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Beyond Curious ®#273: The Fifth File: The Power Up That Turns Your Future Self Into a Tool for Teleporting to Your Goals… w/ Dr. Benjamin Hardy👉 Access The 4% Files Treasure Map HERE To Get A Detailed Recap & Summary Of This Series! 👉 Access all of the bonus material from the 4% Files right here. . .In April 2018, I left the cow poop-smelling college town of Whitewater, Wisconsin (Population 15,000)…And walked into a $25,000/yr mastermind room in Tempe, Arizona, filled with 7-, 8-, and 9-figure impact-driven entrepreneurs.I was a 22-year-old college senior and by every traditional standard, I didn’t belong.Yet somehow, I manifested a way to be there… and my life changed almost instantly.One of...
2026-01-061h 28
Pod Casty For MeTraffic (2000) with Benjamin Y. FongThe second half of Soderbergh's unbelievable year 2000 was TRAFFIC, his sprawling adaptation of the 1989 Channel 4 miniseries about the many sides of the drug trade. At the time, it was hailed as a highly nuanced and humane look at narcotics. But how does it look from 2025? Joining us to discuss is professor and author of our much-cited Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge, Benjamin Y. Fong! We talk macroeconomics, "Mexico filter," drug movies, Benicio Del Toro's accent, and a whole lot more. Really fascinating episode, we hope you enjoy! Further Reading:
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Unsafe Spaces: Tampa's Missing Men0202 | OuroborosSteven Lorenzo's residential history leads Josh to Fort Lauderdale, where three gay men disappeared from the same apartment building sixteen years apart. Updates in one of those cases seem to make Lorenzo a very strong suspect. But where was Scott Schweickert, and is it possible the pair continued killing following the murders of Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz? Plus, two other Florida serial killers targeting gay men complicate the investigation.This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark Resources: Florida State UniversityNAMUSThe Charley ProjectAmerican Addiction CentersPink NewsAmFarThe National Library of MedicineThe Florida De...
2025-05-0137 min
The SIXiDER ShowExpect The Unexpected - Benjamin Toh M2DTopic: DIY Gone Wrong – What Homeowners Need to KnowIn this brutally honest episode of The SIXiDER Show, we talk about what really happens when homeowners try to go the DIY route—without fully understanding what they’re getting into.Joining us is Benjamin Toh, founder of M2D (formerly M2 Decor) and the designer behind Quan Yi Fong’s home, as we dive into the 3 most common types of DIY renovation approaches:🛠️ 1. Everything Hands-On – You're in full control, but at what cost?🔄 2. Hybrid – A mix of self-managing and working with freelancers or IDs.📞 3. Go Direct –...
2025-04-1438 min
True Crime Bullsh**0619 | The Future Is a Hopeful PastThe season six finale is over a decade in the making; Josh sits down with FBI Special Agent Ted Halla to discuss the Keyes investigation, share new information and ideas, rule out potential victims, and develop our clearest look yet at the details surrounding 5 of Keyes's victims. This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Featuring: FBI SA Ted Halla. Sound editing by: Darron Wood of the Defense Diaries podcast. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyi For an ad-free experience: www.patreon.com/studiob...
2024-12-191h 32True Crime Bullsh**0618 | Summits, part 2Josh continues his look into the strange disappearance of Roger Jung. The team analyzes tips, reviews the Keyes timeline, data mines, and gets some help from the Everett Police Department.This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Additional research by: Shana Wilensky, Michelle Tooker, Jordan Taylor, and Kim K. Sound editing by: Darron Wood of the Defense Diaries podcast. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyi For an ad-free experience: www.patreon.com/studiobothand Trova Trip to Chile & ArgentinaMusic by...
2024-12-1238 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0617 | Summits, part 1The team deep-dives a Washington State case that has come up time and time again over the years. New case files, new leads, and a strange online comment in a very cold case turn a mysterious disappearance on its head.This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. Research assistance by: Shana Wilensky, Michelle Tooker, Jordan Taylor, and Kim K. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyi For an ad-free experience: www.patreon.com/studiobothand Trova Trip to Chile & ArgentinaMusic by: Will...
2024-12-0537 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0616 | 36 AnswersJosh receives an email.This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. This episode featured: Shana Wilensky, Michelle Tooker, Jordan Taylor, and Joshua and Dakota from Somewhere in the Pines. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyi For an ad-free experience: www.patreon.com/studiobothand YouTube After ShowTrova Trip to Chile & ArgentinaMusic by: William Hellfire, Radical Face, Whithe, Sergey Cheremisinov. Featured song by: Kashka Patreon producers: Amelia Hancock, Amy Basil, Annemarie Cash, Annette L, Asch Fish, Be...
2024-11-1447 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0615 | & NancyAs the investigation into Marble Arvidson's disappearance heats up, it takes Josh and the team to a second nearby disappearance with some overwhelming connections to Keyes. And a theory the team considered several years ago, rears its very ugly head.This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research assistance by: Jordan Taylor, Shana Wilensky, and Michelle Tooker. Resources included:• https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2011/10/19/police-search-for-missing-shelburne-woman/• https://digital.nepr.net/news/2016/08/29/hurricane-irene-its-been-five-years-since-shelburne-falls-building-sailed-away/• https://www.wwlp.com/news/hurricane-irene-remembered-in-franklin-county-five-years-later/This is a Studio BOTH/AND production...
2024-11-0739 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0614 | Marble &Supplemental files in the Marble Arvidson case take the team on a strange journey. New interviews with Marble's friends shine a light on who he was and where he might have gone on the day he vanished. And that information shines a new light not just on Keyes, but four other disappearances in the area. This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Jordan Taylor and Shana Wilensky. And research assistance by: Michelle Tooker. This episode features: Shana Wilensky and Michelle Tooker. This is a Stud...
2024-10-3147 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0613 | The Precinct LineAs the team deep-dives the Mark Oldbury & Jimmy Tidwell cases, Josh develops a timeline, and Kaz finds something important in Fort Worth, Texas. Check out the line-up and buy tickets for the Berkshire Podcast Festival: www.berkshirepodcastfestival.com Use promo code FALLINTOTHESOUND for 10% your Berkshire Podcast Festival tickets. This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Jordan Taylor, Kaz, and Michelle Tooker. And research assistance by: Kim K and Shana Wilensky. This episode features: Shana Wilensky, Jordan Taylor, and Michelle Tooker. This is...
2024-10-1046 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0612 | Long ExposuresNew FOIA files, sightings, information, and the LaPlace cache take us back to Keyes's February trip to Texas and Louisiana. A fresh perspective on the disappearances of Mark Oldbury and Jimmy Tidwell help us shape a new timeline and process new discoveries. Join the YouTube After Show on Thursday at 9pm Eastern here. Join Josh in Chile & Argentina on the incredible wine-tasting Trova Trip Check out the line-up and buy tickets for the Berkshire Podcast Festival Use promo code FALLINTOTHESOUND for 10% your Berkshire Podcast Festival tickets. This episode was written, researched, edited, and prod...
2024-10-0359 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0611 | LaPlace, LouisianaIn Louisiana, our investigation into Israel Keyes changes forever. This is a crossover episode with True Crime Garage and Somewhere in the Pines. We recommend listening to all four episodes. Join the YouTube After Show on Thursday at 9pm Eastern hereThis episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Kim K, Joshua Ash, and Dakota Williams. This episode featured: Joshua and Dakota from the Somewhere in the Pines podcast This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyi F...
2024-09-2640 min
BenjaminCities #664 - Sotchi [Deep Tech - Electronica]TRACKLIST :
Chris Sterio & Stan Seba - Swirled minds (Javier Laporte remix)
Phanie - Noise inside me
Bruno M - Britems fong
Drum Lab - Soap (Ednner Soares remix)
Dub Resort & Andy Walden - A1
Aspeckt - Labial
Dave Brennan & Abigail Claire - Bubble (Eviltron remix)
Roban - Bad knob
Sow L - Shiny
Giash - Mese habbal
Altarf - Walking through the mystery
Dieter Dressler - Gate 50
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BenjaminCities #661 - Salt Lake City [Deep Tech - Electronica - Minimal]TRACKLIST :
Luis Lucchetti - Necessary interlude in life
Ipi - Instante
Liuos & George Kostopoulos - Unknown passage Iii
Bruno M - Britems fong
Paul Was - Star (Ednner Soares remix)
Aka SkyWalker - Database (Mint remix)
Alejandro Soria - Melodías de confianza
BoshaKokosha & Outterspace1 - Hard
Rob Pearson & Paul Donton - Dust off
Floog - Infiltrat
Dub Resort & Andy Walden - A1
Chris Blum - Gabi
2024-09-011h 00
True Crime Bullsh**The NAMUS-45: Rolando Salas Jusino, Jr.A young boy goes missing from a beach town in Puerto Rico. Six years later, a man goes missing from that same town. Four years later, the timeline places Keyes in the area with his cell phone turned off.The second half of Season 6 of True Crime Bullsh** will launch on September 26th. Sponsored by: BetterHelp.com/tcb for 10% off your first month. This episode was written and researched by Shana Wilensky and Josh Hallmark. It was edited, produced, and hosted by Josh Hallmark.This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: truecrimebullshit.com / bo...
2024-08-2221 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0610 | A Thousand WordsIn our final episode before the mid-season break, we breakdown our discoveries in Constable, including new details that eerily connect to old research. Then the teams behind TCB and Somewhere in the Pines all meet for the first time and discuss where they're going and where they've been.This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Kim K, Michelle Tooker, Jordan Taylor and Shana Wilensky.This episode featured: Joshua and Dakota from the Somewhere in the Pines podcast Kim K. Jordan Taylor Shana Wilensky
2024-06-2735 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0609 | Connections (part 1)Our investigation into whether Israel Keyes could be involved with Maura Murray's disappearance continues. We expose new information and a possible cache location. And new connections between the two cases and between two podcasts begin to take the Keyes investigation to brand new places.This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Kim K and Michelle Tooker. And research assistance by Jordan Taylor and Shana Wilensky.This episode featured Joshua and Dakota from the Somewhere in the Pines podcast. Resources included: • Media Pressure• mauramurr...
2024-06-2056 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0608 | 200 SecondsWith new evidence potential placing Israel Keyes in Upstate New York in the days following Maura Murray's disappearance, we re-evaluate his February 2004 trip to Utah, and some of the glaring flaws in the FBI's timeline. And Josh updates Julie Murray on his investigation into Keyes's February 2004 timeline and her experience with True Crime. This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Kim K and Michelle Tooker. And research assistance by Jordan Taylor and Shana Wilensky.This episode featured Julie Murray. Resources included: • https://www.weath...
2024-05-301h 15True Crime Bullsh**0607 | Horse and CowSomething found in Keyes's house and some odd information online take the team down two shocking investigative paths that converge in the most frustrating and strangest way. And the scope of what is possible with Keyes becomes dauntingly vaster.Take the travel surveyJoin the YouTube After Show Thursday at 9pm Eastern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M2X2d7FVXwThis episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Kim K, and Jordan Taylor This is a Studio...
2024-05-1634 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0606 | Receipts. Proof. Timelines.In Vermont, two theories converge and blow the investigation wide open. And just as things seem like they can't get any crazier, they do. Join the YouTube After Show tonight at 9pm Eastern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6S3UjCh2Q0This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Kim K, Jordan Taylor, Shana Wilensky, Michelle Tooker, and Kaz. Featuring: Kim K, Jordan Taylor, Shana Wilensky, and Michelle Tooker This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyi For...
2024-05-0252 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0605 | Schools, part two (Patterns)We continue our look into sightings of Israel Keyes at college campuses within Keyes Hotspots. This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Kim K, Shana Wilensky, Michelle Tooker, and Jordan Taylor. Resources: The Olympian: Students reconsider safety on Evergreen campus The Bangor Daily News: Police searching for ‘collision’ rapist The Bangor Daily News: UMaine police investigate an alleged assault This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyi For an ad-free experience: www.patreon.com/studiobothand Music...
2024-04-2633 min
Beyond Curious ®#184: The “Healthy Drug Dealer” That Grew a $170M Supplement Company & Helped Clients Worldwide Lose 3 MILLION Pounds Shares How YOU Can Play A Bigger Game… w/ Markus KauliusKey Takeaways:[0:02] – Introducing Markus[4:42] – Lessons to learn from overcoming poverty[11:09] – How to intentionally shape your identity for personal growth[19:39] – How to activate the reticular activating system (RAS) and the role it plays in achieving personal growth and success[31:30] - What strategies businesses can employ to turn things around[36:38] – How evolving beyond success impacts business and personal identity[42:13] – Using challenges and principles to design your life [47:46] – How honesty, integrity, and healthy relationships transform lives[52:48] – The role relationships play in high achievement and personal growth[57:31] – How can intentional love and relationship growth be cultivate...
2024-04-231h 11True Crime Bullsh**0604 | Schools, part one (Evergreen)We begin looking at attacks and odd encounters at college campuses on the west coast, with one particular campus - familiar to us all - coming up again and again. These encounters force us to re-evaluate a previously covered disappearance, something from the Kim interviews, and Keyes's marathon days. This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Kim K. and Shana WilenskyResources: The Western Washington University Police The Cooper Point Journal, The Evergreen State College The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice: https://ra...
2024-04-1838 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0603 | ShoesPhotos from Keyes's Constable home open up new leads, new ideas about Keyes, and old questions. Plus a look at encounters and attacks on college campuses across the country gives us insight into how Keyes was operating. This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Jordan Taylor, Shana Wilensky, Michelle Tooker, and Kim K. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience: www.patreon.com/studiobothand Music by: William Hellfire, Sergey Cheremisinov, Whithe, Aquartos, Dan Mayo.
2024-04-0433 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0602 | HomesThe Kimberly interviews provide critical information to the Keyes timeline, and a pattern begins to emerge. New research takes Josh to the East Coast and two potential victims. Surprising new information leads us back to some previously disregarded tips. And more than fifty new photos change the course of the investigation. This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Jordan Taylor, Shana Wilensky, Michelle Tooker, and Kim K. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience: www.patreon...
2024-03-2847 minTrue Crime Bullsh**0601 | The ViewAfter a year break, Josh and team are back with dozens of new files, hours of new interviews, and a much bigger view of Keyes' and Kimberly's personal lives, and their implications on his crimes. This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark. With additional research by: Jordan Taylor, Shana Wilensky, Michelle Tooker, and Kim K. This is a Studio BOTH/AND production: www.truecrimebullshit.com / bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience: www.patreon.com/studiobothand Join the livestream discussion on YouTube. Music by: William Hellfire, Ser...
2024-03-2158 min
Immerse Yourself In This Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Quick Fixes by Benjamin Y. FongPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/41571to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Quick Fixes
Author: Benjamin Y. Fong
Narrator: Stephen Caffrey
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
Release date: 03-19-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Economics
Publisher's Summary:
Americans are in the midst of a world-historic drug binge. Opiates, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, marijuana, antidepressants, antipsychotics—across the board, consumption has shot up in the twenty-first century. At the same time, the United States is home to the largest prison system in the world, justified in part by a now zombified "war" on drugs. How did we get here?
2024-03-198h 10
Jacobin RadioOrganize the Unorganized: LessonsThis final episode of Organize the Unorganized offers key lessons from the CIO moment. We asked all of our guests about this basic question, and these are their answers. The negative lessons—points where guests were keen to note the differences between the '30s and the present moment—focused on the changed economic situation and the issue of labor law. The more positive lessons dealt with union democracy, overcoming divisions in the working class, mass organizing, raising expectations, and seizing the moment.Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO is a limited-run history podcast tell...
2024-03-1243 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 9: LessonsThis final episode of Organize the Unorganized is devoted to key lessons of the CIO moment. All of the guests on this program were asked about this basic question, and we try to represent all of their answers on this episode. The negative lessons, points where guests were keen to note the differences between the 30s and the present moment, focused on the changed economic situation and the issue of labor law. The more positive lessons pertained to union democracy, overcoming divisions in the working class, mass organizing, raising expectations, and seizing the moment.
Guests in order of appearance: Dorothy...
2024-03-1243 min
Jacobin RadioOrganize the Unorganized: Is There an End to the CIO?The eighth, penultimate episode of Organize the Unorganized concludes the main story of the CIO. We cover the organization’s communist purge in the late 1940s and Operation Dixie, the failed campaign to organize workers in the south. We end with the merger with the AFL in 1955 and the afterlife of the CIO in the Industrial Union Department, which made important contributions to the civil rights movement.Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO is a limited-run history podcast telling the story of the CIO through the voices of labor historians. Hosted by Benjamin Y. Fo...
2024-03-0546 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 8: Is There an Ending to the CIO?This penultimate episode of Organize the Unorganized concludes the story of the CIO. We cover first the communist purge in the late 1940s, as well as Operation Dixie, the failed campaign to organize the south. We then get to merger with the AFL in 1955, and the afterlife of the CIO in the Industrial Union Department and its contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
Guests in order of appearance: Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University; James Young, Professor Emeritus of History at Edinboro University; Melvyn Dubofsky, Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at Binghamton University...
2024-03-0546 min
Jacobin RadioOrganize the Unorganized: WarThe early period of the CIO arguably ended with the Little Steel strike in 1937. The strike's brutal repression and failure dramatically illustrated the limits of the New Deal order. But the CIO continued to grow through the 1940s during the war escalation. Episode seven of Organize the Unorganized is devoted to the CIO's role in and relation to the war effort, and what it meant for this labor upsurge.Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO is a limited-run history podcast telling the story of the CIO through the voices of labor historians. Hosted by...
2024-02-2740 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 7: WarThe early period of the CIO could be said to have ended with the Little Steel strike in 1937, when the limits of the New Deal order were dramatically illustrated in the brutal repression and failure of the strike. But the CIO continued to grow through the 40s, and it was the war escalation that provided the context for it to do so. This episode will be devoted to the CIO's role in and relation to the war effort, and what it meant for this labor upsurge.
Guests in order of appearance: Melvyn Dubofsky, Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at...
2024-02-2740 min
Jacobin RadioOrganize the Unorganized: From the Docks to the Killing FloorsOn this week's episode of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we go deeper into some of the key CIO unions: the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC), and the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee (PWOC). There were many other unions that formed the CIO — in oil, printing, transport, and other areas — but these four were some of the biggest and most influential.Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO is a limited-run history podcast telling the story of t...
2024-02-2051 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 6: From the Docks to the Killing FloorsOn this week's episode of Organize the Unorganized, we cover some of the key CIO unions not yet discussed in great detail, including the UE, ILWU, TWOC and PWOC. There were many other unions that formed the CIO - unions in oil, printing, transport, retail - but the four that we’re covering on this episode were four of the biggest and most influential that we haven't yet gotten into.
Guests in order of appearance: James Young, Professor Emeritus of History at Edinboro University; Robert Cherny, Professor Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University; Peter Cole, Professor of History at...
2024-02-1951 min
Current AffairsThe Role of Drugs in American Life (w/ Benjamin Fong)Benjamin Y. Fong is the associate director of the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University and the author of the new book Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge. From cigarettes to crack to opioids, Fong's book looks at how the United States became a country with a major drug habit. He talks about the role of private industry in monetizing addictive chemicals, and the hideous consequences of the war on drugs. For a leftist, drugs pose a certain conundrum: On the one hand, we believe in full legalization and a...
2024-02-1937 min
Emancipations PodcastDrugs in America: From Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge feat. Ben FongWe are joined by scholar Benjamin Fong to discuss his excellent new book Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge. We discuss the history of drug policy, the role of the state in enforcing and distributing drugs, and we focus on the history of alcohol, opioids, psychedelics and marijuana. We conclude with a conversation on how psychoanalytic theory can help explain drug use.
Benjamin Y. Fong is Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett, the Honors College and Associate Director of the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University. He is the author...
2024-02-121h 26
Beyond Curious ®#173: Crafting Engaging Communities, Lessons From Consulting For The Pokèmon Company, & Surviving A Crazy Hang Gliding Incident… w/ Lucas RootKey Takeaways:[0:27] – Introducing Lucas Root[4:05] – Lucas' hang gliding nightmare[13:24] – From wall street burnout to entrepreneurship[17:55] – How Pokémon uses ridiculous focus to achieve massive growth[23:01] – Understanding community from first-principle knowledge of humanity[33:21] – Lucas’ 6 core elements that make human connections work[38:31] – How language shapes community and our realities[44:20] – The role of language in forming deep connections[55:31] – The power of community in an increasing digital world[1:02:06] – Lucas' final call to actionResources:Books:Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan...
2024-02-061h 07
Jacobin RadioOrganize the Unorganized: Little SteelEpisode five of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO examines the Little Steel strike in the summer of 1937. It was a tragic failure for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the CIO, one that illustrates the limits of the New Deal order. The Little Steel strike was in many ways a turning point, a key hinge in our story. To fully understand it, we also delve into the general history of steel organizing in the US, a fantastically brutal affair that reveals the soul of American capitalism.Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the...
2024-02-0647 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 5: Little SteelThis episode is devoted to the Little Steel strike in the summer of 1937, a tragic failure for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the CIO, and one that illustrated the limits of the New Deal order. It might appear excessive to devote an entire episode of the podcast to one strike, but Little Steel was in many ways a turning point, a key hinge in our story. To capture it well we also need to delve into the more general history of steel organizing in America, a fantastically brutal affair that reveals the soul of American capitalism.
Guests in order...
2024-02-0547 min
Jacobin RadioOrganize the Unorganized: Taking StockHow was it that the CIO was finally able to make good on the decades-old dream of industrial unionism? In the fourth episode of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we outline two more factors, alongside political opportunities and organizational militancy, that were key to the CIO’s success. First, we look at the great energy and commitment of the left toward the stable end of collective bargaining. Then we discuss what podcast guest Lizabeth Cohen has called the “culture of unity” bred by the CIO.Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO is a l...
2024-01-3049 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 4: Taking StockHow was it that the CIO was finally able to make good on the decades-old dream of industrial unionism? In this episode, we outline four factors that were the keys to the CIO’s success. First, there was a political opportunity that the CIO took advantage of. Second, there were militant and disruptive tactics employed that were effective given that political opportunity. Third, there was the great energy and commitment of the Left as channeled toward the stable end of collective bargaining. And finally, there was what podcast guest Lizabeth Cohen has called the “culture of unity” bred by the CIO. T...
2024-01-3049 min
Jacobin RadioOrganize the Unorganized: Sit Down!On the third episode of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we examine the first major victories of the CIO in rubber, auto, and steel. The story begins at the Goodyear complex in Akron, Ohio, where a victorious strike put the CIO on the map. We turn to the General Motors strike in the winter of 1937, a transformational victory and perhaps the most iconic confrontation of the period. Finally, we hear about an important steel organizing campaign, whose success was drawn in part from the threatening militancy of the CIO.Organize the Unorganized: The...
2024-01-2343 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 3: Sit Down!On the third episode of Organize the Unorganized, we examine the three initial major victories of the CIO in rubber, auto, and steel. We begin by recounting the story of the “first CIO strike” at the Goodyear complex in Akron, Ohio, a victorious strike that put the CIO on the map. We then turn to the great General Motors strike in the winter of 1937, perhaps the most iconic confrontation of the period and generally recognized as the CIO’s transformational victory. We end briefly on the steel organizing campaign, whose success was drawn in part from the threatening militancy of the CI...
2024-01-2343 min
Indecent with Kiki AndersenSo Extra: Relapsing with More from Benjamin Y. FongEveryone can tell you're high and you're in big, big trouble, mister... Just kidding! But before your hands start shaking and the comedown has you jonesing for more, here's another hit of wisdom from drug policy researcher Benjamin Y. Fong.Benjamin Y. Fong is an Honors Faculty Fellow and the Director of the Center for Work and Democracy at Arizona State University. He's written for Jacobin, Current Affairs, The Outline and the New York Times, and he's the author of Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge.
2024-01-1917 min
Give Them An ArgumentSeason 6 Episode 1: Debating a Pro-DeSantis Dem/Ben Fong on the History of the CIO (Podcast Version)We're baaaaack!In the first GTAA episode of 2024, host Ben Burgis debates op-ed columnist Will Cooper, a liberal Democrat who nevertheless thinks that Ron DeSantis is more "competent" than Biden or Trump. Ben wrote a Jacobin article a while back responding to Will and arguing that this zany take is an extreme symptom of a much larger problem with mainstream technocratic liberalism. Caucus night in Iowa seemed like an excellent time to revisit the argument!Before that, we talk about Ben's run-in with Red Scare host Dasha Nekrasova and a few other interesting developments that...
2024-01-182h 01
Jacobin RadioOrganize the Unorganized: Powerful PersonalitiesOn the second episode of Organized the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we discuss the institutional formation of the CIO and meet some of the organization’s key personalities. We learn about figures such as John L. Lewis, whose bold leadership came at a decisive moment in history, and Sidney Hillman, the only other real center of power besides Lewis in the early CIO. Finally, we hear about some of the CIO’s key organizers, most of whom hailed from the United Mine Workers of America.Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO is a li...
2024-01-1637 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 2: Powerful PersonalitiesOn the second episode of Organized the Unorganized, we kick things off with an account of the institutional formation of the CIO, and then get to the organization’s key personalities. John L. Lewis, the founding president of and driving force behind the CIO, unsurprisingly gets a fair amount of time, and we focus in particular on the reasons for his bold leadership at this decisive moment in history. We also introduce Sidney Hillman, the only other real center of power in the organization besides Lewis in the early CIO, as well as some of the key organizers of the CI...
2024-01-1637 minIndecent with Kiki Andersen"Dream Blunt Rotation" with Benjamin Y. Fong (Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge)If we haven't made it clear yet, Indecent's main guiding principle is pretty simple: no narcs allowed. Especially when we invite academic and author Benjamin Y. Fong over to hang out in our parents' basement to talk drugs, drug policy, and drug culture, and how Americans especially love to get smashed.Benjamin Y. Fong is an Honors Faculty Fellow and the Director of the Center for Work and Democracy at Arizona State University. He's written for Jacobin, Current Affairs, The Outline and the New York Times, and he's the author of Quick Fixes: Drugs...
2024-01-1249 min
Jacobin RadioOrganize the Unorganized: Under the Blue EagleIn episode one of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we explore the conditions that led to the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. We first dive into the history of the organization from which the CIO broke off, the American Federation of Labor. Then, we discuss three key developments that raised workers’ expectations in the lead-up to the CIO’s inauguration: the broken promises of welfare capitalism, the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the mass strikes of 1934.Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO is a limited-run history podcast telling the stor...
2024-01-0941 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 1: Under the Blue EagleThe first episode of Organize the Unorganized sets the stage for the story of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, first getting into the history of the organization from which it broke off, the American Federation of Labor, and then describing three developments that raised workers’ expectations in the lead-up to the founding of the CIO: the broken promises of welfare capitalism, the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the mass strikes of 1934.
Interviewees, in order of appearance: Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center; Robert Cherny, Professor Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University; Ahmed White, Ni...
2024-01-0941 min
Jacobin RadioIntroducing... Organize the UnorganizedThere have been many moments of labor upsurge in America: the influx of members into the Knights of Labor in 1886, the dramatic growth of unions during and after World War I, and the great wave of public sector unionism in the 1960s and ‘70s. But none matches the period of the 1930s and ‘40s, when millions of workers unionized under the aegis of the great labor federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO. If we’re looking to get millions of private-sector workers into the labor movement today, there’s no better example than the ascendant period of the CIO...
2024-01-0204 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOTrailerThere have been many moments of labor upsurge in America, including the influx of members into the Knights of Labor in 1886, the dramatic growth of unions during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I, and the great public sector unionism surge of the 1960s and 70s, but none matches the scale of the 1930s, when millions of workers were unionized under the aegis of the great labor federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO. If we’re looking to get millions of private-sector workers into the labor movement, there’s really one time to look to, and that...
2023-12-3004 min
The Karen & Ellen Letters7. You Know WhoThe season finale.Season 2 begins on January 29.The Karen & Ellen Letters are found correspondenceNarrated and produced by: Josh HallmarkStarring: Sara Stapleton, Sara Kitcher, Jeff Powell, Matt Peelen, Chris Green, Vicki Russell, Megan Chaney-Walker, Eric Schmidt, Paul Csomo, and Zoe Marshall-RashidThis is a Studio BOTH/AND production: bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience: patreon.com/studiobothandMusic by:Lee RosevereChris ZabriskieRoie ShpiglerGalactic RealmsIcarusDigital BattlefieldTideDroid BishopNight CrawlersRetro ChillwaveEverythingFeatured music: Maria TaylorPatreon producers: Adrienne Aiello, Amelia Hancock...
2023-12-141h 12The Karen & Ellen Letters6. A Sober DogIn 1989: Ellen has concerns, Karen & Rob are at their wit's end, and Mark mourns a loss.In 2012: Things get meta.The Karen & Ellen Letters are found correspondenceNarrated and produced by: Josh HallmarkStarring: Sara Stapleton, Sara Kitcher, Jeff Powell, and Matt PeelenThis is a Studio BOTH/AND production: bothand.fyiFor an ad-free experience: patreon.com/studiobothandMusic by:Lee RosevereNightcrawlersFifteenRetro ChillwaveTopaz WhiteEverythingPatreon producers: Adrienne Aiello, Amelia Hancock, Amy Basil, Annette L, Benjamin Cioppa-Fong, Casey Jensen-Richardson, Dana Keith, Dr. Jill Cooper, Drew Vipond...
2023-10-2725 min
Give Them An ArgumentSeason 5 Episode 36: Quick Fixes w/Benjamin Fong + War in PalestineTickets for Ben's debate in LA with Siaka Massaquoi on October 22nd:https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005F42FFCD2E9BHamas and the Israeli state escalated this weekend into all-out war. We start with some thoughts on that from Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew, and then go to Ben's conversation with his fellow Ben, Benjamin Fong, about Fong's book "Quix Fixes Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge." In the postgame for patrons, Ryan Zickgraf talks about the Trump trials, the end of hyperpolitics, Taylor Swift, and more....
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