Best Ellis Tucci Podcasts (2024)

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131: The Plot Against Democracy 5:28:00

1+ y ago5:28:00

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In July 1933, two mysterious men approached one of the most decorated soldiers in American history with what initially appeared to be a simple proposal. He didn’t know it at the time, but Major General Smedley Butler, whose prominent career mirrored the rise of the American Empire, was being recruited into a sordid plan to overthrow President Frank…

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130: The Howard Hughes Blues 4:24:21

2y ago4:24:21

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On April 5, 1976, the richest man in the world died of medical neglect on board a jet bound for Houston. At the time of his death, Howard Hughes had not been seen in public for nearly twenty years. With a massive fortune that enabled his worsening mental disorders, Hughes, once famous the world over, receded from the public eye, and for the last de…

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129: RFK Must Die 53:52

2y ago53:52

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On June 5, 1968, Robert Kennedy was gunned down in the back room of a hotel kitchen just minutes after it seemed he had secured the 1968 Democratic nomination for President. The man changed with, and sentenced to death for, Kennedy’s murder was a 24 year old Palestinian American named Sirhan Sirhan. From the very beginning, it was clear that someth…

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128: CRASH! 27:07

2+ y ago27:07

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How did a shootout between two undercover cops on an LA freeway in 1997 lead to the discovery, and subsequent coverup, of one of the largest and most sinister networks of police crime and corruption in modern American History? Learn about Kevin Gaines, Suge Knight, Versace shirts, bank robberies, drug dealer cops, the Rampart Scandal, and more in t…

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127: Love Canal 26:20

2+ y ago26:20

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What happens when your home is built on top of 20,000 tons of toxic chemical and radioactive waste? What about the park? The playground? Your child’s school? These questions were all too real for the residents of one sleepy Niagara Falls suburb, little they know they were in the fight of their lives. Learn more about the Love Canal disaster in this…

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126: Operation Secure Tomorrow 17:13

2+ y ago17:13

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On February 29, 2004, American troops landed in Haiti to depose the country’s first democratically elected president. Who was Jean-Bertrand Aristide, why was he overthrown by two (2) US-backed coups, and what role does it play in the context of greater US-Haiti relations? Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources and Further Reading…

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125: POW MIA 22:07

2+ y ago22:07

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You’ve seen it- a black flag bearing the silhouette of a forlorn prisoner, emblazoned with the letters POW MIA. The enduring myth of the missing Vietnam POWs, symbolized by this flag, is a conspiracy theory that has persisted into the current day, but its roots can be traced back to the political schemes of Richard Nixon. What’s the story behind th…

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124: Church Rock 19:18

2+ y ago19:18

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On July 16, 1976, the worst nuclear accident in American history- the second worst in the world- took place at a uranium mill in Navajo Nation. 94,000,000 gallons of nuclear sludge, and over 1000 tons of uranium tailings rushed into the Puerco River when an dam failed at the United Nuclear Corporation’s Church Rock Mine. Though the disaster poisone…

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123: The Ogoni 9 19:57

2+ y ago19:57

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On November 10, 1995, the government of Nigeria, at the urging of Royal Dutch Shell, executed nine environmental and indigenous rights activists known as the Ogoni 9. They had fought nonviolently to protect their ancestral home: a 400 square mile area of the Niger River Delta known as Ogoniland, which had been turned into hell on earth by decades o…

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122: Dark Alliance 26:07

2+ y ago26:07

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In August 1996, investigative reporter Gary Webb published a series of three articles that shined light on a vast network of international cocaine smuggling that had both caused to crack epidemic, and was sanctioned by the CIA. Though his reporting was meticulous and factual, major newspapers engaged in a massive campaign to discredit him and his w…

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121: Paperclip 24:36

2+ y ago24:36

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Episode 121: From 1945 to 1959, the United States brought 1600 Nazi scientists to America in order to leverage their knowledge against the Soviets. Many were unrepentant war criminals who had played active roles in the slave trade and the Holocaust almost all were given American citizenship and died peacefully as free men. How did this secret Nazi …

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120: Art & Artifice Part II: The Pen and the Sword 10:44

2+ y ago10:44

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Episode 120: Part 2 of 2. Throughout the Cold War, the CIA maintained a vast web of secret publications that it used to influence public thought and perceptions of the United States. Meanwhile back home, it funded successful attempts to remove politics and philosophy from American creative writing. Find out how the CIA manipulated writing and liter…

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119: Art & Artifice Part I: The Long Leash 16:57

3y ago16:57

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Episode 119: Part 1 of 2. Throughout the 1950s, the CIA, through a number of secret fronts, provided funding and publicity for abstract modern art in the United States. Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko became arrows in the Cold War quiver, as the Agency turned them, and scores of other modern artists into unwitting agents of American propaganda. How…

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118: A Brief History of Modern Afghanistan, Part II 25:30

3y ago25:30

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Episode 118: Part 2 of 2. The American War in Afghanistan was defined by its cruelty, inhumanity, and futility. This episode takes a look at the history of Afghanistan in the 21st century, consumed by the shadow of America’s longest war. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources and Further Reading The Other Afghan Women: Link The K…

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117: A Brief History of Modern Afghanistan, Part I 21:17

3y ago21:17

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Episode 117: It’s known as “The Graveyard of Empires,” and its history certainly lives up to the nickname— as news about Afghanistan is plastered across television screens throughout America, let’s take a look at the history of the country so many know so little about. Part 1 of 2. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources and Furth…

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116: Flight 655 20:22

3y ago20:22

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Episode 116: On July 3, 1988, the USS Vincennes, an American cruiser, sailed into Iranian waters and launched a surface to air missile at Iran Air Flight 655, which it supposedly mistook for a fighter jet. Out of the 290 on board non survived. What were the events that led up to July 3rd, and how did the American government respond? Twitter: Link P…

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115: Los Desaparecidos 19:45

3y ago19:45

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Episode 115: Throughout the Cold War, the United States, through the CIA, funded, supplied, and protected a vast continental network of right-wing death squads that spanned South America. This genocidal collaboration between the CIA and six US-backed dictatorships was known as Operation Condor. In its wake, it left 80,000 dead, and 400,000 more dis…

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114: Silkwood 16:22

3y ago16:22

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Episode 114: On November 14, 1974, a labor activist and chemical worker named Karen Silkwood left a union meeting and set out to blow the whistle to a reporter from the New York Times. She was never seen alive again. Who killed Karen Silkwood? Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources and Further Reading Museum remembers Karen Silkw…

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113: Gladio 16:21

3y ago16:21

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Episode 113: Throughout the Cold War the CIA organized, funded, and supplied a network of secret armies across Europe. Recruited from fascist anti-Communist circles, these groups wove a vast web domestic terrorism— carrying out bombing campaigns, massacres, military coups, and more, all in the name of freedom, democracy, and keeping the Left out of…

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112: The Great Flood 18:00

3y ago18:00

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Episode 112: On May 31, 1889, a 60 foot wall of water tore through the city of Johnstown, destroying everything in its path. In the end, over 2,000 lay dead, and all so some rich guys could catch a couple fish. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources and Further Reading Revisiting the Timing and Events Leading to and Causing the J…

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111: The Twinkie Defense 18:00

3y ago18:00

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Episode 111: On November 28, 1978, former City Supervisor Dan White snuck into San Francisco City Hall and assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first widely known openly gay politician in America. Who was Harvey Milk, rise through the ranks of city politics, why was he assassinated, and what was the infamous “Twinkie De…

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110: May 13, 1985 13:42

3y ago13:42

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Episode 110: It’s been 36 years since the Philadelphia Police Department dropped two bombs on the roof of a house in West Philadelphia, killing 11 people, including five children, in an attempt to destroy the environmentalist Black liberation group MOVE. What were the events of that led up to the MOVE Bombing, and has anyone ever faced any conseque…

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109: The Colfax Massacre 13:07

3y ago13:07

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Episode 109: On Easter Sunday, 1873, a band of Klansmen and Confederate veterans committed one of the most sickening acts of violence of the Reconstruction era. In the Colfax Massacre white supremacists murdered mover 100 people in an attempt to overturn to Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1872, and cement the grip of white supremacy over the So…

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108: The Raising of Chicago 7:31

3+ y ago7:31

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Episode 108: In the 1850s and 1860s, the young city of Chicago was blighted by disease, its growth hampered by its lack of a sewer system. In order to solve the city’s constant public health crises, a group of engineers concocted a plan that would be unthinkable today: physically lifting an entire city out of the muck. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link S…

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107: The Yellow Car 12:01

3+ y ago12:01

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Episode 107: Let’s take a ride through history while examining the state of American transit infrastructure, the lost streetcars of the past, and the 1940s corporate conspiracy that may have stripped transit from your city. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources and Further Reading Report Card on America’s Infrastructure: Link Ra…

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106: The Death of Frank Olson 11:15

3+ y ago11:15

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Episode 106: At 2:25 AM on November 28, 1953, a CIA bacteriologist and chemical warfare specialist named Frank Olson got up, and ran across a dark room in his underwear, dodging two beds, to hurdle through a closed window with the blinds closed and the curtains drawn, falling 10 stories to his death. At least…that’s the official story. Frank Olson …

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105: CIA MD 11:15

3+ y ago11:15

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Episode 105: Unfortunately, America has a long history of unethical medical experimentation, a tradition that’s caused mass suffering around the globe, and served to massively decrease trust in medicine. This episode covers the CIA’s fake Pakistani vaccination program, the Guatemalan Syphilis Experiments, and the Cincinnati Radiation Experiments. T…

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104: No Gun Ri 18:45

3+ y ago18:45

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Episode 104: Some call it "The Forgotten War," and they definitely have a point- the Korean War has not been memorialized in the American memory, it had neither the scale of World War II, nor the cultural impact of Vietnam. Make no mistake: brutal, horrifying, and influential, the Korean War is more important than you know. This episode takes a loo…

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103: Grapes of Wrath 10:20

3+ y ago10:20

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Episode 103: During the Great Depression, as millions of Americans went hungry, and 2/3rds of families were in poverty, famers across the country destroyed their crops- burning wheat, cracking eggs, and pouring out milk. This episode explores the history of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and asks: what kind of society would burn food while its pe…

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102: The Bengal Famine 15:00

3+ y ago15:00

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Episode 102: From 1943 to 1944, as a result of decades of exploitative colonial policy, and intentional neglect from the British government, a terrible famine gripped the colonial Indian province of Bengal. Estimates bring the death toll in Bengal alone to three million people. This episode covers the history of colonial rule in India, and the inte…

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101: The Lavender Scare 13:00

3+ y ago13:00

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Episode 101: From 1950 to 1954, as a part of his rabid anti-Communist crusade, a notorious liar and habitually drunk Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, led a crusade against homosexuals in the American government that would influence anti-gay policy all the way up until the 1990s. What was the Lavender Scare, why did it happen, and what does …

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100: Fascist USA 15:50

3+ y ago15:50

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Episode 100: On February 20th, 1939, twenty thousand American Nazis held a rally in Madison Square Garden, declaring George Washington as the “first fascist.” How did Nazi movements come to thrive in the United States, and what were the social and historical conditions that paved the way for their success? Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and mor…

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99: Killing King 17:42

3+ y ago17:42

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Episode 99: This week’s episode is about COINTELPRO, the secret, illegal spying and assassination program orchestrated by the FBI from 1956 to (technically) 1971, and the 1999 trail that established that the United States Government was likely part of a conspiracy to assassinate Martin Luther King, Jr. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: L…

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98: Banana Republic 14:15

3+ y ago14:15

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Episode 96: This week’s episode talks about the history of American empire and international intervention, the creation of the “Banana Republic,” the Spanish American War, and the aggressive imperial policy of 1900s America. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources Empire, Public Goods, and the Roosevelt Corollary: Link The Rooseve…

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97: Rodney the Reindeer 11:37

3+ y ago11:37

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Episode 96:This week’s episode is a decidedly less-gruesome tale about a big catalogue, a little book, and a red-nosed reindeer. Hidden History Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod Sources Robert L. May: https://rb.gy/2qwdgw 1944: The Removal of Sewell Avery: https://rb.gy/kprjpc Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue and Buyers' Guide 1895: …

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96: The Good Doctor Freeman 24:20

3+ y ago24:20

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Episode 96:This week’s episode is about Walter J. Freeman. Jr., the surgeon without surgical training who pioneered a brutal procedure that was used to punish the women of the 1950s for stepping out of line. Let’s talk about the gruesome and brutal history of lobotomy. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources Psychosurgery, ethics,…

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95: Are You Tired? 13:58

3+ y ago13:58

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Episode 94: This week’s episode is about the unrelenting agony of the American experience. Happy stuff. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources Thousands in Texas line up in cars to receive food before Thanksgiving: https://rb.gy/f2bxhu A 2-mile line in Arizona. A four-hour wait in Ohio. Millions seek help to avoid going hungry on…

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94: Waltzing Matilda 18:48

3+ y ago18:48

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Episode 94: This episode talks about the beginnings of the First World War, Serbian conspiracies, the doomed campaign in Gallipoli, and a fate worse than death. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources Gallipoli: https://rb.gy/wcjiyu Searching for Gavrilo Princip: https://rb.gy/2lam6j The Russian Secret Service and King Alexander O…

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93: Chemicals and You! 23:51

3+ y ago23:51

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Episode 93: In a world where the vast majority of corporate maneuvering is invisible to the average person, how have the actions of one specific sector, the chemical industry, unknowingly impacted each of our lives? What current problems can we trace back the actions of the chemical companies of the past? How do companies that poison the public get…

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92: Future Imperfect 12:10

3+ y ago12:10

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Episode 92: Let’s talk about centrism, the election, the records of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, anti-activism within the democratic party, and the future of politics. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources S.256 - Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005: https://rb.gy/8d8li4 The Crime-Bill Debate Shows Ho…

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91: Bhopal 18:24

3+ y ago18:24

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Episode 91: In this episode, let’s talk about the worst industrial accident in American history, and the worst industrial accident in human history, both caused by the endless greed of the same company: Union Carbide. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources More Chemical Leaks at W.Va. Plant Disclosed by Union Carbide Corp.: https…

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90: The Waters of Life 21:54

3+ y ago21:54

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Episode 90: It’s time to talk about the right to, and commodification of, water, Daniel Day Lewis, and why you should hate Nestle for what they’ve done to our world. The music featured in this episode is This is the Day, by The The Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, 2019 Findings: https://rb.…

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89: Comin' Home 24:09

3+ y ago24:09

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Episode 89: This episode takes on the many different forms of housing discrimination, the systems that encourage it, and how we can put an end to it. The music featured in this episode is Comin’ Home Baby, by Mel Tormé Hidden History Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod Sources Exploiting Race and Space: Subprime Lending as Housing Dis…

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88: Life at the End of History 22:42

4y ago22:42

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Episode 88: Will we ever reach a time in humanity’s existence where our ideological evolution just…stops? Is it possible to settle on one set of rules until the end of time? Are we living through the “End of History?” The music featured in this episode is Gassenhauer, by Carl Orff Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link Sources The End of…

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87: Bad Things, Bad People 14:57

4y ago14:57

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Episode 87: The grand lesson of this episode is: it’s ok to laugh about Trump getting Covid. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: LinkBy Ellis Tucci

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86: Anatomy of a Genocide 17:46

4y ago17:46

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Episode 86: Let’s talk about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the legacy of the Supreme Court, involuntary sterilization, and a chilling court case from 1927. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: LinkBy Ellis Tucci

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85: The Green Dream 17:35

4y ago17:35

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Episode 85: In this episode, it’s time to talk about the overwhelming bleakness that comes with being a young person today, the knowing destruction of our world by fossil fuel companies, useless politicians full of empty platitudes, and why meaningful social progress is impossible under capitalism. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link…

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84: Disco Inferno 25:21

4y ago25:21

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Episode 84: On July 12th, 1979, disco died in a stadium in Chicago. Let’s talk about the social history of disco music, and the nature of reactionary movements. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: LinkBy Ellis Tucci

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83: Let Go of Obama 21:39

4y ago21:39

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Episode 83: It’s time to reevaluate the presidency of Barack Obama and discuss the dangers of a “return to normalcy.” Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: LinkBy Ellis Tucci

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82: Lists 15:06

4y ago15:06

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Episode 82: This episode takes a look at the American surveillance state's ultimate goal of crushing political movements, the Disposition Matrix, and the drone war. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: LinkBy Ellis Tucci

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