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The Democrats have to offer something beyond “Trump’s Bad” – the US election with Jason Brownlee

Posted: October 27, 2024 in Uncategorized
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Image of Trump working at McDonald’s from @ditzkoff on X.

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On episode 303 Nick is joined by politics professor Jason Brownlee who informs Nick of everything he has missed by just learning about US politics through Late Night with Seth Myers, which Katie watches constantly!

More specifically, the discussion covers:

  • Reflection on Biden’s presidency including the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. You can read Jason’s article on this topic in the Statesman: ‘On the anniversary of US withdrawal in Afghanistan, President Biden made the right call’.
  • Will Harris/Walz change the direction of the Democratic party?
  • Should Harris have taken up Joe Rogan’s invitation and joined him on that podcast, as Donald Trump did? [*Update: since we recorded this episode, Joe Rogan has clarified that Harris didn’t reject the offer to go on his podcast. She offered to do a one-hour interview if Rogan came to her, whereas Rogan wanted her to come to his studio in Austin for a longer discussion. Regardless, most of our points on the topic still stand]. 
  • The Democrats pursuing some Right-wing policies.
  • The eternal question of voting Democrat versus third party/independent.
  • Are the Republicans the party for workers that they claim to be? The Ted Cruz quote along these lines was from this episode of Late Night with Seth Myers. We covered this issue of are the Republicans the party for workers on episode 258.

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Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

Episode 239: Will We See A Socialist In The White House?

Posted: February 8, 2020 in Uncategorized
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We’re joined by politics professor Jason Brownlee who discusses the Bernie Sanders campaign for President, the Democratic primaries and the 2020 US election.

For more on these issues:

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Clips:

‘Sailor Socialism’ – Deleted video from InfoWar’s interview with Dasha Nekrasova, Aren LeBrun ‘Bernie 2020 – Which Side Are You On?’, Joe Glazer ‘Solidarity Forever’.

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Episode 147: Will Clinton Figure Out How To Get People To (Pokemon) Go To The Polls?

Posted: October 21, 2016 in Uncategorized
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Clinto speaking at Planned Parenthood

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You can listen to this episode above and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (58mins, 44MB).

This episode features politics professor Jason Brownlee on the US election. This is a continuation of our discussion with Jason from episode 146. This time we discuss: will Clinton’s policies move to the left as a result of the popularity of Sanders? Or is she just pandering (or Sandering :p)? Clinton versus Trump on abortion rights; gender bias against Clinton; the importance of alternative ideas from minor parties; third party candidates and dividing the progressive vote; problems with the US electoral system; and anarchism and voting.

We also discuss the fallout from the (likely) Trump loss and this episode of BBC radio, where you can hear Trump supporters make some bizarre claims.

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Clips:

Pokemon go to the polls (remix), Reverend William Barber at DNC 2016, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee ‘Maine’s Personal Trump’, Rap News ‘Presidential Rap Debates: HILLARY vs TRUMP + Jill Stein & Gary Johnson’, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee ‘RIGGED!!!’, Leftover Crack ‘The War at Home’.

You can listen to a short (7 minute) version of this episode, which features our discussion on the election and abortion rights, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.