About this episode

Emily Jashinsky discusses the disturbing reactions to a murder, debates on capitalism, social media influence in government, and societal issues surrounding postpartum depression.

Emily Jashinsky reacts to the murder of 32-year-old Bank of America vice president and new mother Erin Piacenti, who police say was randomly stabbed in Times Square shortly after returning from maternity leave. Emily examines the disturbing online reaction from people celebrating or mocking Piacenti’s death simply because she worked for Bank of America and what it reveals about Americans becoming increasingly numb to violence. She then reacts to a heated CNN debate between Kmele Foster and Jemele Hill over claims that capitalism is bound up with white supremacy and explains why injecting identity politics into the conversation makes it harder to seriously confront capitalism’s flaws. Emily also breaks down new reporting about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s network of social media influencers, including taxpayer-funded contracts for some messaging campaigns, and raises questions about transparency when influencers are paid to promote government messaging. The show then turns to the preliminary hearing for accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson, where his defense attorney repeatedly characterized Kirk as having spoken “hatefully” about certain groups. Finally, Emily…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Jashinsky

Topics covered

• murder reaction
• capitalism and identity politics
• social media influencers
• government transparency
• postpartum depression
• violence in society

Keywords

• murder
• Erin Piacenti
• Kmele Foster
• Jemele Hill
• Zohran Mamdani
• Tyler Robinson
• Lindsay Clancy
• capitalism
• postpartum depression

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bank of America, CNN

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