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• It’s Not My Fault!: Kamala Harris’ 107 Days, ft. Josh Mayfield

  Oh wow. What a time. We really did this.At listener request, we covered Kamala Harris’ supposed tell-all “107 Days.” Whoo boy.Joining us is Josh Mayfield, a revolutionary organizer, artist, and generally a cool guy.Topics: how it’s not Kamala’s fault, how Kamala wants you to stop caring about Gaza, how Kamala hates her husband, and how fascism cannot be beaten at the ballot box.Check out Josh’s brilliant art here!Art is Coconut Us.

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• Shakespeare in the Dark: Station Eleven

  What if a flu killed almost everyone and so you performed Shakespeare in a traveling band of vagabonds, and also famous actor flashbacks and creepy airport prophets and graphic novels and the 2008 financial crash were involved? And what if somehow it all worked?Welcome to “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, where you’ll find all that and more.Fair warning, we summarize the plot in about the same way the book presents it, so things get disjointed…but we’re all having fun, right?

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• We Read Kash Patel's Children's Book

  Yeah. We read Kash Patel's book for kids. It's about as good as you expect.The now FBI Director's 2022, "Plot Against The King" is an allegorical tale sure to delight and amaze...or something like that.Episode art is the book's cover but with that epic Kash Flare

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• Wild Faith, ft. Talia Lavin

  We’re delighted to welcome author and journalist Talia Lavin to the show to discuss her book, “Wild Faith: How the Christian right is taking over America.”This is a broad topic that we know a lot of you are interested in. We touch on the rise of the Moral Majority, the mainstreaming of the Satanic Panic, the unwavering faith of true believers, and we throw up a peace sign over James Dobson’s grave.Go buy Talia’s book! It’s phenomenal!

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• Literally 1984

  “1984 is a great fiction novel to read but it seems like it is becoming the reality we are currently living under more and more each day”—noted genius Madison CawthornToday we get into THE dystopian giant, Georgia Orwell’s 1949 novel, “1984.” We have mixed feelings.Learn about the very earnest and very annoying George Orwell, a man of often good intentions even more often ridiculous blunders and baffling choices. Then, get into the world of Oceania, with beautiful writing and…a complete lack of any useful political analysis whatsoever,This one’s complicated! Bring your popcorn and let’s enjoy it together.

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