A Deep Dive into Abortion Rights and Democracy Threats

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Abortion as the Tip of the Iceberg: the Fight for Privacy, Bodily Autonomy, and Functional Democracy after Dobbs Overturning Roe v Wade

Airing date: 6/7/2024

Banning abortion is widely unpopular and a primary motivator for the Christian Right, a group strongly supporting the Republican Party and Donald Trump. This extremism threatens the lives and health of millions, while sacrificing democracy in the process.

Explore key perspectives on abortion and reproductive rights in the following episodes:

1. Abortion and Reproductive Rights - Lectures in History
2. Abortion and the Erosion of Privacy - The Weeds
3. Digital Surveillance and Reproductive Rights - Technically Optimistic
4. Anti-abortion Hardliners Want Restrictions to Go Farther. It Could Cost Republicans - Consider This

Note from the Editor

On the abuse produced by abortion restrictions

Deeper Dives

• SECTION A: CRIMINALIZING ABORTION
• SECTION B: ABORTION EXTREMISM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
• SECTION C: ABORTION IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM
• SECTION D: WHAT IS THERE TO DO?

Fights for Fair Pay, Journalism vs Sensationalism, Billionaire Bailouts, and Addiction Capitalism: Sports are a Microcosm of the Ills of Society

Airing date: 6/4/2024

Explore various key points related to sports and society:

1. Pay for Play Part 1 - University of Iowa
2. What the Historic $2.8 Billion Settlement to Pay NCAA Players Means for College Sports - PBS NewsHour
3. Sports Media Has Changed Forever - Brett Kollmann
4. Dan Le Batard Tells Stephen A. Smith He Hates What He and Skip Bayless Did to Sports Media - LeBatardShow

Note from the Editor

On the value of sports to building community

Deeper Dives

• SECTION A: PAY FOR PLAY
• SECTION B: STADIUMS, OUR GREAT FOLLY
• SECTION C: SPORTS JOURNALISM
• SECTION D: SPORTS GAMBLING

SiliCON Valley: The False Promises, Enshittification Economics, and Misguided Adventures of the Twits of Tech

Airing date: 5/28/2024

Explore key points in the world of tech and its implications:

1. When a Tech Company like OpenAI Doesn't Get the Dark Message at the Heart of Science Fiction
2. How Peter Thiel Got Rich | The Class Room ft. Second Thought
3. Google's Sundar Pichai on AI-powered Search and the Future of the Web
4. Elon's Reputation is Hurting Tesla

Note from the Editor

On the misplaced excitement in private corporations pushing big technological advancements

Deeper Dives

• THAT WORD YOU KEEP USING...
• SiliCON VALLEY, emphasis on the CON
• MICROSOFT THE DESTROYER
• THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE