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Episode 19: Action and Ownership

9/18/2017

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​Harrison Tassopoulos discusses Colin Kaepernick's NFL protest and its fallout with us.  Also on this episode: Trump's decision to rescind DACA and Hobby Lobby's inadvertent purchase of looted antiquities.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!
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Episode 18: Lemonade from Lemons

9/4/2017

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​Amy, Kari, and Kristen discuss Hurricane Harvey and its impact followed by lighter topics on managerial challenges and micronations.  Happy Labor Day, y'all!
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

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WaPo: Melania Trump’s heels

Harvard Business Review: Basic Competence Can Be a Strategy

Atlas Obscura: Micronations
Republic of Molossia
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Episode 17: The Happiest Place on earth

8/21/2017

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Kari and Amy comment on Charlottesville and discuss Confederate monuments.  Planned topics for the week include a perspective on North Korea and our opinions on Disney's decisions to leave Netflix for their own streaming service.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

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Southern Poverty Law Center: Whose Heritage?

Vox on YouTube: The growing North Korean nuclear threat, explained
NPR: North Korea Says It Won't Fire Missiles At Guam After All

BuzzFeed: Disney Is Ending Its Netflix Deal, Will Launch Its Own Streaming Services

Charli XCX: Boys
Ingrid Michaelson: Time Machine
Ingrid Michaelson: Girls Chase Boys
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Episode 15: Who's Gonna Bake a Cake in your underground Bunker?

7/24/2017

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Reid Baker returns for some back-and-forth on Evergreen College and how that controversy illuminates different approaches to equality.  We also discuss Colorado's Masterpiece Cakes legal battle and how we would prepare our underground bunkers in the event of an apocalypse.

Note for chapter skippers: Our first segments runs about 20 minutes this time instead of the typical 15.
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Belly Yoga & Beyond (Amy's beleaguered and understanding goat yoga instructor)

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HuffPo: Evergreen State College Implosion
NYTimes Opinion: When the Left Turns on its Own
The Joe Rogan Experience: Bret Weinstein

The Hidden Brain: Shankar Vedantam on Unconscious Biases
Harvard: Implicit Bias Self-test

The Economist: Can a baker refuse to make a gay wedding cake?
WaPo: Supreme Court Takes Colorado Baker Case

BuzzFeed: Luxury Bunker Survival Quiz
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Episode 14: Know Your Audience

7/10/2017

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Angel Perez joins us to ask:  Is it finally time to quit Uber?  Why are certain types of comedy popular?  And is Impossible Foods the future of plant-based "meat"?
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

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Business Insider: Uber's Bad Year
​The Guardian: Uber's sexual harassment case shines light on a startup's culture of defiance

​Impossible Foods
Vox: Why this "bloody" veggie burger may become the Tesla of food
Amy's taste test pictures below:
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The West Australian: Larissa Waters mades history by breastfeeding while moving motion in Parliament
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Episode 13: Unexpected Inspiration

6/26/2017

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​BJ Vann, CEO and Co-founder of Impact House, is our guest this week.  We discuss the idea behind BJ's start-up, the struggle that is the creative process, and ask how we feel about the Babadook as a new gay icon.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

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Impact House: Where Change Goes to Work

Brain Pickings: Ira Glass on the Taste Gap

The New Yorker: The Babadook Is a Frightening, Fabulous New Gay Icon
LA Times: The Babadook as an LGBT icon makes sense. No, really

Support: Dominican Republic Service Trip benefiting Dove Missions and the Dominican Starfish Foundation
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Episode 11: Two For One

5/29/2017

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​Two of our friends join this week, Ihsane Aziz and Alexis Kanter.  We ask what exactly feels so wonderful about Tom Holland's Lip Sync Battle performance?  What does Michael Cohen's tweet showing his daughter in lingerie demonstrate about our male political leaders' attempts to talk about their wives and daughters?  And do Melania and Ivanka's Trump wardrobe choices in Saudi Arabia respect or challenge that culture?
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

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YouTube: Tom Holland on Lip Sync Battle

Tablet Magazine: Trump’s Lawyer Puts Daughter on Display

Melania, Ivanka, and Michelle Obama in Saudi Arabia (photos from Reuters, Getty Images, and AP, respectively):
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​Beto O'Rourke
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Episode 10: Other People's Business

5/15/2017

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Grace Weil joins us to ask: What should Americans know about Cinco de Mayo before we celebrate it?  Do human rights actually matter; a conversation on Rex Tillerson's state department guidelines.  And how and why does Serena Williams' pregnancy matter to the media?
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

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CNN: 5 things to know about Cinco de Mayo
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: The Real Cinco de Mayo
BuzzFeed: This Bar Set Up A Wall For Cinco De Mayo

Brookings: Tillerson says goodbye to human rights diplomacy
Politico: Priebus: Human rights do matter to White House

Bitch Media: Not Your Belly, Not Your Business

Ecosia.org
FreeRice.com
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Episode 2: Actual Lawyerly Knowledge

2/21/2017

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This week with Maggie Ong'ele we discuss: dating in the age of Trump, the iconography of Beyoncé, and did Millennials sabotage Hillary?

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NPR: When Dating In The Era Of Divisive Politics, Both Sides Stick To Themselves

Bitch Media: Black Venus Rising
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Washington City Paper: Who You Calling a Bama?
​Remezcla: ​Followers of the Yoruba Faith Reflect on the Impact of Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’

WaPo: Trump team narrowing search for State Department’s No. 2 official

Hindenburg World Radio Day
She's Running Podcast
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