Best Leah Peterson Podcasts (2024)

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A Death Panel Halloween (10/31/24) 1:15:16

4h ago1:15:16

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Phil reads "The Black Gondolier" by Fritz Leiber.Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communismFind Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here:https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogynyDeath Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merchAs a…

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187. “A Justified Homicide” - The Case of Aaron Spencer - Lonoke County, Arkansas 34:32

1d ago34:32

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A barking dog, a father, and a pursuit. In the early morning hours of October 8th, 2024 the Spencer family awoke to find their teenage daughter missing. The girls father, 36-year-old, Aaron Spencer set out to find his daughter. In a matter of minutes he located the girl in a vehicle with 67-year-old Michael Fosler. Before deputies made their way to…

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Fascism, Marxism and Israel | Enzo Traverso 1:40:08

3d ago1:40:08

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This week we have a special episode for you as part of our inter-season programming - an interview with Enzo Traverso. Of course, we’re still working hard to bring you more roundtable discussions with our wonderful Verso authors in our upcoming fourth series of The Verso Podcast, but until then we have some exciting interim episodes coming up for y…

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Authenticity in Media w/ Jazzy T of JazzCast Pros (RBC #139) 42:11

2d ago42:11

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Rochester Business Connections #149 with Jazzy T. Watch the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rI-Hs94iC-Y In an era where authenticity reigns supreme, one voice has gone through the changing trends of media transformation with grace and innovation. Meet Jazzy T, a talented broadcaster with years of experience in radio and podcasts. In this …

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Teaser - Instruments of Dehumanization w/ Maryam Jamshidi 18:45

3d ago18:45

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/114867221Beatrice speaks with Maryam Jamshidi about how US law has been shaped in recent decades to specifically guard against Palestinian self-determination, and the direct role that Benjamin Netanyahu, Benzion Netanyahu, and other settler o…

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New York War Crimes w/ Members of WAWOG (10/24/24) 56:25

5d ago56:25

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Beatrice speaks to Nour and Sarah, two members of Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG), about the role the New York Times has played in portraying the genocide in Palestine as just and reasonable, the campaign to get NYT readers to unsubscribe from the paper and for writers to boycott them, and the counter-propaganda project “New York War Crimes…

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186. “The House on Old Orchard Avenue” - The Case of “TJ” and Jaynie Crosdale - Kansas City, Missouri 50:03

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100,000 photographs, a survivor, and a monster hiding in plain sight. In September of 2022 neighbors in the 300 block of Old Orchard Avenue in Excelsior Springs awoke to a nightmare. A young woman was beating on their doors begging for help, telling neighbors that her friends didn’t make it and “he” was coming to kill her. As law enforcement began …

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Teaser - Grief w/ Sarah Jaffe (10/21/24) 21:50

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113880253Beatrice speaks with Sarah Jaffe about the politics of grief and grieving: who is allowed to grieve and how, what we are allowed to grieve and aren’t, and how taking the time to experience grief and loss are anathema to capitalism.Sa…

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A Short History Of Trans Misogyny (DP x S24) (10/17/24) 1:18:57

12d ago1:18:57

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Jules speaks about her book A Short History of Trans Misogyny, the need to integrate material analysis into trans politics, and how it is that such a (relatively) small population of people have become the subject of such a high degree of political ire.Transcript forthcoming.This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism Conference in Chicago…

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Alison Parrott with A Million Other Choices 26:33

15d ago26:33

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Hurricane Milton came and threw us all for a loop. Thankfully, Kim from A Million Other Choices podcast is here filling in with the case of Alison Parrott. Eleven year old Alison Parrott left her upscale Rosedale home on July 25, 1986 to get her picture taken with her winning track and field team. She never returned home and her body was found 2 da…

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Teaser - “Forensic Skepticism” (10/14/24) 20:01

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113747049Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss a recent article called “Are Colleges Getting Disability Accommodations All Wrong?” that earned enormous backlash from the disability community for arguing that young people are faking or exaggeratin…

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Macrodose: Cyberboss | Craig Gent 19:05

15d ago19:05

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This week we’ve got something a little different for you. Whilst we’re still technically between seasons - and working hard to bring you more roundtable discussions with our wonderful Verso authors in our upcoming fourth series of The Verso Podcast - we wanted to share a great episode we’ve been collaborating on with our friends over at Macrodose. …

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Care Not Courts w/ Liat Ben-Moshe, Sasha Warren and Leah Harris (DP x S24) (10/10/24) 54:14

19d ago54:14

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Liat Ben-Moshe, Sasha Warren, and Leah Harris discuss the political economy of psychiatric incarceration and strategies for resisting surveillance and carcerality that center liberatory care and international solidarities.Transcript forthcoming.This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism Conference in Chicago in early September, under the …

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Listener Q and A 47:52

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Teaser - One Year / Body Politics (10/07/24) 20:45

23d ago20:45

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113438086Today, Death Panel are joining the calls of organizers around the world to strike for Palestine. As such, today's Death Panel is an episode in two parts:Part One — One Year (0:00:00 - 0:20:45)A statement on one year of genocide from …

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Carewashing w/ Mon Mohapatra, Tracy Rosenthal & Victoria Law (DP x S24) (10/03/24) 1:13:55

27d ago1:13:55

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Beatrice speaks with Mon Mohapatra, Tracy Rosenthal and Victoria Law about how the rhetorics of “care,” support, and empathy are often deployed to expand and reinforce carcerality—to make carcerality appear innocuous, or even an expansion of social welfare and public health.Transcript forthcoming.This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism…

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4 of Hearts: Anthony Lamar Peterson, Florida Deck with Dealing Justice 1:13:57

27d ago1:13:57

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Due to some unexpected circumstances, I was unable to get an episode out this week. However, our friends, Lori and Jen at Dealing Justice have just dropped a new season and they were gracious enough to share their first episode from Season 3 with us! Fourteen-year-old Anthony Lamar Peterson went missing during the summer of 2005 while visiting fami…

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Teaser - Concepts of a Risk Pool (09/30/24) 17:16

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113089961Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss the deeper problems behind JD Vance’s recent comments that Trump wants to separate the sick into their own “risk pool,” and how the US’s system of private healthcare itself generates resentment toward…

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Refusing Genocide, from Palestine to Pandemic w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (DP x S24) (09/26/24) 1:15:06

1M ago1:15:06

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Beatrice speaks with Rasha Abdulhadi about how, as we near 11 months and 100+ years of genocidal settler colonial violence in Palestine, it is vital to remain steadfast in our demands for Palestinian liberation. We discuss turning away from despair towards patience and boldness in our actions, why our demands must push for and beyond “ceasefire,” a…

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185. “Russian Entities” - The Case of Madalina Cojocari - Cornelius, North Carolina | [Part 3 - FINAL] 1:02:23

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A missing wallet, secret recordings, and a trundle bed. As the trial for Christopher Palmiter continued, he testified about the days leading up to 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari’s disappearance. His explanations for why he failed to report his stepdaughter missing left more questions than answers. And more alarm bells were raised when Diana Cojocari…

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Teaser - The Long History of Youth Transition (09/23/24) 24:24

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112625641Beatrice and Jules discuss an amicus brief Jules co-authored for the upcoming Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti, a case being heard next month that could have a dramatic impact on young people’s access to medical transitio…

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Abolish Rent w/ Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis (09/19/24) 1:35:39

1M ago1:35:39

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Beatrice speaks with Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis about the demands of the growing tenants movement, why so-called “affordable housing” policies fail to keep people in their homes, and why we need to abolish rent once and for all.Tracy and Leonardo are the authors of Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis, out next week: https…

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184. “Russian Entities” - The Case of Madalina Cojocari - Cornelius, North Carolina | [Part 2] 45:31

1M ago45:31

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Michael Jackson, Vladimir Putin, and a silver investment. As the search for 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari continued, her mother, Diana Cojocari, and stepfather, Christopher Palmiter faced charges for failing to report the little girl missing. At trial, Palmiter took the stand in his own defense. And his testimony revealed that things behind the clo…

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Teaser - Abortion Stigma and the 2024 Election w/ Ja’Loni Owens (09/16/24) 23:25

1M ago23:25

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112179324Beatrice speaks with Ja’Loni Owens about what we can learn from the discussion of abortion in last week’s Harris/Trump debate and how much of the subsequent fact checking of debate statements leaned into anti-abortion stigma.Find Ja'…

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The Political Economy Of Covid (DP x S24) (09/12/24) 1:18:50

2M ago1:18:50

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Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the political economy of the pandemic and how organizing around covid and long covid intersects with priorities in movements across the left, including labor struggles and economic justice, disability justice, and abolition.Transcript forthcoming.This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism Conference in Ch…

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183. “Russian Entities” - The Case of Madalina Cojocari - Cornelius, North Carolina - [Part 1] 42:53

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A truancy packet, a trip to Michigan, and a burning couch. On November 21st, 2022, 11-year-old, Madalina Cojocari got off the bus after school and headed to her home at 18413 Victoria Bay Drive in Cornelius, North Carolina. The bus stop was only half a block from her home. But Madalina Cojocari has never been seen again. Why did it take twenty-thre…

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Teaser - Corridors of Contagion w/ Victoria Law (09/09/24) 20:02

2M ago20:02

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/111673467Beatrice speaks with Victoria Law about how prisons and jails have acted as vectors of covid transmission throughout the pandemic, the experiences of people on the inside from early in the pandemic through fights happening now over l…

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Storming Bedlam w/ Sasha Warren 1:39:51

2M ago1:39:51

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This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on April 15th. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with Sasha Warren about the lessons we can take from the history of anti-psychiatry movements, and other movements aligned against earlier form…

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182. “A Blended Family” - The Case of Sara Dixon - Burlington, North Carolina 51:59

2M ago51:59

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Vacuum marks, a brightly colored blanket, and Christmas tinsel. In November of 2007, 68-year-old, Sara Dixon was found shot to death inside her home in Burlington, North Carolina. From the moment investigators arrived at the home on McCray Road it appeared that the scene had been staged to look like a robbery gone wrong. While it appeared nothing o…

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Teaser - How to Abolish Prisons w/ Rachel Herzing & Justin Piché (09/02/24) 21:45

2M ago21:45

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/110969806Beatrice speaks with Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché about how the fight to abolish prisons touches other movements, what abolitionist movement wins tell us about taking the long view in organizing work, and their new book How to Abo…

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181. “The Neighborhood Terrorist” - The Case of Jose Rey - Miami, Florida 48:28

2M ago48:28

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A mint julep, a distinctive knife, and a real life “potty ranger”. Father’s Day weekend of 2015, 52-year-old Jose “Pepe” Rey and his wife, Lisette. were out walking their dog in their neighborhood in Kendall, which is a suburb of Miami, Florida. The couple made plans to have drinks at their neighbor’s house. Jose walked back home to secure the fami…

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The Promise and Perils of Wastewater Data w/ Betsy Ladyzhets (08/29/24) 1:32:39

2M ago1:32:39

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Beatrice speaks with Betsy Ladyzhets of The Sick Times about what wastewater surveillance does—and doesn’t—tell us about the level of covid spread and how the rise of covid wastewater monitoring fits inside the larger picture of the privatization of both covid risk and covid data.Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/promises-and-perils-of-was…

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Teaser - Unbuild Walls w/ Silky Shah (08/26/24) 25:11

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/110836544Beatrice speaks with Silky Shah about the harsh immigration and border detention rhetoric on display at both the DNC and RNC this summer, the historical and material links between the rise of the immigration detention system and mass…

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180. “Twenty Years of Lies” - The Case of Jennifer & Adrianna Wix - Cross Plains, Tennessee 1:19:05

2M ago1:19:05

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A four-door Mustang, an engagement, and an all new podcast, Missing in Hush Town. In March of 2004, 21-year-old Jennifer Wix and her two-year-old daughter Adrianna vanished from Cross Plains, Tennessee. The last person known to have seen the two alive was Jennifer’s boyfriend, 22-year-old Joey Benton. Joey claimed he had last seen the mother and da…

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Mask Bans Are Everyone’s Fight (08/22/24) 1:31:51

2M ago1:31:51

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Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the mask ban passed in Nassau County last week, the latest in a dramatic rise in legislation criminalizing face masks and targeting the Palestine solidarity movement. We look at what happened in the overtly hostile public hearing over the ban, the history of the New York statute that ban proponents want back, and h…

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Teaser - Pandemic Imaginaries w/ October Krausch (08/19/24) 21:12

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/110415159Beatrice speaks with October Krausch about how the cultural imaginary of covid and covid risk has shifted from some of the earliest interpretations of the pandemic, how social pressure amongst liberals to place trust in institutions …

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Abolish Managed Care 1:26:32

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Beatrice and Jules discuss “managed care,” a seemingly innocuous term for a guiding principle in contemporary US healthcare that structures and incentivizes medical rationing and austerity. We also discuss how the use of managed care in state Medicaid programs leads to widespread denials for trans care.Transcript forthcoming.This episode was origin…

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179. "Incomprehensible Evil" - The Case of Channon Christian & Christopher Newsom - Knoxville, TN [Part 6 - FINAL] | Eric Boyd 42:50

3M ago42:50

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Another ruling, two new trials, and brand new charges. After the ruling by Judge Blackwood, the prosecution fought to save the verdicts. When the dust settled there would be two retrials. Twelve years after the murders, the man the Newsom family believed had murdered their son would finally be charged with murder. Sponsors: One Skin OneSkin keeps y…

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Teaser - State Building, Development Ideology and Debt in the West Bank w/ Kareem Rabie (08/12/24) 20:14

3M ago20:14

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109988706Beatrice speaks with Kareem Rabie about how capitalist visions for “the day after” ceasefire often rely on economic development projects that act as an extension of settler colonialism, Rabie’s research on housing development project…

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Legitimate Protest and the Construction of "Reason" w/ Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu 1:28:03

3M ago1:28:03

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Beatrice speaks with Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu about attempts to dismiss Aaron Bushnell’s self immolation as mental illness, and why settler colonialism relies so heavily on drawing lines between madness and “reason.”Note: intro from Artie ends at 0:03:30Transcript:www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/aaron-bushnellThis episode was originally relea…

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178. "Incomprehensible Evil" - The Case of Channon Christian & Christopher Newsom - Knoxville, TN [Part 5] | Judge Richard Baumgartner 59:35

3M ago59:35

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Two trials, an impaired judge, and a ruling that shocked everyone. George Thomas and Vanessa Coleman were both tried for their roles in the murders. As Judge Richard Baumgartner struggled to read the verdict, many questioned whether the judge was impaired. Baumgartner blamed his medical issues, however and investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of I…

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Teaser - The Politics of “Risk Assessment” w/ William Boyd (08/05/24) 22:19

3M ago22:19

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109524186Beatrice speaks with William Boyd about how “risk assessment” became a central focus of health safety and environmental law since the 1970s, and how the political and economic factors that structure how those risks are assessed have …

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[LIVE] The Future of Global Politics w/ Jeremy Corbyn, Laleh Khalili & Daniel Denvir 1:27:48

3M ago1:27:48

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Today we're publishing part two of our sell-out live event recorded at London's Union Chapel on July 26th. For this discussion we teamed up with our friends over at The Dig for a podcast extravaganza. Eleanor Penny of the Verso Podcast and Dig host Daniel Denvir sat down with writer and academic Laleh Khalili and the freshly re-elected, newly indep…

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[LIVE] The Future of Global Capitalism w/ Macrodose Podcast 48:37

3M ago48:37

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Today we're publishing part one of our sell-out live event recorded at London's Union Chapel on July 26th.For our first show of the evening we were joined by our friends at MACRODOSE podcast for a recording of their highly-recommended show on the future of global capitalism. This discussion was hosted by writer and academic Dalia Gabriel, and featu…

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Disabled Ecologies w/ Sunaura Taylor 1:33:23

3M ago1:33:23

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This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on July 8th. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with Sunaura Taylor about how industrial pollution and systemic abandonment produce networks of disability among people, animals, and what she ca…

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177. “Incomprehensible Evil” - The Case of Channon Christian & Christopher Newsom - Knoxville, TN [Part 4] | Lemaricus Davidson 45:07

3M ago45:07

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The ringleader, a defense strategy that shocked everyone, and a two time state’s witness’s new story. After Eric Boyd and Letalvis Cobbins were both convicted, Boyd sentenced to 18 years and Cobbins to life with no possibility of parole, Lemaricus Davidson was next to stand trial. At trial, Davidson’s defense strategy left the courtroom stunned. A …

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Teaser - What to Watch for With Kamala Harris (07/29/24) 22:39

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109069424Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the sudden ascendance of Kamala Harris as the new Democratic Party nominee and take a close look at her record and early stances on Palestine, policing, and her (not quite) Medicare for All platform …

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The ADA as Welfare Reform 2:01:04

3M ago2:01:04

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Beatrice and Jules mark the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with a discussion of just how limited the law is compared with how it's portrayed, how to understand the ADA as part of the broader story of welfare state retrenchment in the 1980s and 1990s, and the broader story of how it got this way.Transcript:https://www.death…

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176. “Incomprehensible Evil” The Case of Channon Christian & Christopher Newsom - Knoxville, TN - [Part 3] | Letalvis Cobbins 53:07

3M ago53:07

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A demolition, an admission, and a wet blunt. After Eric Boyd was found guilty of accessory after the fact, 24-year-old Letalvis Cobbins was the next suspect to stand trial. In opening statements his defense team conceded that Cobbins was guilty of several of the 40 charges against him in the indictment. Before the jury decided his fate, Cobbins, hi…

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Teaser - Strange Days (07/22/24) 12:37

3M ago12:37

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/108630596Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss Biden’s decision to step down, break down last week’s Republican National Convention, and how fitting it is that the last straw in Biden’s reelection campaign was a covid infection.Get Health Communis…

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