Episodes
Monday Oct 03, 2022
161 - Lactose Finds A Whey
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should. Get ready for milk made from yeast! As long as we only make girl synthetic microorganisms we should be fine. The Oathkeepers have a novel defense in their sedition trial: it’s not illegal if the president tells us to do it. And we didn’t do it if we went to Olive Garden. Florida and the Caribbean has again been struck by a monster storm, begging the question: When does the evacuation become permanent? Some states are trying to tie up a loopholes that allows members of the clergy to conceal child abuse. But guess who’s upset about these legal efforts? The clergy. Our wildflower is a celebration of the people of Cuba for passing the revolutionary families code with a supermajority of voters. Synthetic Milk: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/sep/18/leading-the-whey-the-synthetic-milk-startups-shaking-up-the-dairy-industry Cuba passes revolutionary family code https://www.liberationnews.org/supermajority-of-cubans-vote-for-revolutionary-families-code/ Oath Keepers: Waiting on orders from trump: https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-riots-donald-trump-conspiracy-government-and-politics-def7c6a17cac57d1b3dff64e923afef7 Sex abuse guarded when confessed to Priests: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://apnews.com/5d78129a2fe666159a22ce71323f6da3&ved=2ahUKEwiT3JeS2b_6AhUcl4kEHbBAA54QFnoECAsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2JieDQyOQnUvvwLOVkkhpJ
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
54 - What if Your Boss Was an Algorithm?
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
The gang inspects our dystopic reality and asks some probing questions - Why does Elon Musk want backsies on his Ye endorsement? What if gig workers’ pay reflected their effort? What if your smart fridge ratted you out to your insurance company? What the hell is a democratic task force? This episode features a deep dive into David’s most recent essay for Real Life Magazine, which is now out in podcast form, narrated lovingly by Ironweeds’ own Britney Gil! And stick around for our first installment of Lenin’s State and Revolution.
New Orleans gorilla is expecting! https://abc3340.com/news/offbeat/endangered-gorilla-in-new-orleans-expecting-1st-baby
David’s Essay on robot bosses:
https://reallifemag.com/automatic-for-the-bosses/
Real Life Magazine Podcast RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/reallifemag/feed.xml
Target's Gig Workers Will Strike to Protest Switch to Algorithmic Pay Model:
Monday Jul 06, 2020
53 - Independence Ye
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Britney gets Chris to sign up to volunteer for #Vision2020. Meanwhile, insurrection and subsequent blowback continue to break out across the country as tensions between radicals and reactionaries increase. In this world the problems are getting bigger and scarier but there are wildflowers in a nearby star system that is lookin’ pretty interesting to astronomists.
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/close-and-tranquil-solar-system-has-astronomers-excited/
Monday Jun 29, 2020
52 - Birthday Q&A
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
What a year it's been for the pod! This week we answer some listener questions about cops, desserts, boycotts, Stalin, and so much more! Thanks to everyone for your support. Here's to many more years.
Monday Jun 22, 2020
51 - Don't Call it a Comeback
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
We open this week’s episode with a report from the far-flung nation of the United States. Then the gang talks about the conspiracy theories around cops and those fireworks that are keeping you awake. Cuomo is trying to kill your grandparents, especially if you live in Troy. The dictatorship of the teen outsmarts the cheetoh-in-chief and for wildflowers we learn about a tortoise who has been a very busy boy.
Unrest in former British colony: https://www.thaienquirer.com/13861/foreign-affairs-unrest-continues-for-a-seventh-day-in-former-british-colony/
Cuomo forces nursing homes to take in Covid patients: https://www.propublica.org/article/fire-through-dry-grass-andrew-cuomo-saw-covid-19-threat-to-nursing-homes-then-he-risked-adding-to-it?token=XgFT9qOh9SrXdoACbzMzWe_PuorElToO
Nursing homes evicting residents to make room for more profitable Covid patients: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/business/nursing-homes-evictions-discharges-coronavirus.html
Diego the tortoise, father to hundreds and saviour of his species, finally retires: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/16/diego-the-tortoise-father-to-hundreds-and-saviour-of-his-species-finally-retires
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
50 - Kneeler's Remorse
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
The revolution will apparently be live-streamed on all major platforms. The gang discusses the CHAZ in Seattle, the ever-change state of the BLM demonstrations throughout the country, the tragic lack of any concessions from Louisville in the struggle for justice for Breonna Taylor, the unhoused persons’ encampment named ‘Camp Maroon’ in Philadelphia, and the politics of autonomous zones generally. For our wildflower, San Francisco will be sending in social workers instead of armed police officers for non-criminal calls!
CHAZ speaks for itself: https://caphillauto.zone/
USA Today on CHAZ: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/14/inside-seattle-autonomous-zone-black-protesters-seek-lasting-change/3179232001/
Camp Maroon: https://twitter.com/JPeters2100/status/1271846345163366401
No Justice Yet for Breonna Taylor: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/us/breonna-taylor-birthday-charges-arrests-case-trnd/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/12/louisville-breonna-taylor-law/
San Francisco stops sending cops for non-criminal calls: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-12/san-francisco-police-reforms-stop-response-noncriminal-calls
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
49 - No Justice, No Pizza
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
This week it’s all cops, all the time. We discuss the huge peaceful demonstration in Troy this weekend and the broader context of nationwide protests and calls for defunding and dismantling municipal police departments. Kudos to the Minneapolis City Council for moving to disband their own department! Kropotkin tells us that the 20th Century will see decentralized domestic manufacturing. Fake News! But we love him anyway. Stick around till the end to hear Wavy Cunningham’s fantastic track “All We Need is Love.”
Austin PD stages fake thank you cards: (https://twitter.com/Austin_Police/status/1269326118366183424?s=20)
Disband The Cops: (https://theappeal.org/minneapolis-city-council-members-announce-intent-to-disband-the-police-department-invest-in-proven-community-led-public-safety/)
Wavy Cunningham - All We Need Is Love: https://soundcloud.com/phil_dreisin/all-we-need-is-love-wavy-cunningham
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
48 - A Time of Disease and Dis-Ease
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
This week we discuss the uprisings across the nation, including here in the Capital District. The system feels so fragile right now, and we marvel at the ordinary citizens demanding justice as well as the violent backlash from militarized police. We also discuss our pouty baby boy Trump lashing out at Twitter, and how social media platforms are simply ill-equipped to deal with misinformation and toxic content from users. Our wildflower reports some promising development in Taiwan on a potential vaccine against Covid 19.
T-shirt to balaclava: https://youtu.be/W7LjcFS3WX8?t=58
Justice for Edson Thevenin! Fundraiser link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/22jghg84
Taiwan scientists find antibody that fights coronavirus: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3941083
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Wednesday May 27, 2020
47 - It Happens feat. Mike Pearl
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
We’re #blessed with a guest this episode, Mike Pearl, the author of a recent book titled “The Day It Finally Happens” which looks into a long series of interesting and plausible scenarios we may experience in the near future. We discuss anxiety, the future, and how to come to terms with reality. For our wildflower, we discuss how coal may finally be dying as an energy source! Enjoy Chapter 15 of The Conquest of Bread: The Division of Labor.
Follow Mike on Twitter! https://twitter.com/mikeleepearl
Buy the book! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Day-It-Finally-Happens/Mike-Pearl/9781501194139
Monday May 18, 2020
46 - People Do Die
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Youtube decides Chris is a crank and starts advertising to him accordingly. The City of Troy moves to eliminate its entire reading department due to a budget shortfall. We discuss the tragic murder of Ahmaud Arbery and the new evidence that local police may have facilitated his killing. We also talk about calls to reopen the states, how Elon Musk defied Alameda County’s Coronavirus restrictions, and how a California city declares itself a “Sanctuary City for Work.” For our wildflower, an adorable baby pygmy hippo. Enjoy Chapter 14 of The Conquest of Bread!
Sign the petition to save Troy’s reading program! https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-the-troy-city-schools-reading-department
People Will Die. People Do Die.' Wall Street Has Had Enough of the Lockdown: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/wall-street-has-had-enough-of-the-lockdown
Police officer told homeowner he could contact Ahmaud Arbery shooting suspect for help with potential trespassers: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/us/ahmaud-arbery-text-message/index.html
Central California town declares itself 'sanctuary city' for business: https://abc7news.com/6186358/
An endangered pygmy hippo was born at the San Diego Zoo: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/us/pygmy-hippo-san-diego-zoo-trnd/index.html