Synopsis
A progressive podcast focused on news, politics, and stories you may have missed.
Episodes
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Ep 67: Trump TV, GOP Civil War, Long Voter lines, Taxes, Transgender Deaths, Soda Giants, Elon Musk
25/10/2016 Duration: 01h04minEpisode 67!! The show starts off with a weird Alex Jones telephone call from the future. The guys then review the movie Brooklyn Castle and lay the groundwork for next episode's movie, Jiro Dreams of Sushi. They then move on to the ever expanding Minutes Of 2016: Trump TV has already started, people don't seem to understand the Republican Civil War, Republicans don't want to accept that Trump is going to lose, and Democrats may win more votes for House and still come out in the minority. They then move on to long voter lines are still a problem in the US, Senate Democrats are looking to pass a big corporate tax cut, it's the deadliest year on record for transgender women, soda giants are lobbying just like tobacco companies, and Elon Musk is bringing Aaron his robot future. Subscribe on iTunes and leave a rating or review!
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Ep 66: Interview with Libertarian Candidate for Senate, Alex Merced
18/10/2016 Duration: 01h24minGlenn (@glennharmonjr) and Aaron (@muchomacho) follow up on the 2016 election: Trump's campaign imploding, John McCain refusing to hold future confirmations for SCOTUS appointees, Evan McMullin playing spoiler in Utah. They then interview Libertarian Candidate for the NY Senate, Alex Merced (@alexmerced). The discussion revolves around his campaign, his experiences running as a 3rd party candidate and things Alex would do to improve the process, the issues he's focused on, and his perspective on various economic and social issues. Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review!
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Ep 65: Debate, Hurricane Matthew, Yahoo snoops emails, Migrants Rescued, Rise in LGBT Attacks in UK
11/10/2016 Duration: 01h11minGlenn (@glennharmonjr) and Aaron (@muchomacho) kick it off with their review of the movie 13th and prepare for next week's Movie Of The Week: Brooklyn Castle. They then follow up on the 2016 election: recap of the 2nd debate, Hillary's position in the polls, and Paul Ryan. They then move on to this week's news: Hurricane Matthew, Yahoo secretly scanned customer's emails, DOJ launches unprecedented investigation into Alabama prisons, more than 11,000 migrants rescued off Libya this week, and Homophobic attacks in the UK rose 147% in three months after Brexit vote. Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review!
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Ep 64: Trump, Prison Strike, 9/11 Bill, Reparations, Voting in Prison, New Drone Base
04/10/2016 Duration: 01h02minGlenn (@glennharmonjr) and Aaron (@muchomacho) start off with their review of the movie The White Helmets and they talk about next week's Movie Of The Week: 13th. They then get into 2016 election stuff: Trump's taxes, the VP debate, Clinton's problems with African-Americans in FL, Clinton's leaked comments about Bernie Sanders' supporters, and a recap of the first debate. They then move on to this week's news: Obama's 9/11 veto is overridden, the UN calls for reparations for African Americans, the largest prison strike in US history enters its 3rd week, California inmates will now be able to vote from prison, and the US is building a brand new $100M drone base in Niger. Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review!
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Ep 63: Presidential Debate, Police Shootings, Renter Action, Gun Survey, Ice Sheet Melting
27/09/2016 Duration: 01h04minGlenn (@glennharmonjr) and Aaron (@muchomacho) start off with a review of the movie Into The Abyss (spoiler: not great). They then move on to the first presidential debate, Ted Cruz's endorsement, Trump likes stop and frisk, and Clinton wants to raise the estate tax. The guys then talk about the police shootings and protests in Tulsa and Charlotte, a new gun survey shows the number of gun owners is decreasing, renters across the country protest high rent, Greenland's ice sheet is melting faster than we thought, and immigrants are actually good for the economy. Subscribe on iTunes and SoundCloud and leave us a review!
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Ep 62: NY Bombing, US Wars Cost $5T, Police Brutality, UBI In The UK, US Poverty
20/09/2016 Duration: 01h08minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) are back with another great episode! The guys review the movie Man On Wire and talk about the new iPhone and iOS 10. They then get into the tightening 2016 election polls, everyone hates millennials, Jimmy Fallon goes easy on Trump, and the largest police union endorses Trump. They then move on to the bombing in NYC, NJ, and attacks in MN, the US has spent $5T on war since 9/11 and we're no safer, more cases of police brutality across the US, the police have killed over 2,000 people since Ferguson, Jeremy Corbyn wants to research a universal basic income in the UK, and US teens are trading sex for food. Subscribe on SoundCloud and iTunes and leave us an iTunes rating and review!!
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Ep 61: NFL Protests, NoDAPL, US Prison Strike, Racist Math, Costa Rica's Renewables
13/09/2016 Duration: 58minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmon) are back with another great episode! The guys start with a listener email and a movie recommendation (Zero Days). They then move to minutes of 2016 with Gary Johnson's blunder, Hillary Clinton's pneumonia scare, and the basket of deplorables. Also the NFL protests continue, the North Dakota oil pipeline has been paused, US prison inmates protest slavery, a new book says math is racist, and Costa Rica goes 76 days with renewable electricity. Subscribe and rate on iTunes, or follow us on Soundcloud!
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Ep60: Kaepernick, Single Payer, Mylan, Climate Change, Facebook Algorithm Error
06/09/2016 Duration: 01h11minThe guys are back with Colin Kaepernick's ongoing protest and the unlikely support he's getting, Mylan provides a generic for the EpiPen but we still aren't having a conversation about single payer, states opposed to President Obama receive more federal government assistance, new climate change help is going to island nations, ITT Tech and other for profit institutions may soon close their doors, and the Facebook news algorithm craps the bed. Subscribe to It's Always Political on iTunes.
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Ep 59: Dakota Pipeline, Burkini Ban, Mylan, Kaepernick, Missing Military Money
30/08/2016 Duration: 01h03minGlenn (@glennharmonjr) and Aaron (@muchomacho) are back and Donald Trump is PISSED! They talk about Republicans' Senate chances, Hillary Clinton controversies, and Trump backtracking on immigration. They then get into the Standing Rock Sioux Dakota Access oil pipeline protests, France bans burkinis for no good reason, Mylan increases the price of the EpiPen AND is a tax dodger, the US military can't account for $6.5 TRILLION dollars, and Colin Kaepernick stuck up for black people and Americans are PISSED! Subscribe and rate on iTunes:
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Ep 58: Louisiana Flooding, Aetna and Obamacare, Private Prisons, ISIS Recruits Don't Know Islam
23/08/2016 Duration: 56minGlenn (@glennharmonjr) and Aaron (@muchomacho) are back for another great episode. Aaron starts with a black church near his house that supports Trump and the guys talk about the movie We're Not Broke. They then move to the minutes of 2016 talk with a piece from Adolph Reed piece about voting for Hillary, the Green Party town hall, and Trump lying about his support among African-Americans. They then move on to the Louisiana floods, Aetna pulls out of the ACA exchanges, the Justice Department announces they're closing private prisons, and ISIS recruits know nothing about Islam. Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review!!
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Episode 57: Trump, Milwaukee, Marijuana, Migrants, Private Prisons
16/08/2016 Duration: 55minGlenn (@glennharmonjr on Twitter) and Aaron (@muchomacho) start off with some talk about The Incredible Hulk and the Olympics. They talk about Trump's imploding campaign, the Green Party town hall, American's, and Rudy Giuliani is still an idiot. They then move on to the unrest in Milwaukee and the larger issues at play, the DEA still classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, German migrants created 1 million jobs in 2014, and federal private prisons are awful. Subscribe on itunes and rate the show!
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Ep 56: Obama commutations, costly finance, Korryn Gaines, robots are coming!
09/08/2016 Duration: 01h02minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) review the movie The Propaganda game, then they talk about the 2016 race, 3rd party candidates, the recent attacks on Jill Stein, Gary Johnson and libertarians are terrible, Evan McMullin enters the race for reasons unknown. They then move on to Pres. Obama commuting the sentences of non-violent drug offenders, big banks and finance cost the average American $100,000, MA bans employers from asking about previous salaries, Korryn Gaines and the cost of lead poisoning, and job automation and politics. Subscribe and rate the show, It's Always Political, on iTunes.
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Ep 55: DNC Protests, Russia, Voter Suppression, Flint, Afghanistan, Climate Change, Chelsea Manning
02/08/2016 Duration: 01h05minGlenn (@glennharmonjr) and Aaron (@muchomacho) talk about the DNC, the protests, and the fear mongering surrounding Russia. They also get into the recent court cases striking down voter suppression laws, arrests were made regarding the Flint water crisis, civilians are being killed in Afghanistan at record rates, big carbon polluters are being sued for climate change, and Chelsea Manning could be sent to solitary confinement for a suicide attempt. Comment below and subscribe to It's Always Political on iTunes.
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Ep 54: RNC, Black Lives Matter, WNBA, NBA, Millennials, Syrians, Iraqis, Snowden
26/07/2016 Duration: 01h15minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss the RNC, #BLM and Police hold a cookout; Black GOP senator talks about being pulled over seven times; WNBA players were fined for wearing Black Lives Matter shirts and were fined for only talking social issues during the postgame interview; the NBA moved their All-Star Game from Charlotte but was it really for the right reasons; Millennials may be first to earn less than previous generation; a poll shows the majority Syrians, Iraqis don't support Obama's Anti-ISIS war; Snowden develops smartphone device aims to shield journalists. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 53: Birdie Sanders, DNC Platform, France, Sandra Bland, Skewed Election Coverage, Food Waste
18/07/2016 Duration: 01h08minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) recap Bernie Sanders' campaign; Trump polling at 0% among Black voters; France vows more bombing in Iraq and Syria following terrorist attack in Nice; Sandra Bland died a year ago and there have been 811 deaths in jails since; a study finds that election coverage is skewed by journalistic bias; and half of all U.S. food produce is thrown away just based on appearance. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 52: 2016, #AltonSterling, #PhilandoCastile, #Dallas, Trans Rights, Student Loans, Rigged Economy
12/07/2016 Duration: 01h17minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) talk about robots taking over jobs; the 2016 election; who got rich off the student debt crisis; #AltonSterling, #PhilandoCastile, #Dallas, and when will people finally admit there is a problem, Pentagon lifts ban on transgender troops, 2 transgender Democrats nominated in the Wester GOP strongholds, and a new poll shows 7 out of 10 Americans believe the economy is rigged. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 51: #Brexit, Freddie Gray, SCOTUS, Drug Tests, Fracking, StoneWall, KS Debt, Homeless Students
28/06/2016 Duration: 01h05minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) talk about Trump's attacks on Warren and the DNC platform betraying Progressives; #Brexit, EU referendum, and David Cameron resigning; van driver in Freddie Gray case acquitted; SCOTUS rules in favor of affirmative action; drug testing for welfare recipients in Michigan yields zero positive tests; Germany passes legislation to ban Fracking; Stonewall Inn becomes National Monument; Kansas leaders to decide how much state needs to borrow to pay schools in 2017; 1 in 10 Cal State students is homeless. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 50: DNC, Trump, Heat Record, Okinawa, AR-15, Dark Money, GOP Convention, Drug Testing the 1%
21/06/2016 Duration: 01h11minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) talk about Trump's flailing campaign, the DNC's early coronation of HRC in a memo from 2015, Earth's heat extends longest streak of shattered records, thousands protest at U.S. bases in Okinawa after Japanese woman's murder, family of the inventor of the AR-15 makes claim that he didn't intend it for Civilian use, U.S. Doctors call gun violence a 'public health crisis', House votes to make Dark Money darker, the weaponry and crowd control devices that are being distributed to police in Cleveland ahead of the GOP convention, and Rep. Gwen Moore is introducing a bill to drug test rich people who get tax breaks. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 49: Orlando, 2016 Race, U.S. Navy, Refugees, Black Students, $13 Trillion Lost, Drone Protest
14/06/2016 Duration: 01h01minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history in Florida nightclub, U.S. Navy bans alcohol in Japan after crime spree, 'Bible Trivia' used for refugees seeking asylum on religious grounds, black students in US nearly four times as likely to be suspended as white students, the world lost more than $13 trillion last year because of war, thousands surround U.S. Air Base in Germany to protest use of drones. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 48: Trump, Ali, Eric Holder on Snowden, Millennials Living With Parents, Dave Mirra CTE, Welfare
07/06/2016 Duration: 01h02minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss Donald Trump and his lack of campaign, Muhammad Ali was the original activist athlete and how he would be perceived in today's culture with the same mindset, Eric Holder says Edward Snowden NSA Leak a public service, for the first time in modern era living with parents edges out of living arrangements for millennials, first rise in U.S. Death rate surprised experts, BMX icon Dave Mirra had CTE, docking welfare does not increase incentive to work, there are more jobs in renewable energy than in oil, gas, and coal combined, the 'goodest' country is not the U.S., and Governor Cuomo set executive branch and other state agencies in New York in opposition to BDS. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.