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CS 309: RANDON TAYLOR pt 2 preview



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This episode is hosted by Vida Starr. Today we have special guest Randon Taylor

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


CS 308: RANDON TAYLOR pt 1



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This episode is hosted by Vida Starr. Today we have special guest Randon Taylor.
Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (www.piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

CS 307 – KING OF LEAKS FEAT. KEN KLIPPENSTEIN preview



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This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have returning guest, Ken Klippenstein.  Ken is an American journalist working in Washington, DC as the DC Correspondent at The Nation. His work has appeared in The Nation, The Daily Beast, Salon, The Intercept, and other publications.  He is a former correspondent on the online news program The Young Turks and reports on U.S. federal and national security matters as well as corporate controversies.

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


Teaser for CS 243: Surveillance Nation feat. Yasha Levine Pt. 2 (01/28/2020)



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This episode is hosted by T. Today we have on Yasha Levine (http://twitter.com/yashalevine). Yasha Levine is a Russian-American investigative journalist and author. Levine, who was born in the Soviet Union, is a former editor of Moscow-based satirical newspaper The eXile. He is here to discuss his recent book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N809DBM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=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_)


CS 168: Angels on the Hardwood feat. Mtume Gant (@SirCoreGant) (04/20/2019)



Today we have on filmmaker and film professor Mtume Gant (http://twitter.com/SirCoreGant).
Some of the movies that were mentioned:
  • Chameleon Street (Wendell B. Harris, Jr.)
  • Dutchman (Anthony Harvey, Amiri Baraka)
  • The Spook Who Sat by the Door (Ivan Dixon)
  • The Landlord (Hal Ashby)
  • Blue Collar(Paul Schrader)
  • Scratch (Documentary)
  • Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett)
  • Ganja and Hess (Bill Gunn)
  • Oscar Micheaux movies on Netflix, under the title “Pioneers of African-American Cinema”: https://www.netflix.com/title/80161851?s=i&trkid=13747225

CS 166 Outtake: Bernie, Immigration and Other Stuff feat. Benny Halevy (@Benny_Carefully)



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Today we talk with returning guest Benny Halevi (http://twitter.com/Benny_Carefully) about various topics in the news, including Bernie Sanders on Open Borders, and branch into some more general topics on racial and social politics. Go over to https://www.patreon.com/posts/26218472 to subscribe and hear the episode.


CS 160: Anemoia (03/13/2019)



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We discuss whether we were unfair to millenials on an earlier episode, if Gen X is overrated, and we discuss the troll mindset.

CS 148: Compound Blacks (02/09/2019)



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Mentioned in this episode:
T’s threads on Slave Play Twitter attacking Kevin Hart and discussing Jussie Smollett and their hypocrisies regarding Ed Buck and Liam Neeson:
T’s thread defining Compound Blacks:
TMZ’s article erasing the racist aspect of the Jussie Smollett attack
TMZ founder Harvey Levin a Trump supporter:
Ed Buck Articles:
West Hollywood gay racism clip involving protesters talking about Ed Buck: