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Mar 20, 2023
Evan Greer on Net Neutrality & Online Censorship
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Mark and Walker talk to Evan Greer, director of the nonprofit advocacy group Fight for the Future, about online censorship, net neutrality, the battle against disinformation, and punk rock. Greer is a longtime digital privacy rights activist, writer, and musician based in Boston, Massachusetts.
PREVIEW: The Star Wars Holiday Special feat. Tom Scocca
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Alex and Walker talk with Tom Scocca, the editor-in-chief of POPULA and former editor at Slate, Gawker, and Deadspin, about the new Star Wars series Andor. This "Star Wars for adults" show was surprisingly good, offering complex characters, an eerie look at the banality of evil behind the fascistic Empire, an exploration of class and exploitation, and a lot more.
Rep. Ro Khanna on the Midterms, Ukraine, COVID, and Twitter
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U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) joins the Gilded Boys to discuss the recent midterm elections, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia, COVID-19, and Elon Musk's destruction of Twitter. What are the key takeaways from the midterms? Has the Biden administration heeded Khanna's call to use diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine? Have Democrats done enough to protect us from COVID? And what's the best ownership scenario for Twitter? Khanna answers these and other questions.
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Ep. 29: Dems Are Letting Democracy Die feat. David Daley
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Is Democracy over in the U.S.? It sure might be.
Alex and Walker talk with David Daley, the author of the national best-seller on partisan gerrymandering "Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count" and "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy," about how colossally f*cked we'll be when the GOP gerrymanders congressional and state legislative districts in the coming months.
Congressional Democrats could stop this, but some senators and the president seem content to cede power to the anti-democratic GOP for the next decade or more.
"Holistic justice moves beyond anti-racism to anti-oppression in order to address militant white nationalism and end the disproportionate vilification of Muslim Americans and other marginalized groups," says Dr. Kamali.
Ep. 27: How Safe Are Vaccinated People? with Deepti Gurdasani
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Epidemiologist, geneticist, and Ph.D. Deepti Gurdasani, a senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, joins Gilded Age to debunk myths about Covid-19, including some spread by health experts and governments, and answer questions about health and safety precautions.
Ep. 26: 'If We Get Lucky' — A Conversation with Harvard social epidemiologist Justin Feldman
01:21:20
Epidemiologist and Harvard fellow Justin Feldman talks with the Gilded Boys about the United States' mishandling of Covid-19 and whether, or if, the pandemic will end.
Ep. 25 — Marianne Williamson on the United States of Oligarchy
00:54:48
Mark and Walker have a wide-ranging discussion with author and former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson about the corporate oligarchy that dominates the U.S., spirituality, Covid-19, and lots more.
Ep. 24 — Demilitarizing the Police and $1,400 Checks feat. Eoin Higgins
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The Gilded Boys chat with Eoin Higgins about demilitarizing the police, especially how it relates to the Jan. 6 insurrection. We also discuss the controversy surrounding those $2,000—er, $1,400—checks that Biden's pushing for.
Ep. 23: Live with New York State Rep. Ron T. Kim on COVID-19
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New York State Rep. Ron Kim joins the Gilded Boys to talk about the dire circumstances in his state due to COVID-19 and the governor's refusal to raise taxes on billionaires to fund relief efforts.