We have another extra chonky one this week on the Epoch. Full crew on deck as we open with some ruminations on the Derek Chauvin ruling. In the news we discuss the sorry state of the MBTA, the welfare state, the American social credit system known as the credit score, how various intuitions plan to deal with climate change, Libertarian ideology, and WBZ's piss poor journalistic standards. Comrade Binx joins us to highlight some important action against the construction of a new women's prison in Massachusetts. LE brings us a segment about baby bottles. We find out some members of the team are younger than The Simpsons, and have an elongated and quite unhinged conversation about the utility of bagels. It's a weird one. Enjoy.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:51 - The News
00:02:47 - The Quiet Pill
00:04:38 - St. Vincent Nurses strike update
00:05:36 - Dog toy
00:07:07 - "What is happening right now?"
00:07:40 - "Just some stuff with the T"
00:09:05 - The T is Hella broke
00:10:19 - Where the money is going
00:12:00 - State IDs are being fazed out
00:13:02 - More about the T
00:14:17 - Michelle Wu on public transit
00:16:41 - How the state 'manages' the poor
00:17:08 - The meager welfare state
00:18:49 - The pressures of financial aid
00:20:00 - The American Social Credit System
00:21:20 - Credit scores
00:22:55 - In depth on credit scores w/ Jesse
00:24:20 - Your monetary value as a human being
00:25:30 - Stamps and picks
00:26:03 - Social Security
00:29:05 - "Being productive is overrated"
00:30:14 - Jell-O, for some reason
00:32:43 - Biden's climate plan
00:33:23 - Capitalism's climate plan
00:37:19 - Amazon's climate plan
00:38:00 - Democracy dies in Jeff Bezos' wallet
00:39:35 - Fancy feast is gonna kill your cat
00:41:32 - Depressed about climate change
00:42:05 - The Rich's climate plan
00:42:40 - Simps for Elon Musk
00:43:43 - Libertarian Ideology and the modern Robinson Crusoe
00:45:55 - Stoner Day 4/20
00:48:35 - WBZ butchering the names of Socialists Organizations
00:50:10 - The Ultra Left
00:52:00 - Perception vs. reality
00:53:45 - Media denialism of socialism
00:57:39 - Calling Charlie Baker
01:00:52 - Bills w/ Binx
01:06:13 - Links and Zencastr
01:07:00 - Joe and Sarah are younger than The Simpsons
01:08:25 - LE and Scott talk The Simpsons
01:09:47 - SEGMENT - You Can't Make This Shit Up w/ Comrade LE
01:19:08 - The Bagel Discourse and Joe's bizarre diet
01:21:40 - "Bagel's are the cock rings of sandwiches"
01:22:00 - Things go off the rails for awhile
01:30:55 - SEGMENT - Comrade Scott Tells You What to Watch
01:31:30 - Early Internet
01:33:21 - Back to the Derek Chauvin ruling
01:34:00 - Prison abolition and what ACAB really means
01:37:01 - Health and the food industry
01:39:33 - Outtro
01:46:55 - Outtakes
---Audio Credits---
Intro clip: By Any Means Necessary podcast [episode link].
Background music = "George Street Shuffle" by Kevin MacLeod [song link].
All theme music written and performed by Contingence [SoundCloud].
