title: "Well There's Your Problem | Episode 130: The Silver Line"

Channel: Well There's Your Problem Podcast

Video URL: https://youtu.be/1pUQnb9BgCk

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"Elevator" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/0FLCAqYAdAI

"Elevator (reprise)" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/tiCyeiUSwo8

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"Roma" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/o6RQMmb_O5M

==| Slam Recommendation |==

Song Title: Phallus Decapitation

Artist: Epicardiectomy

Album: Abhorrent Stench of Posthumous Gastrorectal Desecration

Label: Coyote Records

Released: June 30th, 2012

Bandcamp (Album URL): https://epicardiectomy.bandcamp.com/album/abhorrent-stench-of-posthumous-gastrorectal-desecration

Hometown: Prague, Czechia

*** Be on the lookout for Epicardiectomy's upcoming EP, "Exhumed Decollated Mutilation" ***

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Written & performed by Contingence -- https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads Errico Malatesta's 1909 essay entitled Mutual Aid.

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This episode was released to our patrons on November 15th, 2022.

It's a nice, sleek, new Epoch. We bring some good and some bad news this week. First we open with more information on the shooting of Climate Activist Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, then we discuss the basedness of Chile nationalizing their lithium reserves, while also covering the further foibles of

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** Intro clip **

Video Title: FBI investigates pipe bomb at Civil War Reenactment in Virginia

Channel: WUSA9

Video URL: https://youtu.be/9FucXYGs6dM

** Patriotic hymn **

Video Title: Himno Nacional De Cuba - COMPLETO

Channel: latinanovelera

Video URL: https://youtu.be/JGT9Zwk892k

** Awkward jazz when stuff takes too long **

Song Title: On Hold For You

Artist: Kevin MacLeod

Song URL: https://filmmusic.io/song/6928-on-hold-for-you

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

** Slam recommendation **

Song Title: Mercy Denied

Artist: Acranius

Album: Mercy Denied

Released: February 4th, 2022

Hometown: Rostock, Germany

Bandcamp (Album URL): https://acranius.bandcamp.com/album/mercy-denied

** All theme music **

Written & performed by Contingence

https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads the conclusion of Michael Parenti's 1997 text, Blackshirts & Reds.

Source material -- reading begins on page 141 (PDF page #157):

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This episode was released to Epoch of Incredulity patrons on October 18th, 2022.

It's time for a shorter Epoch this episode! COVID is finally over?! Not really! The IMF has been holding back social progress for years? You betcha! The Pentagon Leaks, China puts an end to the war in Yemen, plus, Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow! And in the end we ask a very important question: would you kill baby Hitler? Don't forget to check out our Patreon and thank you for listening! patreon.com/epicincredulity

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(01:50) COVID is over! There's more child labor!

(08:50) Sri Lanka and China

(14:40) The IMF

(19:00) The Pentagon Leaks

(22:20) China ends the war in Yemen

(27:26) Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow

(31:30) Dalai Lama sucking tongues!

(35:50) Would You Kill Baby Hitler?

(40:00) outro and social media and SLAM recommendation

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*** Intro Clip ***

Video title: private NATO documents were leaked on my discord

YouTube channel: wow_mao

Video URL: https://youtu.be/EN2W21AJyXI

*** Yemen Monologue / Background Music ***

Song title: Space

Artist: KaizanBlu

Video URL: https://youtu.be/JFdStpwPzrM

*** Slam Recommendation ***

Song title: Disemboweled Engorgement

Artist: Extermination Dismemberment

Album: Serial Urbicide

Label: Amputated Vein Records

Released: May 27th, 2013

Bandcamp (album URL): https://edismemberment.bandcamp.com/album/serial-urbicide

Hometown: Minsk, Belarus

*** Theme music ***

Written & performed by Contingence -- https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Michael Parenti's 1997 text, Blackshirts & Reds.

Source material -- reading begins on page 121 (PDF page 137):

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This episode was released to Epoch of Incredulity patrons on October 8th, 2022.