Air Date: 6-25-2025

We thought we were going to have an episode about the war Israel is conducting ready for you last week but then they started another war. So, it would have felt odd to release an Israel episode without the latest major updates including Iran. I can only imagine what will happen between the time I speak these words and when you hear them that will make this episode feel out of date.

What Happens When Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians Share Their Pain?

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Why Is The Media Coverage of Israel vs Iran So Skewed? - Zeteo - Air 6-16-25

KP 2: Jon Stewart on Israel’s "Urgent" Iran Strike, Minnesota Murders & MAGA’s Blame Game - The Daily Show - Air Date 6-16-25

KP 3: The REAL Reason Israel Attacked Iran - uncivilized - Air Date 6-18-25

KP 4: Israeli Forces Open Fire at New Gaza “Aid” Site, as Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire Deal Part 1 - Drop Site News - Air Date 5-27

KP 5: Greta Thunberg Speaks to France 24 After Her Deportation From Israel - FRANCE 24 English - Air Date 6-10-25

KP 6: Preemptive Strike or Act of War? Israel Attacks Iran Amid Sinking Global Support for Assault on Gaza - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-17-25 (END OF MAIN )

(00:40:25.) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the Parents Circle efforts for reconcilliation

DEEPER DIVES

(00:49:45) SECTION A: STARVATION

(01:42:13) SECTION B: GAZA

(02:08:26) SECTION C: NETANYAHU

(02:30:42) SECTION D: Historical & Media Context

(02:48:16) SECTION E: WAR WITH IRAN

(03:13:15) SECTION F: PROTESTS

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Description:Photo of a person holding a protest sign out their car window that says “Never again to anyone” with barbed wire across the text.

Credit: “2014/08/16 #BlocktheBoat for Gaza” by Daniel Arauz, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped

Air Date: 6–23-25

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

• The long history of nostalgia in politics as we find ourselves reliving the 1980s
• How MAGA Youth have a lot in common with Reagan Youth (a la Alex P. Keaton) without the context
• Trump’s Reaganitis: All the ways Trump is just straight up copying Reagan and how he could fail like him too
• The “Landlord in Chief” and how to fight back against the new feudalism

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Donald Trump and the ’80s Aesthetic - Jacobin

The 1980s Are Back, and Not in a Good Way - The New York Times

Trump’s Big Fail: Making America the 1980s Again - Mother Jones

Trump is What Happens When You Give a Landlord Power - Current Affairs

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Air Date 6/21/2025

The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month, we're focusing on the way authoritarian movements operate across multiple fronts simultaneously to reshape society.

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PART 1: ECONOMIC CONTROL

(00:01:20) #1707 Tariffied: Exposing Trump's Artless Deal

(00:26:46) #1713 Yes, GOP Policies Really Are That Bad: Trump's Corruption and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

(00:49:50) #1716 The Fight for Workers: Oligarchy and its Bipartisan Enablers

PART 2: INFORMATION CONTROL

(01:12:17) #1711 How It Started, How It's Going: Assessing the Flooded Zone Full of Shit

(01:34:36) #1714 Trump's Anti-Knowledge Agenda is Inviting the Next Authoritarian Dark Age

PART 3: SOCIAL CONTROL

(01:57:51) #1708 Rent Asunder: From the Moderation of Pope Francis to Extremism of JD Vance, the Catholic Church is Deeply Divided

(02:12:57) #1710 The past is never dead. It’s not even past. Race, Religion, Culture and the Stories we Tell

(02:30:51) #1712 Eugenics Redux: A Gilded Age Ideology Brought Back for the Second Gilded Age

(02:53:26) #1715 The Weaponization of Antisemitism and Counterproductive Violence

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