Participants: John Steppling, Jennifer Matsui, Hiroyuki Hamada, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: Trump’s speech at the UN, US prepares to do something to Venezuela, Christopher Hitchens in 2007 mocking a recently dead televangelist, the curious rise and shining future of Erika Kirk, the history of Israeli blackmail, Colombia and Indonesia propose putting their soldiers' “boots on the ground” to defend Gaza, the long history of parties in liberal democracies smearing each other as communist. Music track: “Desafinado” by Stan Getz (public domain). See Aesthetic Resistance on Substack for the links related to this episode.
