332: HASAN PIKER SUBPOENAED, A BOTCHED EXECUTION & ICE IS SCANNING EYEBALLS

About this episode

Corinne Fisher discusses various social and political issues including AI, immigration, and identity politics.

Corinne Fisher dives into The Pope declaring war on AI, ICE staking out The World Cup, the overwhelming response to Corinne's segment on POC's voting against their interests, and some Trans/TERF drama on TikTok. Plus: Hasan Piker getting looked at by the feds over his trip to Cuba, the agony that befell a death row inmate thanks to a botched exexecution and why he shouldn't even be in this situation, ICE illegally arresting people just to scan their eyeballs in the latest instalment of distopian tech advances, Thomas Massie's defeat and what it means for democracy as a whole and so much more! 00:00 – Intro / Theme of the Episode: Identity Politics & Culture Wars 04:20 – Identity politics on the left vs right 08:00 – ICE concerns surrounding the World Cup / immigration anxiety 16:00 – Pope Leo XIV warns about AI and humanity 23:00 – AI replacing labor, purpose, and human meaning 32:20 – Listener mailbag begins 33:30 – Scam targeting immigrant families with ICE detention fraud 34:35 – Why many Latino voters align with MAGA politics 41:00 – Machismo, religion, whiteness & assimilation discussions 52:00 – White feminism vs intersectionality 58:00 – Paris Mwendwa controversy…

People in this episode

Host: Corinne Fisher

Topics covered

• AI and humanity
• immigration anxiety
• identity politics
• voting against interests
• trans activism
• feminism
• dystopian technology

Keywords

• Hasan Piker
• ICE
• World Cup
• botched execution
• TERF
• identity politics
• AI
• voting
• feminism
• trans activism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, The Pope, Thomas Massie

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