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Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives, and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found ...
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Air Date 10/19/2025
Robber Barons™ of The Gilded Age™ told themselves stories about how they were ushering in progress for all which is why, they argued, they shouldn't be constrained by things like safety regulations or worker unions - impoverishing millions while injuring and killing thousands in the process. It took a stock market crash, the Great Depression, WWII, and The New Deal to finally wrench the power away and redistribute it for the sake of building a middle class that could work in relative safety in the US. Today's Robber Barrons™ ushering in techno-feudalism under the banner of AI-For-All are no different but with even higher stakes in the balance.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: We're in Our AI Slop Era Part 1 - Today, Explained - Air Date 8-7-25
KP 2: What AI Means for Your Money, Music and Love Life Part 1 - Here & Now Anytime - Air Date 9-26-25
KP 3: AI Slop Part 1 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Air Date 6-23-25
KP 4: Family Accuses ChatGPT of Helping Their Son Commit Suicide - The Briefing - AIr Date 8-30-25
KP 5: The REAL Reason Trump and Big Tech Want AI in Our Schools - More Perfect Union - Air Date 10-2-25
KP 6: AI and the Demise of College Writing Part 1 - Adam Walker - Close Reading Poetry - Air Date 7-15-25
(00:56:20) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the pattern of capitalism's social costs
DEEPER DIVES
(01:05:22) SECTION A: AL SLOP
(02:05:43) SECTION B: SOCIAL ASPECTS
(02:47:46) SECTION C: LABOR AND EDUCATION
(03:46:34) SECTION D: DATA CENTERS
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