The Crumbling

Sophia and V continue the two part interview with Aly Wane, an immigrants' rights activist, about his history with the work, his thoughts about our current moment, how we got there, and where we can go next. The connections between this and the prior interview with David Livingstone Smith are discussed, as well as ideas on dehumanization. The parallels between the oppression of transgender people, immigrants, and Palestinians is discussed at length, and so is how to find solidarity among us all, so that we can all achieve justice.www.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcast www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com https://immigrantjusticenetwork.org/ Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed Not-Gay Zionist Juggalo Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia, V, and Davin interview David Livingstone Smith, a professor of philosophy at the University of New England. The crew take a deep dive with Professor Smith into his area of expertise - dehumanization. They talk about how he got started studying dehumanization, how it arises, how it leads to genocides and other atrocities, and how it relates to our ongoing epistemic crisis (or, as we like to call it, "our sense of collective reality crumbling"). This is an eye-opening interview about a topic that everyone has heard of, but not enough people study, and it gives some language for how to talk about things happening right now.Support the Show ww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastShow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.comGuest https://www.davidlivingstonesmith.com/ Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed Not-Gay Zionist Juggalo Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Finally, Davin gets to tell a story! He fills the other co-hosts in on the story of the exploitation of NCAA athletes, prior to the push for some of them unionizing. He describes the conditions that led up to that movement, showing how the league continuously profited off of them, while denying them any chance at making money from their work. Also, two announcements: Tragically, Andrew has left the podcast, and so Davin and Sophia must search for a new third. In this episode, they try out a new cohost, V., in this episode. AND the Patreon now has new tiers, which feature some actual merch! Stickers and shirts! Please subscribe and rate the show if you like where it's going!Support the show https://www.patreon.com/TheCrumblingpodcastshow notes https://thecrumbling.beehiiv.com Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed Not-Gay Zionist Juggalo Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

T he co-hosts have a chance to chat with the journalist Kim Kelly, author of the book Fight Like Hell and the upcoming book Fight To Win, about how labor movements provide a way to build a society based on trust, where disinformation doesn't have a chance to flourish. They also ask her what killer metal records have been coming out lately. Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed Not-Gay Zionist Juggalo Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sophia , Andrew & Devon are joined by comedian and science educator Annam Choudhry https://www.instagram.com/annamlaughs. They all continue on the climate change journey, this time discussing the careers of two men who both worked for the Cato Institute (a right wing think tank co-founded by Murray Rothbard, one of the Koch brothers, and another person), and we're Fox News contributors. Those men have their work put into the context about faith in scientific institutions falling among Republicans.Support the Show www.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastFallow along with full writeups and show notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed Not-Gay Zionist Juggalo Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The co-hosts continue their series on climate change, this time discussing both the mechanics of damaged caused by climate change and the escalation of disinformation in the 1970's and 1980's. Perry Como comes up, but nothing about climate change is a magic moment. Sophia loses her mind thinking about the reproductive habits of the eastern cottontail. The group has launched a site on beehiiv where you can check out all of our show notes, informational graphics, articles we'll be writing, and more. Click on our links for more! Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed Not-Gay Zionist Juggalo Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The hosts open the discussion on climate change. They talk about how the potentials for climate change were discovered in the 1800's, and how it was identified to be happening in the early 1900's. They go on to discuss how disinformation started very quickly, funded by the petroleum industry. The AI co-host finally reveals his secret identity: Davin DuBois. That shouldn't mean anything to you, as he's just a guy, but he's a cool guy and a smart guy, and we love him, so we hope the audience appreciates the reveal, and getting to know him better. Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Liz Jaikes Ana H Angulo Kristen Brazell Laura Jedeed Not-Gay Zionist Juggalo Randy Zinni Carl Angoli Hazelhaunt ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★