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LR 100 @ 7 CT w/ Bhaskar Sunkara & Brian Mier

THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE SUPPORT TO GET US TO EP 100!

Bhaskar Sunkara (@SunRaySunRay) founder of Jacobin and President of The Nation joins us to talk about the current moment the left is in the US after two influential but unsuccessful Bernie Sanders campaigns.   

Then Brian Mier (@BrianMierTeleSur) of TeleSur and Brasilwire joins us to talk about Lula's inauguration and the attempt by Bolsonaro supporters to attack Brazillian democracy.

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Who Were SBF's Democrats? Crypto, AIPAC, & the "Injustice Dems" ft. Max Berger

Writer and activist Max Berger (@MaxBerger) joins us to talk about the unlikely pairing of cryptocurrency and lobbying groups AIPAC and DMFI. SBF's "injustice democrats" and the fight against progressives in democrat primaries. AIPAC and DMFI's strategy of funding opponents of candidates who may criticize Israel.   

SBF and the Injustice Democrats: How SBF, AIPAC and pro-Trump billionaires coordinated to crush the left 2023-01-08 18:52:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Who Were SBF's Democrats? ft. Max Berger

Writer and activist Max Berger (@MaxBerger) joins us to talk about the unlikely pairing of cryptocurrency and lobbying groups AIPAC and DMFI. SBF's "injustice democrats" and the fight against progressives in democrat primaries. AIPAC and DMFI's strategy of funding opponents of candidates who may criticize Israel.   SBF and the Injustice Democrats: How SBF, AIPAC and pro-Trump billionaires coordinated to crush the left 2023-01-08 18:24:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Griscom Stream @ 4 PM CT

Come by friends! 

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Postgame 99

Librarians under attack, who is Andrew Tate, plus your calls and discord questions!

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99 - What's Serious In The Twitter Files & The GOP Is No Worker's Party w/ Branko Marcetic


Jacobin Staff writer Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) joins us to talk about how the FBI & US govt are already active in their attempts to silence the left on Twitter & other social media platforms & why we have to take that threat seriously. You can read Branko's piece here:  https://jacobin.com/2022/12/twitter-files-censorsh...

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Come by folks! 

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What's Serious In The Twitter Files & The GOP Is No Worker's Party - LR 99 w/ Branko Marcetic

What's Serious In The Twitter Files & The GOP Is No Worker's Party - LR 99 w/ Branko Marcetic  

Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) joins us to talk about how the FBI & US govt are already active in their attempts to silence the left on Twitter & other social media platforms & why we have to take that threat seriously.

You can read Branko's piece here:  2023-01-03 23:33:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Happy New Year + Scheduling

Happy new year left reckoners! Dave is sick (not testing positive for COVID yet) so we aren’t going to have a bonus ep out this week, but next week we will be joined by Jacobin writer Branko Marcetic to talk about his new piece about what the left is missing in the Twitter files -


https://jacobin.com/2022/12/twitter-files-censorship-...

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Holiday Postgame audio

Karl Marx gets invited to Christmas

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Holiday Special: Bum Steer of the Year and Hall of Fame

David and Matt end the year by awarding Bum Steer of the Year and induct an old favorite into the Bum Steer Hall of Fame

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Postgame LR Holiday Special!!

Thanks patrons! 

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LR Holiday Special!

Live now come by! 

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Holiday Announcement: Live Show Tomorrow Night

Hey folks, 

David and I will be doing a live stream tomorrow (Wednesday) evening instead of the normal Tuesday show. See you then and hope you enjoyed both parts of our talk with Tiare Gatti Mora. 

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Part 2: Feminism, Academia & the PMC, and Left Media ft. Tiare Gatti Mora

Part 2 of our conversation with journalist and organizer Tiare More (@TiaregMora). We talk about feminism, PMC culture in academia, and independent media.

Part 1: https://youtu.be/cXZqW-7kBEA

Follow Tiare's work here: https://linktr.ee/tiaregattimora

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Part 2: Feminism, Academia & the PMC, and Left Media ft. Tiare Gatti Mora

Part 2 of our conversation with journalist and organizer Tiare More (@TiaregMora). We talk about feminism, PMC culture in academia, and independent media.


Follow Tiare's work here: Follow Tiare's work here: https://linktr.ee/tiaregattimora

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Part 1: Fascism, the Left, & Feminism in Italy & Spain ft. Tiare Gatti Mora

Journalist and organizer Tiare Gatti Mora (@TiareGMora) joins Matt and David for some comparative politics. We satart of discussing Meloni in Italy. How does the historical memory of fascism in Italy and Spain influence those coutries' politics? What is the record of Podemos in Spain? What Tiare approves of in the politics of Yolanda Diaz as Spain's labor minister. 

  Follow Tiare's work here: https://li...

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Part 1: Fascism, the Left, & Feminism in Italy & Spain ft. Tiare Gatti Mora

Journalist and organizer Tiare Gatti Mora (@TiareGMora) joins Matt and David for some comparative politics. We satart of discussing Meloni in Italy. How does the historical memory of fascism in Italy and Spain influence those coutries' politics? What is the record of Podemos in Spain? What Tiare approves of in the politics of Yolanda Diaz as Spain's labor minister.

Follow Tiare's work here: https://linktr.ee/tiaregatti...

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The Right's Phony "Finance" Populism Q&A Griscom Stream

This week's Griscom Stream David is talking about the tricky way the right uses concern about the Federal Reserve to push it's anti-worker politics.

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Postgame 98

Matt and David talk about Tom Emmer's crypto liability, Tim Pool on Occupy, and your calls and IMs.

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98 - Free Speech & Worker's Rights Are Sexy ft. Xander Corvus & Summer Hart

*Audio Fixed*


Adult film stars Xander Corvus (@xcorvus777) & Summer Hart (@SummerHartxxx) joined us to talk about worker's rights and free speech in their industry, and how workers are doing mutual aid working in Las Vegas (@SWAIDvegas).

https://swaidvegas.org/

Matt & David also break down how Brian Kemp and the GOP are targeting protesters in Atlanta.

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Postgame 98 - GOP Crypto Cringe & Did Tim Pool Get The Problem With Occupy

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Free Speech & Worker's Rights Are Sexy - LR 98 ft. Xander & Summer

Live at 7 Central! 


Adult film stars Xander Corvus (@xcorvus777) & Summer Hart (@SummerHartxxx) joined us to talk about worker's rights and free speech in their industry, and how workers are doing mutual aid working in Las Vegas (@SWAIDvegas).


Matt & David also break down how Brian Kemp and the GOP are targeting protesters in Atlanta. 

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The Apocalyptic Reason for the Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough ft. Kelsey Atherton

Kelsey Atherton (@AthertonKD) joins David and Matt to discuss the recent breakthrough in nuclear fusion research and the military-industrial motives behind the research. Also, an f-35 crashed in a funny way.

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The Apocalyptic Reason for the Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough ft. Kelsey Atherton

Kelsey Atherton (@AthertonKD) joins David and Matt to discuss the recent breakthrough in nuclear fusion research and the military-industrial motives behind the research. Also, an f-35 crashed in a funny way.


Watch here: https://youtu.be/_GerK92Oxqc

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Griscom Stream: Socialism vs Populism *Audio*

Hey we got a copyright claim that pulled yesterday's Griscom Stream for playing Donald Trump's new NFT scam video, so here is the audio until we can get that resolved!

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Griscom Stream - Populism, Socialism, Working Class Vs. The People

David will be going live at 4 Central 

Going to be talking about the difference between populism and working-class politics + taking questions from the chat. Come by!

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Postgame 97 - How's JFK?

Matt and David talk guitar, Kennedy assassination, political economy comics, and your calls and discord questions

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97 - Musk, Chappelle, & The Right-Wing Comedy Myth w/ Mike Recine

Matt & Dave are joined by comedian Mike Recine (@mikerecine) to evaluate the claim that comedy is now a right-wing field.  Plus the TwitterFiles and Man's Search for Meaning.

  Follow Mike's work here and on Instagram: 2022-12-14 05:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Postgame 97 - How's JFK?

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