TW: This book is about eating disorders. Author Chelsea Frank joins the show to talk specifically about the costs and ways to self-publish a book. If you've ever wanted to have it broken down, this episode is for you. We also talk about her novel "Baby Steps," and how to depict eating disorders in enlightening ways.

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We're headed to a media monopoly run by one AI tech billionaire and his family. It's also bad for jobs and the economy and art. Activist and organizer Jake Hart takes us through what the heck this whole thing is about.

Activist Addie McKeon joins Gabe to talk about her frustrating experiences visiting politicians' offices and whether we can vote our way out of this.

Riya Khan's mother Masuma Khan spent weeks in an ICE concentration camp in California City, partially over a mistaken identity. Now, they are fighting for better conditions with The Masuma Khan Act (SB995).

Ron Placone joins the show to talk about Italy's Anti-Fascist Pasta Nights after Mussolini's rule, making comedy out of history repeating itself, and the Jewish and Italian inclination to be "model minorities."

Ron's shows: https://www.ronplacone.com/

Content warning: SA

Comedian Alana Bamfield joins the show to talk about turning her experience as a Larry Nassar victim into her comedy special "Untouchable." We talk about her writing process for new material, her bizarre experiences after Nassar was stabbed in prison, and her parents' support for her stand-up.

Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzigeuasz2I

Writer and comedian Mary Houlihan joins Gabe to talk about Hollywood's lack of movement on ICE and Palestine and what the media is getting wrong.

Incredible and brilliant author Dean Spade (Mutual Aid, Love In A F*cked Up World) joins the podcast to talk about the early fight for trans rights, the history of organizing as a long-term project, and the community care-based ways of living he's experienced in other countries. It's a wonderful and far-reaching conversation. We can't afford to throw people away.

Dean's books: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/dean-spade

Gabe's Substack: https://athousandnaturalshocks.substack.com/