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) 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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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"?
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Selected Links: 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:
A little taste (pun intended) of a side conversation stemming from our discussion of the Impossible Burger in next week's episode.
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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.
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Selected Links: 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
Kari and Amy fly solo this week and discuss: What is the political and environmental impact of Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Paris Accord? And, what is the intention behind Jeff Sessions' new policy guidance on criminal justice?
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Selected Links: NYTimes: Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord Mike Bloomberg: Americans don’t need Washington to meet our Paris commitment NYTimes: Attorney General Orders Tougher Sentences, Rolling Back Obama Policy CATO: Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Treaty
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?
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Selected Links: 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):
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?
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Selected Links: 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
A few more minutes with Dani Pellett on the intersections of gender, misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia.
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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?
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Promoted Links: Dani for Congress She's Running Podcast Topic Links: 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
Kristen returns! We debate decisiveness vs. analysis, the alt-right's backlash again Trump, and what was behind Pepsi's disastrous ad?
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Selected Links: WaPo: Trump’s puzzling blame-Obama statement on the Syria tragedy WaPo: Obama issues Syria a ‘red line’ warning on chemical weapons Slate: Why the Alt-Right Hate Trump's Syria Strike NyMag: After Trump’s Syria Air Strikes, the Alt-Right Is Not Alright WaPo: Pepsi shows how America loves to erase black women SNL: Pepsi Commercial |
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