Episode 177: …and Betrayal…

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Having only two viable presidential candidates to choose often leaves voters confused, especially when it later becomes clear that lately the two parties are not very different at all… when judged by their actions. Hence, Episode 176: WTN …and Betrayal….

In this episode, I read from: Thomas Frank's book, Listen, Liberal, or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?; from Sara Wachter-Boettcher's book, Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech; and from John Patrick Leary's book Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism.

I play: a portion of President Franklin Roosevelt's Economic Royalists speech from 1936; and D. L. Myers invoking the Powell Movement Stinger. Musically, I play: a snippet from the Broadway play Hair. Mr. Ceglowski opened the show with his observation of liars, backed by KMFDM; and I close with Julie and Rolf and the Campfire Gang doing "Over the Rainbow."

As you can see, I've gotten my access to the website. The experience of being without access, and——much worse!——having no non-automated assistance available, has gotten into my head that maybe changing the show notes to something more expensive (and more convenient) might be in my future. Stay tuned!