Punch-Up a Little Bit for Once (S2E2)

Description

In this episode, we discuss identity politics, profane language, awkward and unfunny small talk, and having your own opinion...or not.

Endnotes:

1:38 – That would be Bernie Sanders
12:59 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDLANlZEicg
14:30 – There were at least six Republican speakers on the two nights of the Democratic National Convention, including John Kaisich, Christine Todd Whitman, Meg Whitman, Susan Molinari, Colin Powell, and Cindy McCain https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2020-democratic-national-convention-speakers-republicans-kasich-whitman-molinari/; https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/18/dnc-day-2-highlights.html
17:00 – Pinker and Epstein share some sort of connection, although there is some uncertainty about the exact details of their relationship https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5pn87/free-speech-crusader-steven-pinker-blocking-anyone-mentioning-his-epstein-ties
22:35 – Lexicon Valley is a podcast about linguistics that John McWhorter hosts
24:34 – By “those words” we are specifically referring to the ableist mental health slurs that Michael Stevens discusses and that Alex references in his summary of the video. In our unedited discussion we repeated the words but decided after the fact that the repeated use of them, even to condemn them, felt potentially offensive. As a result, this section of the audio may sound a bit choppy and disjointed but we feel that this was the best way to still retain as much of the conversation as possible without ourselves repeating ableist slurs.
39:42 - https://soundcloud.com/sumntosay/wet-ass-popeyes

Content Warnings: Kamala Harris’s record as a prosecutor and District Attorney, ableist language.

Artwork by jasartstudios

Music by Nicholas Pozzuto

Links to the Artifacts:

Gray, Briahna Joy. "How Identity Became A Weapon Against The Left," Current Affairs, 3 Sept. 2017, https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/09/how-identity-became-a-weapon-against-the-left