Ep 15 | Responding to the Majority...When They're Wrong

AUTHOR JULIA SERANO JOINS US TO DISCUSS HER ARTICLE, "REFUSING TO TOLERATE INTOLERANCE" IN THE WAKE OF A NATIONALIST UPRISING IN AMERICA.

SHOW NOTES: 

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Ep 14 | The Opioid Crisis

MICHAEL SHARES HIS VERY PERSONAL STRUGGLE WITH HIGH-DOSE OPIOIDS DURING HIS TIME IN THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A PELVIC FRACTURE. 

SHOW NOTES:

  • The scale of the opioid crisis is greater than Vietnam [link]
  • Back pain and opioid use [link]
  • On using the word addict and who is an addict [link]
  • The drug industry's involvement with the epidemic [link]
  • Everyone in The Giver does drugs in the morning [trailer]
  • Resources for opioid addiction [link]

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Ep 13 | A Brief History of Healthcare in America

WE REVIEW HOW THE NURTURANT PARENT MORAL VALUE SYSTEM NOW DOMINATES THE DISCUSSION ON HEALTHCARE, TO THE POINT THAT EVEN CONSERVATIVES HAVE CONCEDED DEFEAT.

SHOW NOTES:

  • Elysium, starring Matt Damon and his biceps [trailer] 

  • Paul Ryan on healthcare as a choice [link]
  • The Ross Douthat Iron Law of Health Policy [tweet]
  • The reduction of bankruptcies since Obamacare became law [article]
  • Conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer predicts single-payer healthcare [link]
  • A brief history of healthcare in America [timeline]
  • Atul Gawande on testing what will work like we did with farming [article]

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Ep 12 | Framing 201 with George Lakoff

THE INSPIRATION FOR "WE CAN TALK ABOUT", DR GEORGE LAKOFF HIMSELF, JOINS US TO TALK FRAMING 201. 

SHOW NOTES: 

  • Don't Think of an Elephant [book]
  • Systemic causes of natural disasters [article]
  • Meet George Lakoff [personal site] [Twitter] [Facebook] 
  • Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra at his finest [video]
  • KellyAnne Conway and alternative facts [link]
  • Cersei Lannister, matriarch of in-group care [wiki]
  • A primer on mirror neurons [link]
  • Citizens Communication Network [article]

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Ep 11 | The Foundation of a Nurturant Society

MATT BRUENIG OF THE PEOPLE'S POLICY PROJECT JOINS US TO DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION FOR LIBERAL SOCIETY. 

SHOW NOTES: 

  • How the "social safety net" got its name [link]
  • "A Foundation, Not A Safety Net" [article] 
  • Meet Matt Bruenig [Twitter]
  • The People's Policy Project in all its glory [site]
  • Support the People's Policy Project [Patreon]
  • The Acropolis and the Parthenon [link]
  • The Walking Dead on AMC [link] 

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Ep 10 | The Road to Single-Payer Healthcare

CHARLES GABA OF ACASIGNUPS.NET JOINS US TO DISCUSS PRACTICAL MEASURES TO GET AMERICA MARCHING TOWARDS AFFORDABLE, COMPREHENSIVE, UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. 

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Ep 9 | Democrats in Coal Country

THE YOUNGEST DEMOCRATIC STATE-WIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL IN WEST VIRGINIA JOINS US TO DISCUSS THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF DEMOCRATS IN COAL COUNTRY. 

SHOW NOTES:

  • Dan Savage on Bill Maher's show urging Democrats to become an urban party [video]
  • Meet John Williams, West Virginia, House of Delegates 51st District (Monongalia County) [Facebook page]
  • Visit beautiful West Virginia [tourism page]
  • Minimum wage by state [link]
  • Jim Justice goes back to being a Republican [link]
  • The Pursuit of Happyness [trailer]

Ep 8 | Why We Need Government

A FUNDAMENTAL GUIDE TO WHY WE NEED GOVERNMENT. KEEP HANDY WHEN RESPONDING TO CLAIMS THAT LESS GOVERNMENT IS NECESSARILY BETTER.

SHOW NOTES:

  • What Norway does with its oil [link]
  • A part that stands for a whole, or a whole that stands for a part [synecdoche definition]
  • Thalidomide caused birth defects when pregnant women took it for morning sickness [link]
  • A wonkier breakdown of the market failures [link]
  • Mitt Romney makes the case for a managed bankruptcy of Detroit [link]
  • The Minority Report [trailer]
  • Every Tom Cruise run. Ever. [video]

Ep 7 (Part 2) | The Crisis of Climate Change

WE CONTINUE OUR RIVETING DISCUSSION ON "THE CRISIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE" WITH SCENARIO JOURNAL CO-EDITOR AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, NICHOLAS PEVZNER. 

SCENARIO JOURNAL:

Our celebrity guest, Nicholas Pevzner is the co-editor of Scenario Journal. 

Scenario Journal is a digital project at the intersection of design and ecology. With each issue, the journal convenes interdisciplinary conversations around shared and contested terminology, on topics that are shaping the future of our built environment. All issues are free and available to the public, and can be found at www.scenariojournal.com.

SHOW NOTES:

  • POINT: Global warming will kill us all. [link]
  • COUNTERPOINT: Well, maybe not all of us. [link] 
  • COUNTER TO THE COUNTERPOINT: No, really, it might. [link]
  • The counter-intuitive science that makes The Day After Tomorrow plausible [link]
  • Debating the success of the Los Angeles turf rebate program [link]
  • Scenario Journal took on water use in their 4th edition [link]
  • Why are climate change movies about ice, not warming [link]
  • Why can't Hollywood make climate change movies [link]
  • New climate fiction proves promising [link]
  • The blog of George Marshall, Don't Even Think About [link]
  • Arnold on the need for climate change to be sexy [link]
  • How California will achieve its climate change goals [link]
  • The People's Climate March in Washington, DC: the emergence of a true climate movement, distinct from mainstream environmentalism [link]
  • The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication's paper on "Global Warming's Six Americas" [link]

Ep. 7 | The Crisis of Climate Change

CELEBRITY GUEST NICHOLAS PEVZNER OF SCENARIO JOURNAL JOINS US TO DISCUSS GLOBAL WARMING AND WHY WE SHOULD CALL IT THE "CRISIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE". 

SCENARIO JOURNAL:

Our celebrity guest, Nicholas Pevzner is the co-editor of Scenario Journal. 

Scenario Journal is a digital project at the intersection of design and ecology. With each issue, the journal convenes interdisciplinary conversations around shared and contested terminology, on topics that are shaping the future of our built environment. All issues are free and available to the public, and can be found at www.scenariojournal.com.

UPDATE: Part 2 of the episode is now available.

 

SHOW NOTES:

  • POINT: Global warming will kill us all. [link]
  • COUNTERPOINT: Well, maybe not all of us. [link] 
  • COUNTER TO THE COUNTERPOINT: No, really, it might. [link]
  • The counter-intuitive science that makes The Day After Tomorrow plausible [link]
  • Debating the success of the Los Angeles turf rebate program [link]
  • Scenario Journal took on water use in their 4th edition [link]
  • Why are climate change movies about ice, not warming [link]
  • Why can't Hollywood make climate change movies [link]
  • New climate fiction proves promising [link]
  • The blog of George Marshall, Don't Even Think About [link]
  • Arnold on the need for climate change to be sexy [link]
  • How California will achieve its climate change goals [link]
  • The People's Climate March in Washington, DC: the emergence of a true climate movement, distinct from mainstream environmentalism [link]
  • The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication's paper on "Global Warming's Six Americas" [link]

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