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Socialism and Simpsons soundclips. Posadism and pro-wrestling.

A somewhat tri-weekly leftist podcast based in Portland, OR, talking with people about their cultural obsessions and offering plenty of our own recommendations. We try to make socialism more fun with pop culture refs, you could say.

Contact: @givingthemic on Twitter // Givingthemic@gmail.com // www.facebook.com/givingthemic/

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.9 • 24 Ratings

Socialism and Simpsons soundclips. Posadism and pro-wrestling.

A somewhat tri-weekly leftist podcast based in Portland, OR, talking with people about their cultural obsessions and offering plenty of our own recommendations. We try to make socialism more fun with pop culture refs, you could say.

Contact: @givingthemic on Twitter // Givingthemic@gmail.com // www.facebook.com/givingthemic/

    89. Lain Change feat. Doug Lain

    89. Lain Change feat. Doug Lain

    Doug Lain returns to the show! Here to tell his side of the story of what happened to Zero Books and the reviving of Diet Soap Media as a podcast/youtube channel/publishing house. Hear all the hot goss about what went down with the purchase of Zero Books, what's coming next, and what Doug _really_ thinks about Dune.
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    Diet Soap on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/douglain
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    Diet Soap Media: https://www.dietsoap.net/
    Support the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap/
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    Help us make the show! Supporters of our Patreon heard this episode in its entirety early!
    www.patreon.com/givingthemic
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    Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme
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    • 1 hr 6 min
    88. Part 2 of Teaching Covid-Year 2 (ft. C Derick Varn, Melisa Crosby, and Beth Salmon)

    88. Part 2 of Teaching Covid-Year 2 (ft. C Derick Varn, Melisa Crosby, and Beth Salmon)

    Part 2 of our discussion with educators about what's been learnt in the past year plus about teaching kids(and ESL students) both online and in-person. In this part, we get into how much more stressful the return to in-person teaching has been. We're joined by Derick Varn, Melisa Crosby, and my sister Beth Salmon.
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    Check out Derick Varn at VarnVlog: https://www.youtube.com/c/CDerickVarnVlog
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    Other resources mentioned:
    The Change Agent: https://changeagent.nelrc.org/
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    EdWeek: https://www.edweek.org/
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    Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.chronicle.com/
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    Help us make the show! Supporters of our Patreon heard this episode in its entirety early!
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    • 53 min
    88. Teaching Covid, Year 2 (part 1) - feat. C. Derick Varn, Melisa Crosby, and Beth Salmon

    88. Teaching Covid, Year 2 (part 1) - feat. C. Derick Varn, Melisa Crosby, and Beth Salmon

    Part 1 of this talk, the whole ep is available now on Patreon at Http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic.
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    We revisit our episode from early pandemic, talking to grade school and community college educators about what we've learned(if anything) about teaching kids and ESL since then. Derick Varn, Melisa Crosby, and my sister Beth Salmon have a stimulating conversation about educator burnout, where online teaching worked well, and more.
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    Check out Derick Varn at VarnVlog: https://www.youtube.com/c/CDerickVarnVlog
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    Help us make the show!
    www.patreon.com/givingthemic
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    Find us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/givingthemic
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    Questions/comments/suggestions for great local Korean food: givingthemic@gmail.com
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    Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme
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    • 56 min
    87. Mark Levin's American Marxism - Part 2

    87. Mark Levin's American Marxism - Part 2

    Part 2 of our review of Mark Levin's American Marxism. It doesn't get better than Part 1.
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    Check out Andrew Hartman's book, _A War For The Soul Of America: A History Of The Culture Wars_
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    • 55 min
    87. Mark Levin's American Marxism: The Book - Part 1

    87. Mark Levin's American Marxism: The Book - Part 1

    Part 1 of 2-parter, the whole conversation is already available for patrons at http://Patreon.com/givingthemic.

    Part 1! Mark Levin's American Marxism book! It's a best-seller! Burning up the charts! It's really dumb and has no real idea what it's talking about, but that ain't going to let it stop from being yet another salvo in the Culture War!

    We welcome back Prof. Andrew Hartman(from ep. 81) and Jason(from ep. 38?) to go over this book. Thrill to discussions of why Mark Levin thinks that Marcuse was a member of "The Franklin School", how he's doing some sorta where Nietzschean thing with morality, and other heady concepts.
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    Check out Andrew Hartman's book, _A War For The Soul Of America: A History Of The Culture Wars_
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    86. [RE-UPLOAD] Leftist Veteran Chat on the Afghanistan Withdrawal and Hero Worship Culture

    86. [RE-UPLOAD] Leftist Veteran Chat on the Afghanistan Withdrawal and Hero Worship Culture

    [FIXED AUDIO - this is corrected from the original upload]. A panel of leftist veterans and DSA members(ft. Mitch, Spencer, Marcos, and James) joins us to talk about serving in American imperial war, the Afghanistan withdrawal, the "hero worship" that American culture has pushed for 20 years, and what all this actually does to a person. Good words here for veterans, active duty servicepeople, and civilians. This episode gets emotionally heavy with talk of heavy topics like trauma and suicide, so take care.
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    If you need this number, the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
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    About Face: Veterans Against the War - https://aboutfaceveterans.org/

    The DSA Veterans Working Groups - https://www.dsausa.org/working-groups/veterans-working-group/

    Combat Obscura - a documentary assembled from Marine-shot footage in Afghanistan - http://combatobscura.oscilloscope.net/
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    Pod recs:
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    Eyes Left - https://soundcloud.com/eyesleft @eyesleft

    What A Hell of a Way to Die - https://soundcloud.com/hellofawaytodie - @hellofawaytodie

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    Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme
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    • 1 hr 41 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
24 Ratings

24 Ratings

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Fun and informative

heroman2021 ,

cool

Very good podcasts Has the ironic humor similar to early simposons.

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Great show always entertaining and informative.

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