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The last few eps with Patrick Cockburn and Matthew Randazzo are pretty good and timely. After that it really depends on interests. They have an Italian guest, Annibale, who has a thick accent but is a listener favorite. I recommend the series they do with him on modern Italy, about the Italian resistance in WW2 (starts ep 131), its participation on the Eastern Front (starts ep 226) and the Years of Lead (starts ep 135). Just scrolling through the feed here are some decent ones: Radio War Nerd EP205 — Recovered History of Neoliberalism & Fascism Radio War Nerd EP85—William Hogeland on America's First (Forgotten) War Radio War Nerd EP181 — Gene Sharp, Color Revolutions & American Empire
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One thing to know about War Nerd eps is that the first 20 minutes may be the host talking about how earlier that week he was locked in the stall of an airport bathroom for an hour. I love it, but some people may not.
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Jul 29, 2020 03:26
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Jul 29, 2020 03:27
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Atrocious Joe posted:One thing to know about War Nerd eps is that the first 20 minutes may be the host talking about how earlier that week he was locked in the stall of an airport bathroom for an hour. I love it, but some people may not. If you're not listening to war nerd specifically to see what miserable indignity life has visited on John this week then I don't want to know you
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Jul 29, 2020 03:41
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Crane Fist posted:If you're not listening to war nerd specifically to see what miserable indignity life has visited on John this week then I don't want to know you that's our boy!
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Jul 29, 2020 03:45
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I can’t get into Chapo but really like citations needed. is there a good rec for a podcast that deals with contemporary issues but isnt centered around critiquing media? scanned the op lost but it’s daunting given how much stuff is out there
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Jul 29, 2020 07:50
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michael brooks dead in his 30s but ben shapiro will live to 105
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Jul 29, 2020 08:22
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Percelus posted:michael brooks dead in his 30s but ben shapiro will live to 105 105 cm maybe
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Jul 29, 2020 08:23
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Reject Chapo Embrace Homo https://soundcloud.com/hvulgaris/7776-be-game-do-warcrimes
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Jul 29, 2020 09:06
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Citations Needed is really good as left media (and what I recommend to random people), but to be honest at least half of the episodes aren't very interesting to listen to because they're about topics that I'm already fully aware of and are basically just telling me things I already know.AnEdgelord posted:I think the Chapos are severely underestimating the likelihood of the Election becoming a flashpoint. I strongly doubt this, mainly because the vast majority of Q people are random boomers. The reason why this scenario is unlikely is that capital doesn't really have any incentive to create such a chaotic situation when they could instead support giving power to Biden, an extremely reliable advocate for their interests.
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Jul 29, 2020 09:28
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somehow i doubt the gang of rebadged blackwater mercs that make up the ice totenkopf dvision are gonna put their lives on the line for trump
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Jul 29, 2020 09:45
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Ytlaya posted:Citations Needed is really good as left media (and what I recommend to random people), but to be honest at least half of the episodes aren't very interesting to listen to because they're about topics that I'm already fully aware of and are basically just telling me things I already know. They brought it up themselves in one of their episodes, but it's often true that you could already read all about whatever it is they are talking about on Jon Schwartz's tiny revolution blog in the year 2006.
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Jul 29, 2020 09:45
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Ytlaya posted:The reason why this scenario is unlikely is that capital doesn't really have any incentive to create such a chaotic situation when they could instead support giving power to Biden, an extremely reliable advocate for their interests. I was considering the same thing; that maybe the system will go for Biden this time in an attempt at keeping things balanced and heading off any future disasters. However, that presupposes quite a few things, such as the system not going for Hillary last time, or that the conditions that lead to her loss having gone away or changed. Yeah, Biden is not Hillary, but he's not a particularly popular candidate, and the reactionary forces behind Trump has not gone anywhere. Matt speaks of swing voters who just wanted something new and different no longer voting for Trump, but the Chapos have derided the idea that swing voters / moderates decide the election for years at this point. Turnout and trickery seems to be the name of the game, and with Corona and a brewing insurrection who knows what is in store in those regards? I think we've seen that the system has a weakness in that sometimes it can lose control over the checks and conditions it creates to deal with the left. As such, and because things can apparently only get worse, I would not be surprised by a Trump win. Maybe capital believes that this is it, and further descent into outright totalitarianism is the safer bet in these trying times. I don't think Trump would stage an outright coup after a loss either though. That's probably fanfiction by libs. thotsky has issued a correction as of 09:54 on Jul 29, 2020 |
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Jul 29, 2020 09:48
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When Citations Needed are good they're really good but it really does vary from topic to topic. Like all the ones about police reporting I skip because the UK doesn't have nearly the same problem (obv. there is still copy pasting of cop press releases just way less of it)
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Jul 29, 2020 10:18
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The Muppets On PCP posted:somehow i doubt the gang of rebadged blackwater mercs that make up the ice totenkopf dvision are gonna put their lives on the line for trump they'd be putting their lives on the line for power - vast personal power and incredible wealth. in a situation where they (ice and militant sheriffs and the corrections bureau or whoever else with guns + uniforms) put a sufficiently intimidating ring around the White House that he stayed in, they become the new revolutionary guard. that's the parallel military structure you set up with even more ludicrous funding and insane brainwashing because the dictator can't trust the military. and being in the revolutionary guard comes with perks galore. not saying that's what's gonna happen, but plenty of incentive is there. those fat-necked white guys in wraparound sunglasses wouldn't just be coming out for the love of Trump, but for the desire to be an untouchable praetorian class. I'm sure in their imagination it's perfectly honourable and patriotic and a bald eagle is crying a single tear in the background, but they'd be in it for the power.
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Jul 29, 2020 10:48
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The ongoing trueanon series about the spider network is so loving good
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Jul 29, 2020 12:20
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ballin' out super's White Genoseinfeld bit is pretty good
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Jul 29, 2020 14:08
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Egg Moron posted:The ongoing trueanon series about the spider network is so loving good yeah one thing i particularly enjoy about trueanon is their complete willingness to speculate and to be clearly informed by theory without being excessively theoretical, it's cracking stuff
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Jul 29, 2020 14:17
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Ytlaya posted:Citations Needed is really good as left media (and what I recommend to random people), but to be honest at least half of the episodes aren't very interesting to listen to because they're about topics that I'm already fully aware of and are basically just telling me things I already know.
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Jul 29, 2020 14:58
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Robotnik Nudes posted:Reject Chapo Obey Wario Destroy Mario
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Jul 29, 2020 15:16
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First Obamacast just came out and I listened to it so you didn't have to. Spoilers: It's trite bullshit full of dumb loving platitudes where they talk about their lives in just-so ways that ignore most of the material realities of their lives. Felix's "eating a tortilla filled with flour" definitely applies. Ostensibly it's about how the life story of "leave nuclear family to start a career independent of family" is historically abnormal. You'll get more substance from about 15 seconds of Matt Christman and Sean KB drunkenly ranting than in the entire hour. Exclusively marketed to upper middle-class millennials and x'ers.
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Jul 29, 2020 16:08
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AnEdgelord posted:be careful about subjugating Naples, if you don't have truces with some of the north Italian states its very easy to have a coalition fire immediately after you vassalize them I haven't done much conquering of Italy yet because of the web of alliances making it hard. I joined the HRE and started a colony on the Ivory Coast.
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Jul 29, 2020 16:14
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There was a line towards the end of Obama-cast where Barrack says that young people shouldn't be cynical about politics because it's merely an expression of "all of us" coming together to make decisions together. Holy loving hell how did we ever expect anything from this fraud?
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Jul 29, 2020 16:18
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I can imagine the take for the Obamacast being like Krusty hurrying through his voice lines, but it's an hour long
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Jul 29, 2020 16:29
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shrike82 posted:it's not just the Taibbi cast. they've basically been at sea since Sanders lost and being out of touch with BLM and the ongoing protests hasn't helped. this week's cast has them going on about how society is atomized and people are too alienated to work together which is a dumb take given the strength of the ongoing protests (unless you just follow traditional media which has stopped covering them). I haven't listened to the ep but if they're arguing that people are too alienated for stuff like general strikes or mass rent strikes then it's not that dumb of a take
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Jul 29, 2020 17:11
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people are way too glib talking about general strikes. a general strike means physically preventing all work in the targeted area not approved by the strike committee. people who think we need general strikes are correct, but i hope their next thought is "what can we do to make ourselves capable of one?"
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Jul 29, 2020 17:25
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yeah it means kicking the poo poo out of dummies who don't toe the line, a mentality that american libs, and even most leftists right now can't bring themselves to even entertain.
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Jul 29, 2020 17:28
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thanks all for the RWN recs, going to work my way through the annibale episodes godspeed
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Jul 29, 2020 17:32
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Zedhe Khoja posted:yeah it means kicking the poo poo out of dummies who don't toe the line, a mentality that american libs, and even most leftists right now can't bring themselves to even entertain. I mean it’s a tough thing to do. people just wanna work to feed themselves and their families. I can get that
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Jul 29, 2020 17:36
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Many people wish to kiss annibale. And who can blame them
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Jul 29, 2020 17:42
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:thanks all for the RWN recs, going to work my way through the annibale episodes godspeed when he says Venice is in Iceland he means an island
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Jul 29, 2020 17:55
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Ytlaya posted:Citations Needed is really good as left media (and what I recommend to random people), but to be honest at least half of the episodes aren't very interesting to listen to because they're about topics that I'm already fully aware of and are basically just telling me things I already know.  Zedhe Khoja posted:There was a line towards the end of Obama-cast where Barrack says that young people shouldn't be cynical about politics because it's merely an expression of "all of us" coming together to make decisions together.
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Jul 29, 2020 18:00
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well you have to admit, it is a very impressive CV
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Jul 29, 2020 18:17
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I absolutely can't get through Annibale's accent which sucks because id like to know more about the Years of Lead
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Jul 29, 2020 18:25
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Doc Hawkins posted:people are way too glib talking about general strikes. a general strike means physically preventing all work in the targeted area not approved by the strike committee. this is why it's still easier to get anything happening at portside not just literal ports, you can gently caress poo poo up if you can get freight forwarders and customs offices to close shop for a few days around an airport
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Jul 29, 2020 18:56
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https://twitter.com/mikeduncan/status/1288554455026339840?s=20
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Jul 29, 2020 20:20
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it's easier to ask which episodes of rwn are not worth listening to than which are good. of the more recent episodes, there was a pretty bad episode on japan because the guest was not very good and seemed to orientalize the topic of samurai.
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Jul 29, 2020 20:39
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Ugh I hate uninformed guests on podcasts There's a Defunctland episode with a British theme park "expert" who says things that make it clear he's never been in the parks he's talking about
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Jul 29, 2020 20:52
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Gwen Snyder is posting again
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for rwn i highly recommend episode 19 its just a loose discussion of torture but its pretty good
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