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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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