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Teaser Preview for CS 285: Clarence Thomas and The Reactionary Mind Pt. 2 feat. Corey Robin

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This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have on Corey Robin, an American political theorist, journalist and professor of political science at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He can be found on Twitter at twitter.com/CoreyRobin and at his blog at coreyrobin.com/. We discuss his books Enigma of Clarence Thomas (www.amazon.com/Enigma-Clarence-T…bin/dp/1627793836) and The Reactionary Mind (www.amazon.com/Reactionary-Mind-…27&s=books&sr=1-1)

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 284: Clarence Thomas and The Reactionary Mind Pt. 1 feat. Corey Robin

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This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 is for Patreon subscribers only and available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/38659244.  Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have on Corey Robin,  an American political theorist, journalist and professor of political science at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He can be found on Twitter at twitter.com/CoreyRobin and at his blog at https://coreyrobin.com/. We discuss his books Enigma of Clarence Thomas (https://www.amazon.com/Enigma-Clarence-Thomas-Corey-Robin/dp/1627793836) and The Reactionary Mind (https://www.amazon.com/Reactionary-Mind-Conservatism-Edmund-Donald/dp/0190692006/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=reactionary+mind&qid=1593210227&s=books&sr=1-1)

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

Teaser Preview for CS 283: The End of Policing feat. Alex Vitale

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This is a teaser trailer for a subscriber-only episode for Patreon subscribers only. You can find the full episode at www.patreon.com/posts/38455516. Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have Alex Vitale, a Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College and a Visiting Professor at London Southbank University. He has spent the last 25 years writing about policing and consults both police departments and human rights organizations internationally. He also serves on the New York State Advisory Committee of the US Commission on Civil Rights. Prof. Vitale is the author of City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics and The End of Policing. His academic writings on policing have appeared in Policing and Society, Police Practice and Research, Mobilization, and Contemporary Sociology. He is also a frequent essayist, whose writings have appeared in The NY Times, NY Daily News, The Nation, Vice News, Jacobin, and USA Today.

We discuss the current George Floyd and Breonna Taylor protests, and the recent efforts by Campaign Zero to enter the space advocating reformist measures such as implicit bias training and body cam rules, and why defunding and abolition measures are better. T. also takes some time to discuss the bourgeois coopting of the current movement on the ground by Black entertainers and executives.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 282: Live, Love, Work and Catastrophe feat. Rob Delaney

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This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have guest Rob Delaney, a comedian, actor and author. You can find him on the Channel 4/Amazon Prime show “Catastrophe,” on his new standup special “Jackie,” and his recent memoir https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQZ6EO8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

Teaser Preview for CS 281: Trans-Europe Express feat. Alexandre and Jamel *DOUBLE EPISODE*

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This episode is hosted by Kenny and Trevor. Today we have Alexandre, who had lived in Germany for some years but now lives in Seattle, and Jamel, who lives in the UK, both talk about experiences being Black in Europe.
Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 280: Afropessimism feat. Frank Wilderson III *DOUBLE EPISODE*

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This episode is hosted by Kenny and Trevor. Today we have guest Frank Wilderson, professor of Drama and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine. We talk about hs book Afropessimism (https://www.amazon.com/Afropessimism-Frank-Wilderson-III/dp/163149614X) and what it tells us about the current moment we’re in today with the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor protests.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

Teaser Preview for CS 279: Social Justice Fanfiction and Other Great Ideas Pt. 2 feat. Jessa Crispin

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This is a teaser preview of Part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and available to everyone at https://www.patreon.com/posts/37678357.  The full unlocked version of Part 2 is available to Patreon subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/37678866. Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have returning guest Jessa Crispin, of the podcast Public Intellectual (https://www.patreon.com/publicintellectual) and columnist at Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessa-crispin). Today we discuss her article about the feminist historical drama “Mrs. America” (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/19/mrs-america-hulu-feminism-gloria-steinem-hillary-clinton) and her article about the pattern of failing upward typical in our American media elite (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/24/us-media-elite-newspapers-television-trump-sanders). We also discuss the Influencer Industrial Complex and who it is made up of and created by and why it is so lacking in any sort of depth.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 278: Social Justice Fanfiction and Other Great Ideas Pt. 1 feat. Jessa Crispin

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This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 is available to paid Patreon subscribers over at https://www.patreon.com/posts/37928772.  Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have returning guest Jessa Crispin, of the podcast Public Intellectual (https://www.patreon.com/publicintellectual) and columnist at Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessa-crispin). Today we discuss her article about the feminist historical drama “Mrs. America” (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/19/mrs-america-hulu-feminism-gloria-steinem-hillary-clinton) and her article about the pattern of failing upward typical in our American media elite (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/24/us-media-elite-newspapers-television-trump-sanders). We also discuss the Influencer Industrial Complex and who it is made up of and created by and why it is so lacking in any sort of depth.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

Teaser Preview of CS 277: The Futureless Now feat. Matt Christman pt. 2

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This is a teaser preview of Part 2 of a two-part episode. Part 1 is free and available to everyone at https://www.patreon.com/posts/37678357.  The full unlocked version of Part 2 is available to Patreon subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/posts/37678866. Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor with special guest cohost Andray Domise. Today we have Matt Christman from the leftist comedy and commentary podcast Chapo Trap House https://www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse/.  We discuss the role of Chapo and the shape of the “New New Left” after Bernie Sanders’ campaign has ended, Matt’s interesting new Cushvlog livestream series on Twitch and Youtube, the pros vs. cons of being online, the alienation and isolation of modern life, capitalism, the 1619 project and the class vs. race debate, what socialism looks like in practice in a postmodern world, Protestantism, and the French Revolution.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 276: The Futureless Now feat. Matt Christman pt. 1

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This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 is available to paid Patreon subscribers over at https://www.patreon.com/posts/37678866.  Become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, and our newsletter.

This episode is hosted by Trevor with special guest cohost Andray Domise. Today we have Matt Christman from the leftist comedy and commentary podcast Chapo Trap House https://www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse/.  We discuss the role of Chapo and the shape of the “New New Left” after Bernie Sanders’ campaign has ended, Matt’s interesting new Cushvlog livestream series on Twitch and Youtube, the pros vs. cons of being online, the alienation and isolation of modern life, capitalism, the 1619 project and the class vs. race debate, what socialism looks like in practice in a postmodern world, Protestantism, and the French Revolution.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)