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Cream City Social is the official podcast of Milwaukee's chapter of the DSA. We feature interviews with local leftists, chapter members, as well as segments diving into the rich socialist history of Milwaukee.
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Midwest Socialist is the official podcast of the Chicago chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
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A show about history, politics, faith, media, and the internet hosted by Josiah Sutton. Aiming for at least two free episodes per month. Artwork by Kipp Paulsen. More content can be found on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141
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We are writers, activists, and leftists who come from two of the reddest states in the country, Oklahoma and Idaho. Red, in this sense, may refer to the indigenous, socialist, and labor histories of these states, as well as the right-wing fascism that they’re known for today. As rebels, we use a class-based, leftist lens to analyze current events and political issues. We talk about the many ways neoliberalism provides a breeding ground for fascism, and we examine revolutionary frameworks and ...
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127834866 Josh and I discuss The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan and The Suburbs by Arcade Fire. Also the Minecraft movie. Music by Gary Numan, Arcade Fire, and…
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Retvrn to Rome (feat. Tribunate's Gaius)
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On today's episode, Gaius from Tribunate joins Josiah to talk about Roman history and it's parallels to the present moments. Is the U.S. in a decline like the end of the Roman Republic? Or, perhaps, the end of the Roman Empire? Why are fascists and far right groypers so obsessed with Rome? All this and more. Check out Tribunate on YouTube: https://…
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Palestinian Solidarity is a Local Issue
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The two co-chairs of the Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine join us to talk about their work, the need for Palestinian solidarity movements in Wisconsin, and what we can do to shift U.S. foreign policy on Palestine.
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/126664485 On today's episode, Alien, Josh, and Josiah turn up the dubstep, shotgun their Monster energy drinks, and get party rocking as they talk about Spring B…
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Amused to Death (feat. Phil Christman)
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On today's episode, Phil Christman joins Josiah to discuss Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman. They explore Postman's intellectual trajectory and legacy, as well as the broader media ecology movement. Did Postman predict Donald Trump? Is Postman a conservative? Would Postman have liked podcasts? All this and more on today's episode. Phil Ch…
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This is the audio for a video essay on YouTube. If you choose to listen here, you will only get half the experience. For the full experience, check out Fruitless on YouTube. The video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ER82CgPZ0 The Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIZWDsDrQ0XvDQFWzE6s2gg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…
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[Preview] The Body, The Blood, The Plagues (MX #11)
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Pierce the Snow (feat. Jacob Dallas-Main)
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On today's episode, Jacob Dallas-Main (The Socialist Shelf) joins Josiah to talk about Bong Joon Ho's masterpiece about how to wage class war on a big train, Snowpiercer (2013). Check out The Socialist Shelf: https://www.socialistshelf.com/ Follow The Socialist Shelf on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/socialistshelf.bsky.social Become a Fruitless…
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District 3 Aldermanic candidate Alex Brower joins us for an in depth analysis of Governor Evers' Act 12 bill and its impact on Milwaukee. Learn more about Alex's campaign and get involved here: https://www.alexbrowerforcommoncouncil.org/ You can also meet Alex on Saturday March 22nd from 9 to 10 AM at his meet and greet at Stone Creek Coffee on Dow…
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How Corporate Democrats Paved the Road to Trumpism - Part 2
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In Part 2 of this series, we focus on foreign policy. In Part 1, we explained how Trump and his oligarchs enrich themselves off the backs of the world’s poor and working-class at home. But in the case of foreign policy, Trump’s plans involve the blatant pillaging and exploitation of other country’s sovereign lands and resources. And again, this was…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/124223975 Imagine the title of this episode being said in the most annoying voice possible. Like, imagine the nerd emoji saying it. On today's episode, Nate Thie…
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How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way to Trumpism- Part I
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In our first episode during Trump’s second term, we look at a short (but not comprehensive) list of horrors that the Trump MAGA coalition has unleashed on the US public and how the groundwork for this horror show was laid down by the Biden regime, along with decades of corporate Democratic failures to build any kind of real opposition to the fascis…
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On today's episode, Alien (aka Stewie Griffin DJ), Josh, and Josiah discuss Iowa by Slipknot, the impact Slipknot had on the Des Moines music scene, and the whole phenomenon of nu metal. Follow today's guest on Bluesky @stewiegriffindj.bsky.social Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 Check out Fruitless on YouTube…
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Jackal and Josiah catch up on some current events. We discuss recent anti-trans legislation in Iowa and the chaos of the first few weeks of the second Trump admin before catching back up with our good friend, Eric Adams. Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 Check out Fruitless on YouTube Find more of Josiah’s work…
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[Preview] Blue Valentine as Needed for Pain (MX #10)
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On today's episode, AJ (@normalmaxxedajc) joins Josiah to teach you all how to be normal about sex, politics, and the internet. Check out Normalmaxxing here: https://normalmaxxing.substack.com/ Follow AJ on Twitter @normalmaxxedajc and Bluesky @normalmaxxedajc.bsky.social Check out AJ's previous episode of Fruitless here: https://share.transistor.f…
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[Preview] Thank You Crack the Skye (MX #9)
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Power to the People: The Fight to Take on We Energies
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Alex Brower and Andy from the Power to the People campaign to replace We Energies with a municipally owned utility and what it could mean for people in Milwaukee. Learn more about the Power to the People campaign: https://www.powertothepeoplemke.org/ Learn more about Alex Brower's campaign for Alderperson and find out how you can help us get a seat…
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[Preview] Death Drive Death Drive Death Drive
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121046053 Josh and Josiah discuss American politics and the wonderful highs and lows of having a body. Also Josh keeps buying Doom. Music by SHADE08 ★ Support th…
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Autism & Christianity (feat. Jon from Christianity on the Spectrum)
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Jon from Christianity on the Spectrum (@ChristianityOn) joins Josiah to discuss his research into the relationship between autistic individuals and Christianity. They discuss why autistic people tend to leave Christianity as well as what many find compelling about the faith. They also discuss a few surprising results that Jon found in his data. Che…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/120294489 Caleb (@theboghog) joins Josiah to discuss Control (2007), Joy Division, and the life and work of Ian Curtis. Music by SHADE08 & Joy Division ★ Support…
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DSA Runs for Common Council: A Conversation With Alex Brower
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We sit down with DSA's endorsed candidate for common council, Alex Brower, to talk about his transformative agenda and what it means to be running a movement-based campaign for city government. Learn more about Alex's campaign and get involved here: https://www.alexbrowerforcommoncouncil.org/
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On today's episode, Josh, James (@cigarette_liker), and Caleb (@theboghog) join Josiah to welcome in the new year by hanging out, making some vague predictions about the coming year, sharing some resolutions, and then talking about escaping the imminent catastrophe through table top RPGs, video games, and sports. Become a Fruitless Patron here: htt…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/119049651 It's the final music exchange of 2024! Sorry that I'm releasing it on the 1st of January; I had some personal stuff come up on New Year's Eve. So just …
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/118549470 Against Josiah's will, the subject of Supernatural returns as Finch brings Jackal and Caleb back to discuss Destiel and how the internet is bad. Josiah…
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Phil Cozzi joins Josiah to get in the holiday spirit and discuss The Holdovers (2023) and having a bad time around Christmas. Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 Check out Fruitless on YouTube Find more of Josiah’s work: https://linktr.ee/josiahwsutton Follow Josiah on Twitter @josiahwsutton Music & audio credits…
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They're Ready to Go Home (feat. Amelia Schafer)
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Amelia Schafer (@ameliaschafers, Rapid City Journal) returns to discuss her recent investigation into a South Dakota boarding school and the thirty-eight graves that were uncovered last year. Follow today’s guest on Twitter @ameliaschafers and Bluesky @ameliaschafer.bsky.social. Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=1192214…
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Circular Economy of Head Trauma (feat. Tom O'Mahony)
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Tom O'Mahony (@gotitatguineys, Beneath the Skin, Lions Led By Donkeys) joins Josiah and Josh to discuss hardcore as a genre and a social movement. They do a crash course of the history of the genre and talk about why it rules. Shout out to Bobby: @OnlyOnTuesday_s on Twitter, @OnlyOnTuesdays.bsky.social on Bluesky Shout out to Keno Shout out to Buda…
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[Preview] Wide Awaaaaake Puppets! (MX #7)
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wide-awaaaaake-7-116454689 It's the music exchange! This month, Josh and I discuss Master of Puppets by Metallica and Wide Awaaaaake! by Parquet Courts. Also I'm…
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[Preview] Exterminate All Rational Thought
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115934204 Okay, look. This episode is technically about Naked Lunch (1991), but it's mostly Alien and Josiah having a mental breakdown about the election while l…
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Election 2024: A Masks-off Moment for Corporate Democrats and Bourgeois Liberals who Hate the Working Class
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In this post-mortem election breakdown, we look at bourgeois liberal and Democratic establishment reactions to Harris' spectacular electoral failure. We analyze a liberal pattern of maliciously blaming voters and spewing false narratives about why people vote the way they do. We also examine the material impacts on US voters from the Democrats' own…
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On today’s episode, Josh, James (@cigarette_liker), and Jake the Lawyer join Josiah in celebrating 50 years of Fruitless. That’s right: it’s the 50th episode. We reflect on the past few years of the show, go on a number of rabbit trails, and also address the election results (hence the "bittersweet"). Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://www.pat…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wold-mx-6-115356105 It's the music exchange! This month, Josh and I discuss Worry by Jeff Rosenstock and Gold by Whores. Also we are sleepy. Music by Jeff Rosens…
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[Preview] The Weird, the Other, & the Incomprehensible
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/114640806 Closing out horror month, Jackal and Josiah discuss the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, specifically The Shadow over Innsmouth and At the Mountains of Madn…
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The 9/11 Girlboss (feat. Vita Breva)
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Horror month continues! This week, Vita Breva (@vitabreva) joins Jackal and Josiah to discuss Jennifer's Body (2009). We discuss the movie's poor contemporary reception and later reappraisal, the film's exploration of feminism, sexuality, and the post-911 era, the attempted character assassination of Megan Fox, as well as Vita's Girardian read on t…
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Alt title: Despite Looking Like an Ogre, Danzig Does Not Have Layers Horror Month at Fruitless continues! This week, Caleb Sutton (@theboghog) joins Jackal and Josiah to discuss Misfits and the king of horror punk, Glenn Danzig. Please listen, I suffered through Verotika (2019) for this one. Follow today's guest on Twitter @theboghog or also on Twi…
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Don't Torture Donald Duck (feat. Jesse Hawken)
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It's Horror Month at Fruitless, and we're kicking it off with some Italian horror. Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken, Junk Filter) joins Josiah and Jackal to discuss Don't Torture a Duckling (1972), Lucio Fulci's rural giallo about a string of child murders happening in a small Italian village. We discuss Catholicism, modernity, and Disney in Italy. Conte…
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...And Forgive Them Their Debts (Bookclub #6)
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This is the sixth installment of the Fruitless Bookclub, a show-within-a-show, featuring Chris Barker and Jake the Lawyer, where we read all those nonfiction books we've been meaning to read. Today's episode is about ...And Forgive Them Their Debts: Lending, Foreclosure, and Redemption From Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year by Michael Hudson. …
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Jackal and Josiah catch up on some current events before we launch into Horror Month in October. We discuss an article about the LAPD conducting a pot raid, Mark Robinson's "black Nazi" scandal, Israel's attack on Lebanon, and the fearmonger over Haitian immigrants before zooming in on the indictment of Eric Adams and why being the Mayor of New Yor…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112810434 It's the music exchange! This month, Josh and I discuss Christmas Island by AJJ and Atomizer by Big Black. Also Josh talks about going to Riot Fest. Mu…
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[Preview] Gemstones #3. We Can Finally Play the Victim
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Melody and Dynasty from Metcalfe Park join us to talk about the city's Growing MKE plan and why they're concerned that communities like theirs may get left behind. Information session on Growing MKE hosted by the Midtown Neighborhood Alliance: https://www.facebook.com/events/808500101483172/ Metcalfe Park Communtiy Bridges social media: https://www…
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Alt title: The Iconic Movie Where John Goodman Voices a Parrot With the help of neutral observer, Kelli (@Kellitoris444), Josiah and Caleb (@theboghog) meet their inner child by watching a forgotten Australian adventure film from the 90s where a parrot helps a young boy find treasure: The Real Macaw (1998). Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://w…
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[Preview] Gemstones #2. The Men & the Motorcycle Ninja Persons
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/111921570 James (@cigarette_liker), Josh, and I don our baptismal rompers and continue our discussion of The Righteous Gemstones by taking a look at season 2. Sh…
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE, CHECK OUT FRUITLESS ON PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 EPISODE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/111152705 It's the music exchange! This is a monthly series where Josh Christianson and I exchange an album that's meaningful to us, and then compare and contras…
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On today's episode, James C. Liker (@cigarette_liker), Josh Christianson, and Josiah are running through the house with a pickle in their mouth to kick off a series of episodes on The Righteous Gemstones. This month, we discuss the first season and introduce the show; over the next months or two, we'll be discussing the rest of the show on the Patr…
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Dream Bigger than a Black Woman President Committing Genocide
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After a bit of a hiatus, Crawdads & Taters is back to discuss the 2024 Presidential election, the ongoing genocide in Palestine and the limits of real political change under a capitalist, imperialist economic system. While identity politics are being sold to us as a smokescreen for progressive change, duping the public into believing that Kamala (a…
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RNC Recap and the Murder Samuel Sharpe Jr.
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As the DNC kicks off in Chicago, we cannot forget what happened here in Milwaukee a month ago. In this episode, we sit down with a participant in the coalition to march on the RNC about the demonstration against the RNC and the ongoing fight to get justic for Samuel Sharpe Jr.
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Alt title: Getting Queerbaited by God. Note: We will be spoiling this whole show. Caleb (@theboghog) tries to explain Supernatural to Josiah and Jackal by throwing them into the deep end: the big God reveal. Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141 Check out Fruitless on YouTube Find more of Josiah’s work: https://lin…
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The Vibe Shift (feat. Jack Mirkinson)
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On today's episode, Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson, The Nation, Discourse Blog) joins Josiah to discuss the "vibe shift" in electoral politics over the past two months from Biden dropping out to the Veepstakes. In a lot of left wing circles, there seems to be a real resurgence of hope, but does this vibe shift represent anything different for Gaza?…
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