Synopsis
A progressive podcast focused on news, politics, and stories you may have missed.
Episodes
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Ep 47: Hillary's Problems, Obama Expanding OT Pay, OK Gov. Vetoes Abortion Bill, Desegregation
24/05/2016 Duration: 01h16minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss who's to blame Hillary's problems on, SF police chief Greg Suhr resigns, Verizon seeing a big dip in new customers due to strike, Obama uses an executive order to increase access to OT pay, Ryan strikes Puerto Rico debt deal with Obama administration, Republicans won't fully fund Zika virus prevention, Florida man kills wife because they couldn't afford her medication any longer, two-thirds of Americans couldn't come up with $1000 in an emergency, Oklahoma Governor vetoes bill making abortion a felony, Mississippi District ordered to desegregate its schools, and Portland Public Schools bans material that casts doubt on climate change Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 46: 2016 Race, Oil Spill, Poultry Workers Abuse, Income Disparity, Syrian Refugees, Gun Buy Back
17/05/2016 Duration: 01h01minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss Hillary proposing buying into Medicare, Shell spills thousands of barrels of oil, U.S. Poultry workers denied bathroom breaks and wear diapers during shifts, Top 25 hedge fund managers earned more than some nations in 2015, U.S. Poor and Middle Class Incomes Have Gone Backwards, Americans Break Record for Working Past 65, Report Shows Epic US Failure to Assist Refugees, French plan to ban work emails after hours, and L.A. gun buyback program. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 45: #Frisco5, Climate Refugees, Toddlers and Guns, 2000 Doctors Back Bernie, NC HB2
10/05/2016 Duration: 01h04minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss 'Frisco 5' strikers and their demand for justice, how climate change is fueling Canada's wildfire season, resettling the first American 'Climate Refugees', a concealed carry gun owner ends up dead instead of helping, toddlers have shot at least 23 people so far in 2016, Democrats who oppose the single payer proposal in Colorado, 2000 doctors say Bernie has the right idea on healthcare, and the justice Department says the NC law HB2 is illegal. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 44: HRC vs Trump, Tamir Rice, AUS Gun Control, Chobani, CO Universal Healthcare, hiring convicts
03/05/2016 Duration: 57minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss the criticism that Hillary Clinton is more dangerous than Trump, Tamir Rice's family received a settlement and victim shaming from the Cleveland Police, Australia remembers the mass shooting that triggered their successful gun control measures and why people are against smart gun technology, Chobani employees receive valuable ownership shares, Colorado may replace the ACA with Universal Care, 16 blamed for the mistakes in deadly U.S. attack on Afghan Clinic, and proposed rule would delay questions about criminal history during the hiring process. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 43: US Suicides Up, Seattle Min Wage, Felon Voting Rights, Marijuana/Assisted Death in Canada
26/04/2016 Duration: 01h07minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) talk about the surge in U.S. suicide rates, another record warm month courtesy of March, study finds that Seattle's $15 minimum wage has not led to an increase in the price of goods, UK issues travel warning for LGBT community before visiting the U.S., Virginia Governor restores voting rights for felons, Norway's human rights laws for prisoners, marijuana legislation coming in 2017 for Canada, and Canada's new doctor assisted-dying law takes shape. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 42: Democracy Spring, Affluenza kid, Corp Tax, Chicago Police Force, Young Iraqis view of the US
19/04/2016 Duration: 57minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss the Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening movement, Affluenza kid Ethan Couch serving two years in prison, a study that shows how low Corporate America's Taxes really are, the FBI paid professional hackers to crack San Bernardino iPhone, Chicago Police force plagued by racism in task force finding, a poll reveals young Iraqis overwhelming consider the U.S. their enemy, and the Oil Industry's suppresion of climate science began in the 1940s. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 41: Panama Papers, Justice Inequality, Paid Leave in NY and SF, Tipped Min Wage, Yemen Bombing
12/04/2016 Duration: 01h07minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss the fallout from the Panama Papers so far, the justice inequality between Donald Blankenship's sentencing and Allen Bullock's, paid FMLA in New York and San Francisco, it's been more than 25 years since federal minimum wage for tipped employees has been raised, more than 40% of student borrowers aren't making payments on their student loans, bombs used in Yemen were supplied by the US, and for a slight reduction in global military spending ending poverty and hunger could be a reality. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 40: Religious Freedom Bill, Jamar Clark, Ezra Klein Tax Calculator, Australia anti-migrants
05/04/2016 Duration: 01h01minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss Georgia Religious Freedom bill being vetoed by the Governor and Mississippi having a similar law in the works, what the SCOTUS 4-4 decision means for unions, no charges against the police officers responsible for killing Jamar Clark, the NFL demands a retraction from the New York Times, Ezra Klein and the broken tax calculator article on Vox, the FBI dropped it's case against Apple and is helping other law enforcment agencies unlock phones in their possession, and Austrailia financed an anti-Afghan migrant movie. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 39: US Ranks 47 in Elections, #HB2, Students Leaving US, Unpaid Car Loans hit 20 yr high
29/03/2016 Duration: 56minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss the NFL not reporting all of their concussions that occured in their own investigation in the 90s, #BirdieSanders, how the U.S. has the worst elections of any long established democracy, thousands call for gun access at the Republican Convention, North Carolina to limit bathroom use by gender at birth, why more students are leaving the U.S. for college, and unpaid subprime car loans hit 20 year high- sound familiar? Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 38: Nuclear Power Opposition, Vegans Save Planet, Student Loans, Wounded Warrior Project Waste
25/03/2016 Duration: 01h06minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss Western Tuesday voting issues, majority of Americans now oppose Nuclear Energy, eating less meat can avoid dangerous global warming, $121 billion are in student loans are default across the U.S., and the Wounded Warrior project scandal. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 37: Migrant Crisis, Punishing Poor People, Paris Attacker Arrested, No LGBT Hate Crime Laws
22/03/2016 Duration: 01h01minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss President Obama being the first U.S. President to visit Cuba in almost 90 years, fallout from the bombing of Doctors Without Borders, the EU and Turkey migrant deal and whether or not they have migrant crisis, Kansas passes a bill that continues to punish poor people, Paris attacker arrested and awaiting trial in civilian court, 19 states without hate crime laws for LGBT. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 36: 2016 Race, Trump Media Advantage, Cops killing disabled people, People killed by Environment
18/03/2016 Duration: 01h05minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss February being anomalously the warmest month on record, NFL admits to link between football and CTE, Google's AlphaGo takes Go series 4-1, the state of the 2016 race, Trumps media advantage, half of people killed by police have a disability, and environmental risks killing 12.6 million people. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 35: Syria, Ocean plastic pollution, Islamophobia, A.I. beats human at Go
15/03/2016 Duration: 01h05minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss #BPSWalkout and Boston Mayor reversing course, Michigan Governor Snyder set to testify before U.S House Oversight Committe, Puerto Rico debt restructuring bill, U.S. may restart failed Syrian rebel training program, there will soon be more plastic in the ocean than fish, a Sikh man was mistaken for a Muslim and beaten unconscious, Google A.I. beats world champion at Go. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 34: Drone Strike documents, #BPSWalkOut, Highest-ever CO2 levels, Pathetic US Voter Turnout
11/03/2016 Duration: 01h15minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) discuss the FBI being investigated over shots fired during the Oregon standoff, preliminary details on another Million Student March, Democrats and Republicans can agree on one thing and that's tax breaks for big companies, SCOTUS blocks Lousiana abortion law, the Obama administration to release the drone 'playbook', the Boston Public School walkout #BPSWalkout, Cardon Dioxide reach highest level in 15 million years, and while the media would have you believe this year's primaries are super exciting and everyone is participating the actual turnout is quite pathetic. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 33: 401K failure, SEIU backing Hillary, Oil and Gas bribes, NYPD sued, Fox News lies
08/03/2016 Duration: 01h02minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) follow up on strict Voter ID laws, Flint crisis and lead pipes nationwide, and CISA and the loss of privacy. They go on to discuss that 401Ks are completely ineffective, SEIU leadership backs Hillary despite #FightFor15, Oil and Gas industries have bribed politicians with millions, NYPD sued over the use of sound cannons, and Fox News just cannot stop lying. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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EP 32: Corporate Welfare, Black Unemployment, Bank Fees, Wasserman Schultz vs CFPB, WA Carbon Tax
04/03/2016 Duration: 01h22minAfter a mini-vacation Aaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) followup on the Trooper that pulled over Sandra Bland getting fired, the Porter Ranch methane leak is the largest in U.S. history, and South Dakota Governor surprises everyone and vetoes a law against transgender students. New segments include corporate welfare and how raising the minimum wage would allow Americans to stop subsidizing corporations and their responsibilities, a crisis in black unemployment rate in major cities, banks made 11 Billion off overdraft fees last year and how this helps no one, the DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz proves she has other interests in mind by taking on the CFPB, and Washington could become the first U.S. state to implement a carbon tax and why James Hansen might approve of this. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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EP 31: #BernieOrBust, Kalamazoo Shooting, IRS Audits, Nevada Solar Scam, Closing Guantanamo Bay
26/02/2016 Duration: 01h10minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) and special guest Zak (@zak_dazzle) followup on global warming and January 2016 being the warmest January on record, the effect of student debt on the economy, and CTE cases in the NHL. Then they cover the trending #BernieOrBust mentality, the Kalamazoo shooter and why this isn't getting a lot of attention, IRS audits of corporations are down because of funding cuts, Nevada residents who installed solar panels for a rebate will no longer get their rebates and their utility rates will triple, and President Obama proposed his plan to close Guantanamo Bay. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 30: Angola 3, Apple vs the FBI, #DayWithoutLatinos, NC Drug Testing, For-Profit College Scams
23/02/2016 Duration: 01h10minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) give a hot take on Gov Kasich of Ohio signing a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. Then they cover the last of the Angola Three to be released from prison after 45 years in solitary confinement, Apple taking on the FBI, #DayWithOutLatinos protest in Wisconsin, NC drug testing for welfare recipients found that almost no one failed the test, and students testified on Capitol Hill against for-profit colleges. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 29: Superdelegates, Student Loan Arrest, SD Transgender Restroom Law, Lifespan Disparity, Zika
19/02/2016 Duration: 01h13minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) followup on fracking in Oklahoma and new lawsuits that have been filed and follow up on the redistricting in North Carolina as a result of gerrymandering and the implications it might have for voters. Then they discuss superdelegates and what effect they might have on the democratic nomination, a man is arrested for not paying his student loan from 1987, South Dakota is the first the state to pass a law prohibiting transgender people from using the public restrooms of the gender they identify with, the disparity in life spans of the rich and poor is growing, and Zika- how much we should worry and is the cause of microcephaly. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.
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Ep 28: Scalia, 2016 Race, Afghanistan, Islamophobia again, Voters Against Mass Incarceration
16/02/2016 Duration: 01h20minAaron (@muchomacho) and Glenn (@glennharmonjr) followup on Flint, Fracking in Oklahoma, and the Gas Leak in Porter Ranch California. They then open the discussion to talk Scalia's death and the implications it could have on the 2016 race, the 2016 race and what the next two primaries might look like, Afghanistan civilian casualties have been increasing steadily for the past seven years, Islamophobia claims the life of another American, and Americans are tired of the 'Tough on Crime' Era. Like us on Facebook, share our YouTube videos, and subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes.