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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.
Promoted Links:

Belly Yoga & Beyond (Amy's beleaguered and understanding goat yoga instructor)

Selected Links:

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 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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Bonus: On Gender and Misogyny

5/8/2017

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​A few more minutes with Dani Pellett on the intersections of gender, misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!
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Episode 9: Dani and/or Mark Zuckerberg for Congress

5/1/2017

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Congressional candidate Danielle Pellett joins us for a heavy science topic: are liquid fluoride thorium reactors the future of energy policy?  Also, what happens when women legislate and is Mark Zuckerberg considering a political run?
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

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Dani for Congress
She's Running Podcast

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YouTube: Liquid Fluorine Thorium Reactors in Five Minutes

Rutgers CAWP: American Female Officeholders in 2017
​NPR: It's The No. 1 Country For Women In Politics — But Not In Daily Life
​NYT Opinion: What Happens When Women Legislate
The Atlantic: Would Electing More Women Fix Congress?

Buzzfeed: Selling Mark Zuckerberg
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Episode 6: People are Just Humans

3/21/2017

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With Ben Anderson we ask what's the right way to do LGBT representation and how well did Disney manage it in their update to Beauty and the Beast?  Also, how can we be more aware of living and working in accessible places for people with different abilities?  Finally, following last week's Irish state visit, how much do the "little things" matter when it comes to international diplomacy?
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The Daily Beast: Beauty and the Beast’s Big Gay Nightmare
Polygon: Beauty and the Beast’s openly gay character is a poor tribute
Movie Pilot: Why Disney's First Gay Character In 'Beauty & The Beast' Is An Insult To LGBT People
WaPo: Ewan McGregor jokes about ‘Beauty and the Beast’ controversy: ‘There is a lot of gay sex in this cartoon’


​Zach Anner and the Quest for the Rainbow Bagel

WaPo: Trump’s proverb, Paul Ryan’s ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick’s Day mishaps
The Guardian: St Patrick's Day: Trump's 'Irish proverb' provokes derision on the web
The Hill: Trump appears to ignore Merkel request for handshake

BuzzFeed: This Rescue Dog Made So Many Mistakes On This Agility Course And He Looked So Happy The Whole Time
NYTimes: Populists Appear to Fall Short in Dutch Election, Amid High Turnout
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