A deep dive into the word "weird," from Shakespeare's "weird sisters" in The Scottish Play alllll the way to JD Vance and the Republican tone police, who really don't like us calling their entire QAnon Trump-humping cult of grifting, "weird." 

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The three weird sisters:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnc0pOjr1qY

Judi Densch Plays Lady Macbeth, 1979: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xHlngY6Bgk

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We KNOW what the media is going to do this election cycle.  It's our job to halt them.  Both sides don't!!!

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Kurt Vonnegut, The Shape of Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGru_4z1Vc

2081, The Film, Based on "Harrison Bergeron," by Kurt Vonnegut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEgOuZzjI8o

Scott Doty Explains "The Procrustean Bed"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbLB2H-ASwo

Cook County Jail Plays Chess
https://www.joeycofone.com/eureka-newsletter/leisure-theory
https://www.cookcountysheriffil.gov/cook-county-jail-chess-team-places-second-in-international-chess-tournament/

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LFG!  But we have no plans to ever forget the shameful, public "Dump Biden" pile-on by Hollywood celebrities, our Never Trump "allies", the Pod Save rug rats, the wealthy donors -- who resorted to what amounted to down-ticket extortion to pressure Dems in tight races to come out against Biden, and most egregiously of all, the entire corporate media, including CNN, MSNBC and, leading the jackal pack, The New York Effing Times. 

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Left Jabs:  Don’t Let the New York Times Do Your Thinking
http://www.leftjabs.com/2024/07/dont-let-new-york-times-do-your-thinking.html

Blue Gal's knitting podcast!  https://www.youtube.com/@flangum

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The Tone Police is ALWAYS there to benefit the oppressor, in this case, the RNC. 

And we follow up on the stupid "dump Biden" conspiracy.   Resist that noise and silence Monkey Mind. 

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"How to Tame Your Monkey Mind"
https://www.prm.nau.edu/prm205/monkey-mind-article.htm 

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Orwell said, "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."  That's not the fight we wanted, but that's the fight we're in, kids. 

Plus touching letters from listeners, and Birthday Girl Blue Gal conducts her own focus group in a Pittsburgh diner, then goes full policy-ninja on Medicare at-home care.

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We're so stabby about the mainstream media right now, it's a swear-fest.  Fran is boycotting MSNBC for the Summer to protect her mental health and punish the suits upstairs (Sorry, Lawrence.). And Driftglass remembers the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, when Black Mississippians had to fight the Democratic establishment to become the Democratic base.  More at proleftpod.com.

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Diving into Apple TV's new series "Dark Matter," based on Blake Crouch's bestselling novel. We'll explore how the show tackles concepts of both parallel realities, and the nature of identity across multiple timelines.

But the multiverse madness doesn't stop there! We'll expand our discussion to other sci-fi shows that have expertly played with alternate realities:

• "Counterpart": How J.K. Simmons' dual roles illuminate questions of nature vs. nurture across parallel Earths
• "Loki": Marvel's time-hopping adventure and its implications for free will and predestination
• "The Man in the High Castle": Exploring how history and culture diverge in an alternate post-WWII reality

Science fiction is much more than quantum physics on paper, it's also a good "what if" story!  We hope this episode will expand your list of "must watch shows" using multiverse theory in science fiction. 

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Scotus (and the mainstream media, who have blood in their teeth now)?  Curses on them all.  Meanwhile, were going to chop wood, carry water, and get out the vote.  More at proleftpod.com.  

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[Recorded before the Presidential Debate.]

Time for a deep dive into the troubling parallels between the decline of "liberal" mainstream media and the recent corporate buyouts of popular automotive YouTube channels like Donut Media.

Remember when MSNBC was a bastion of creative, progressive messaging? We take a nostalgic journey through the network's evolution, examining how the suits upstairs never got how they couldn't "add conservative voices to reach a wider audience."  Megyn Kelly, Hugh Hewitt, Ronna McDaniel?  MSNBC tried them all.  This leads us to ask, WHAT liberal voice?

This same pattern plays out in the world of automotive and fiber arts content creation. Once independent and creatively driven channels like Donut Media face similar pressures and changes under corporate ownership.

Three main points for this episode?

• The transformation of MSNBC from a progressive powerhouse to a corporate mouthpiece
• The impact of corporate buyouts on the authenticity and messaging of automotive and other YouTubers
• The broader implications of YouTube's hegemony for independent media and content creation 

This episode is a must-listen for anyone concerned about the future of independent voices in media.   

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No Fair Remembering Stuff: going full Smoot-Hawley on this one!  And stay tuned for Driftglass's amazing impersonation of Bill Clinton.  More at proleftpod.com


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