The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

About this episode

The episode discusses various geopolitical issues and the impact of political actions on society, focusing on empathy and community.

This week’s podcast episode is full of heartbreak and fury. It’s about Venezuela, Greenland , Colombia, Cuba, and Canada. It includes The Monroe Doctrine, The Roosevelt Corollary, the Authorized Use of Military Force, a screeching Stephen Miller, and an administration with no qualms about doing/taking/killing what it wants — ethics, decency, truth, and the Constitution be damned. It’s about January 6th, five years ago, and how we should have stopped this, then. Most of all, though, it’s about Renee Nicole Good, which means it’s about all of us. I feel sick and have for days. Pretty sure I’m afflicted with toxic shock syndrome, but not the kind we’ve been warned about. I sent my essay out into the ether last week as I do every week. There is one platform where I have a business page with a lot of people (fb) that used to be a place where community happened, where people could have conversations and even disagree without losing their minds, but that is no longer the case. I don’t spend a lot of time there anymore, I simply have the page connected to my other meta account (insta), so when I post on one, it shows up on the other. I started getting alerts from fb quickly. Some of the…

People in this episode

Host: Ally Hamilton

Topics covered

• politics
• ethics
• social commentary
• current events
• community
• empathy

Keywords

• Venezuela
• Greenland
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Canada
• January 6th
• empathy
• politics
• Renee Nicole Good

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Monroe Doctrine, The Roosevelt Corollary

Places: Venezuela, Greenland, Colombia, Cuba, Canada

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