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Scooping SanityInterpretive Dancing for ChristWe’re both from deep red states that weren’t until fairly recently. We reflect on that, which takes us into topics like our childhoods, religion, family, political shifts, hate, and fascism. What does it mean to live around a whole bunch of pretty good people whose voting patterns nonetheless perpetuate horror after horror? For mysterious reasons, the audio for this episode isn’t awesome, but it’s not terrible either. We blame the deep state. And Biden.
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Brain Freeze, 0:00 - 7:13 — Socio-political mindlock is endemic in the United States. What made our gray matter even grayer...
2024-03-061h 27Scooping SanityThe best jokes are rarely funny.What is the role of comedy, if any, in highlighting political hypocrisy, immorality, and evil? Should political comedy aim to unsettle us rather than make us laugh? We attempt to answer these questions by discussing two people — Jon Stewart and Barack Obama — that made a lot of lefties feel good for a while but we wonder if they really did anything more than that.
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Brain Freeze, 0:00 - 14:03 — Socio-political mindlock is endemic in the United States. What made our gray matter even grayer this week? Let’s add to the list of things radical right-wingers love more than ac...
2024-02-281h 28Scooping SanityFree-Range CorporationsWhat is the role of comedy, if any, in highlighting political hypocrisy, immorality, and evil? Should political comedy aim to unsettle us rather than make us laugh? We attempt to answer these questions by discussing two people — Jon Stewart and Barack Obama — that made a lot of lefties feel good for a while but we wonder if they really did anything more than that.
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Brain Freeze, 0:00 - 14:03 — Socio-political mindlock is endemic in the United States. What made our gray matter even grayer this week? Let’s add to the list of things radical right-wingers love more th...
2024-02-211h 25Scooping SanityHiding in the WhiteActor, ally, and accomplice? What do these terms mean and can they help us understand the roles white people (or, more accurately, people racialized as white) could and should play in disrupting systems of oppression and privilege? Naturally, the discussion veers into a lot of other terrain but Jørn does a pretty good job of keeping us on track and we have a few solid film recommendations to share.
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Brain Freeze, 0:00 - 13:30 — Socio-political mindlock is endemic in the United States. What made our gray matter even grayer this week? Affordability is bad???
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2024-02-141h 27Scooping SanityFirst as Tragedy then as Weekend at Bernie’sAfter three episodes, we thought we’d take a crack at explaining why we created Scooping Sanity. Did we succeed? Probably not, but we do talk about a lot of interesting stuff including a certain world famous musician. So, yeah, everyone who likes Taylor Swift will be super pissed when they realize you didn’t tell them to listen to Scooping Sanity. Don’t be a bad friend. We think we have some pretty insightful stuff to say about the role of human psychology in politics, why the wealthy are parasites part 1,492, how to sound smarter, and as a specia...
2024-02-091h 23Scooping SanityTalkin bout a RevolutionThe Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. probably isn’t who you believe he was. And non-violence almost certainly isn’t what you think it is. We do something people almost never do when they talk about Dr. King. We read what he actually wrote. By listening to this episode, you’ll take a small but important step toward pulling MLK’s image off the garbage heap of saccharine white hagiography.
FYI, the combination of West Virginia internet service and Jørn’s ancient laptop reduced the audio quality, though not terribly.
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Brain Freeze...
2024-01-231h 21Scooping SanityMy Mom the FascistDemonstrating once again that identity politics is bankrupt, we introduce you to some media darling girl bosses for fascism. Meet some moms who may not be moms who want to turn their schools that might not be theirs into right-wing indoctrination camps. Naturally, this is a tale of hypocrisy, big money, censorship, and good old fashioned hate. BTW, we still have a lot of work to do on losing our verbal crutches.
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Brain Freeze, 0:00 - 8:35 — Socio-political mindlock is endemic in the United States. What made our gray matter even grayer this week?
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2024-01-131h 23Scooping SanityAre you stressed about money?The healthcare system in the United States is inhuman. And a scam. How do you approach the rational economic choice to continue living or not? We discuss this and a lot of other fucked up shit. As always, we try to stay sane while being continually battered with life’s absurd realities. Only a few minutes of this episode are hopelessly lost to technical ineptitude and we promise to work on losing our verbal crutches.
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Brain Freeze, 0:00 - 7:31 — Socio-political mindlock is endemic in the United States. What made our gray matter even grayer this week?
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