TMBS ReAir(s) 83 & 84 Plus Postgames & More! (Patreon)

Apologies Patrons we had an uploading issue last week. Here is TMBS 83 and 84.

TMBS 84 "What Were Mercenaries Doing in Haiti? ft. Kim Ives & Malaika Jabali" aired on April 2nd, 2019 

Episode summary:

We talk about the contradictions the Left faces in the upcoming elections.  

Shoutout to global protests to free Lula on April 7th. 

Kim Ives (@KimIves13) contributing editor Haiti Liberte calls in to talk about why US-based mercenaries were found in Haiti.  

During the GEM, David updates us on the yield curve and the era of cheap money.  

Malaika Jabali (@MalaikaJabali) writer, attorney, and activist, is in studio to explain why Hillary Clinton is still wrong about she lost Wisconsin and why we need to learn why she did.

84 - Postgame ft. Malaika Jabali & Ben Burgis

Remembering Nipsey. 

Bernie shows how to frame medicare for all. 

How to think about taxes. 

Ben Burgis offers Sam Harris some logic. 

We inaugurate our new segment, Confirm My Biases.

81(P) - Defining Strategy for the Left in 2019 ft. C. Derick Varn 

Poet, teacher and host of Zero Books' Symptomatic Redness podcast C. Derick Varn (@Skepoet)  joins us this week to for a wide-ranging strategy on the left. 

What can (and can't) Tony Blair, Nas, and Noam Chomsky teach the left about being strategic. How to balance idealism and maximalist goals and external forces of power opposed to such measures, such as the ANC in South Africa and Pink Tide governments in Latin America. Voluntarism and economism on the left.

TMBS 83

ReAir 83 - Russia, Russia, Russia (& AIPAC) ft. Matt Taibbi & Francesca Fiorentini 

TMBS 83 aired on March 26th, 2018 

Episode summary: Russiagate needs to be over.  

Shoutout to Uber workers going on strike in LA.  

Francesca Fiorentini of the Bitchuation Room calls in to talk AIPAC and the possibility of changing US foreign policy in the Middle East.  

During the GEM, David breaks down how Uber is squeezing its workers and working to subvert democracy.  

Matt Taibbi contributing editor at Rolling Stone calls in to talk about the Mueller report.

83 - Postgame ft. Ben Burgis 

Postgame ft. first edition of Debunked with Ben Burgis, Michael on i24, more on Russiagate, and your calls and discord questions.

80(P) - Redlining & the Case for Reparations ft. Mehrsa Baradaran 

Mehrsa Baradaran, author of "The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap," joins us to discuss redlining and  wider problems with racism and finance in America. How do we assess the New Deal in terms of race and class knowing what we know now.  What would a successful reparations process look like?

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Also welcome new Patrons!! For those of you just joining us here is a little note about the purpose of the weekly re-airs:

The TMBS ReAir project was created to give people who discovered Michael's work towards the end of his life or after his passing a weekly place to access his work without feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content they missed, as well as continuing to give grieving friends, family and fans their Tuesday evenings with Michael. 

While the majority of the content and analysis on TMBS has stayed relevant and timeless, please remember some of the guest's work and subject matter on the show is very much linked to the time when the show first aired. The appearance of some guests on TMBS does not constitute an endorsement of those guests’ current work.

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