Jun 8, 2022
This week we’re breaking the first two rules and talking about Fight Club with the amazing veteran podcaster Elana Levin. Raz was getting over COVID so their voice is a little rough, but we had a great time talking about this classic movie, which actually has some decent lessons for organizing. And a lot of...
May 26, 2022
This week we’re talking about the Black Panthers and COINTELPRO. How do you make change in a system that’s designed to make that impossible? Yep, it’s a lot. But we loved this movie and loved talking about it. Also, what DO you do with your face when someone is reading you their poetry? We need to know.
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May 11, 2022
This week we’re talking about Aaron Sorkin’s test run for The West Wing, The American President, with our first guest: the amazing feminist organizer Shelby Knox. But first, we take some time to talk about last week’s leak of the SCOTUS decision striking down Roe v Wade, and what we (and you) can do about it. Then...
Apr 27, 2022
What do you do when you're an unexpected king faced with an unprecedented global crisis? For King George VI, this meant standing up to a lifelong stutter and working with an unorthodox speech therapist to comfort a nation. In this episode, we get into the realities of speech therapy, political communications as...
Apr 13, 2022
“Who cares about this stupid election?” Tracy Flick sure does. This week we’re talking about Election. We get into the long shadow of Tracy Flick, the staying power of mediocre white men, and the Clinton 90s of it all. Raz has a lot of feelings about sympathizing with the character who doesn’t think you should...