Sophia, V, and Davin start a journey through the history of right
libertarianism (libertarian capitalism), starting with its ideological
forebears, and laying out some definitions. They discuss some of the
greatest sh*t-talkers in philosophical and political history - French
people in the 18th and 19th centuries. They discuss a bit of the history
of socialism, and how that relates to the inception of the word
"libertarian," as well as the birth of the word "capitalism." More
importantly, they totally don't do the song "AI SCREAM" by Japanese
idol group AiScReam. Totally never happens.

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Sophia and V continue the two part interview with Aly Wane, an
immigrants' rights activist, about his history with the work, his thoughts
about our current moment, how we got there, and where we can go
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The parallels between the oppression of transgender people,
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Sophia, Davin, and V embark on the first episode of a two part
interview with Aly Wane, an immigrants' rights activist, about his history
with the work, his thoughts about our current moment, how we got
there, and where we can go next. The "post-truth" moment is
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seeing laid out before us right now, in May

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Sophia, V, and Davin interview David Livingstone Smith, a professor of
philosophy at the University of New England. The crew take a deep
dive with Professor Smith into his area of expertise - dehumanization.
They talk about how he got started studying dehumanization, how it
arises, how it leads to genocides and other atrocities, and how it relates
to our ongoing epistemic crisis (or, as we like to call it, "our sense of
collective reality crumbling"). This is an eye-opening interview about a
topic that everyone has heard of, but not enough people study, and it
gives some language for how to talk about things happening right now.

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Sophia and V are once again schooled by Davin on the court...the
actual court, though, and not physically on it, and really it's other people
that got schooled...but you get it! They talk about how a certain UConn
athlete (!!!) accidentally revealed the truth of how student athletes were
compensated (or not), and how things have changed since then. The
connection between this kind of exploitation and past exploitations is
shown clearly for the audience, and everyone is left wondering how we
fix something so monumentally broken.
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Finally, Davin gets to tell a story! He fills the other co-hosts in on the
story of the exploitation of NCAA athletes, prior to the push for
some of them unionizing. He describes the conditions that led up to
that movement, showing how the league continuously profited off
of them, while denying them any chance at making money from
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Returning for Part 2 of their deep dive into labor history. with a (mostly) serious panel discussion, Sophia and Andrew explore where we stand today, the historical impact of labor movements, and how they can help us build a future rooted in trust, authenticity, and solidarity. Join the conversation on the past, present, and power of collective action.

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Kim Kelly ( Author, Journalist )
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Steve Mooser ( Labor History), Treasurer of the Connecticut Council on Occupational Safety and Health https://connecticosh.org/
Vice President of the Greater New Haven Labor History Association https://www.laborhistory.org/
,& former Director of Health and Safety of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)

Steve Thornton (co author of the book Radical Connecticut)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209155741-radical-connecticut

Henry Snow (Colby College). @henrysnow.bsky.social ; https://notthisway.substack.com/

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