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Munya & Brian are joined by historian and friend of the show Ryan Archibald to discuss the politics of travel. A free-ranging discussion of how the US security state came to see international travel and movement as a danger to be closely surveilled and policed.

Exclusive! Munya and Greg are joined this week by Seattle Public Schools Teacher and teachers union rep Tony D'Amico to talk about teaching in the time of corona, the failures of planning for the omicron wave, and the organizing teachers are doing right now to help themselves, their students, and their communities.

Why it's been months since we talked about SPD and their multiplicity of misdeeds in 2020! Last weeks release of an OPA report confirming that they did some radio theater improv design to sow fear and chaos in Seattle is a perfect opportunity to dive back in. Oh and Kent can't even fire their gossiping obergruppenführer police chief.

Brian reads an excerpt from Edwin Black’s War Against the Weak to Munya about a massive ethnic cleansing plan drawn up by the state of Connecticut in 1938. This excerpt shows that the United States had more than a minor dalliance with Nazi-style eugenics.

Munya & Brian conclude their four-part discussion of the Progressive Era by taking a look at the evolution of American immigration laws and violence & racism on the US-Mexico border. For this ep we will be talking about themes from chapter 9 in End of the Myth.

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Welcome freaks… to a brave new year!!! Greg, Munya, and Cassidy ring in 2022 with some hot sexy news everyone is buzzing about… the… inauguration of Seattle and NYC’s mayors! We also reflect and judge the predictions we made last year, while dishing out new ones. Cassidy provides freak exclusive insight of what’s In, and what’s way Out (this is the only official “In/Out” list… other ones are major pickme energy and also wrong)

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Munya, celebrity couldn't have happened to a nicer guy! You really belong with the cultural elite in NYC, not here in this winter terrorland with the rest of us. But thanks for slumming it to talk about the latest failures of our federal government in the face of mass death, and the latest dunk over the heads of our local government by outgoing hero Jenny Durkan. Please remember us when you are a brand.

A special stocking stuffer for our loyal listeners, Brian regales Munya with the history of the war on Christmas. Happy holidays!

Live from Leavenworth aka CHRISTMASTOWN USA! Starbucks workers are unionizing, we're all going to get covid, and there is a war being waged on the Christmas battlefield between hotdog vendors and the very cool, unique (quirky even), worshipers of a Germanic daemon.

In part one of this two parter, we discuss the early labor movement and how the implementation of Jim Crow was used to enact a counter-revolution against Reconstruction. We also answer the question, “How did American towns and suburbs get to be so white?”

Greg, Cassidy, and Brian get together to discuss the victory for Starbucks workers in Buffalo and try to untangle exactly what happened in the vote that is being contested. Then, Brian is forced to spit out his Raisin Bran as he learns about how workers are treated at Kelloggs.

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Kshama Sawant has won for the 4th time in 8 years as an open Marxist and a Trotskyist. We discuss Kshama Sawant and Socialist’s Alternative 4th consecutive victory on the council, how working people beat back all the worst developers and landlords (again), and more from Kshama's hot fire victory speech!

After 11 episodes, we have finally made it to the 20th century! In this episode, we discuss some of the things that they have learned and the things that they regret not being able to cover. We also take questions from our beloved freaks.

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The Progressive Era is the bridge between the America of the 19th century and the America of the 20th century. With the birth of the corporation in the Gilded Age and the rise of American imperialism with the Spanish-American War, the capitalist class created the modern American imperial state with all of its attendant bureaucrats and functionaries.

Another year, another Thanksgiving Pageant Spectacular with Mechanical Freak! Join Greg, Brian, Munya and Cassidy on the boat as we share some stories and read up on the Financial Times to get into the Thanksgiving spirit . After guzzling down some Gregnog and BTS Sweet Chilli Sauce, we have some fun with friends and special guests Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, Shaun Scott, and our old pals Max and Matt. Plus, stick around for special segments with Big Soy Naturals, legal advice from our lawyer Code Name Tanya, Astrological Readings from 1-800-Freak-Star, and a film review with movie star and cinema expert Justin Roll.

The Spanish – American War allowed a wounded nation to finally heal after the Civil War on the common ground of vicious racism and an insatiable lust for profit. That’s right, after some great interviews, Munya and Brian are back on that grind, talking End of the Myth. For this ep we will be talking about themes from chapter 8 of End of the Myth.