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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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Bonus: Would You Eat a Bug?

7/3/2017

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A little taste (pun intended) of a side conversation stemming from our discussion of the Impossible Burger in next week's episode.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!
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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 12: Going It Alone

6/12/2017

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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?
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

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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
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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

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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

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
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Episode 8: We Forgot a title

4/17/2017

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Kristen returns! We debate decisiveness vs. analysis, the alt-right's backlash again Trump, and what was behind Pepsi's disastrous ad?
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

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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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