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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 14 days 4 hours 13 minutes
Steve Bannon finally headed for prison?
This Doomscroll episode is available on video as well as audio. Be sure to follow our guest, Jamilah Lemieux!
Audio Chapters
0:00 — Steve Bannon loses appeal after trying to evade testifying requirements
03:23 — Rudy Giuliani fired from radio show for lying about 2020 election
06:48 — Joe Biden finally starts placing restrictions on Israel's Gaza massacres
09:07 — RFK Jr...
Why it matters that hedge funds are destroying local journalism
Episode Summary
Like many businesses right now, America’s news media industry is in a crisis. But what’s particularly dangerous about this crisis is that it’s one that most people don’t really know about it. A huge part of the reason why is that many journalists themselves, who are used to explaining how other parts of the world work, don’t seem to understand their own industry.
There’s a lot that’s changed about the media business in the past few decades...
I worked in right-wing comedy and all I have left is a lousy t-shirt
In this special Doomscroll episode, Matt tells about his time working in right-wing political comedy, including constant pressure from reactionary Christian colleagues about racy jokes. The video of this discussion is available...
How a little-known cable channel for Roman Catholics is radicalizing the faithful
Episode Summary
Protestant televangelists have been infamous for decades for their lavish lifestyles and nefarious scandals. They’ve also been extremely successful at promoting far-right political viewpoints to people who just want to watch some devotional preaching...
Trump and RFK have realized they're both going for the lunatic vote
This Doomscroll episode is available on video as well as audio. Be sure to follow our guest, John Fugelsang...
Weekly newspapers transformed journalism by transforming dating and sex
The past two episodes of Theory of Change have focused on dating and sex, and I wanted to end the miniseries with a conversation that brings in the topic of media as well. Not just because the next episode arc we'll be doing is about the state of journalism, but also because media have played an important role in how people meet and form connections...
Senate Democrats’ total dismissal of the sham Mayorkas impeachment should be an example to all
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This is a bonus Doomscroll episode is available only to paid Flux subscribers. Please support independent progressive media and join us! We need your help. Also be sure to follow Matt and Lisa’s guest on this episode, Lance Aksamit...
Diminished Don: Trump’s Stormy Daniels trial is completely destroying his fake macho image
This Doomscroll episode is available on video as well as audio. Be sure to follow our guest, Lance Aksamit...
MAGA is morphing beyond a political identity into a sexual fetish
Donald Trump has been very public about remaking the Republican party in his political image by boosting people who flatter and praise him the hardest in primary elections. But his longstanding role as leader of the Republican party isn’t just having an effect on the politicians, it is also remaking America’s right-wing subculture in his personal image as well...
The right’s abortion obfuscation reveals a truth: power is their only belief
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This is a bonus Doomscroll episode is available only to paid Flux subscribers. Please support independent progressive media by and join us! We need your help. Also be sure to check out our guest Corey Ryan Forrester’s Substack...