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Doomscroll PodcastSenate Democrats’ total dismissal of the sham Mayorkas impeachment should be an example to allThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit plus.flux.communityThis is a bonus Doomscroll episode is available only to paid Flux subscribers. Please support independent progressive media and join us! We need your help. Also be sure to follow Matt and Lisa’s guest on this episode, Lance Aksamit.Audio Chapters00:00 — Senate Dems showed how right-wing ideas should be treated by throwing House Republicans' impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas into the trash can02:28 — Supreme Court hears case about criminalizing homelessness05:55 — Taylor Swift attacks Kim Kard...2024-04-2701 minFlux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change)Senate Democrats’ total dismissal of the sham Mayorkas impeachment should be an example to allThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit plus.flux.communityThis is a bonus Doomscroll episode is available only to paid Flux subscribers. Please support independent progressive media and join us! We need your help. Also be sure to follow Matt and Lisa’s guest on this episode, Lance Aksamit.Audio Chapters00:00 — Senate Dems showed how right-wing ideas should be treated by throwing House Republicans' impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas into the trash can02:28 — Supreme Court hears case about criminalizing homelessness05:55 — Taylor Swift attacks Kim Kard...2024-04-2701 min
Doomscroll PodcastDiminished Don: Trump’s Stormy Daniels trial is completely destroying his fake macho imageThis Doomscroll episode is available on video as well as audio. Be sure to follow our guest, Lance Aksamit.Audio Chapters00:00 — Donald Trump’s hush money trial is destroying his carefully coiffed tough-guy image10:32 — House Freedom Caucus launches committee, doesn't realize acronym for it is “FART”12:34 — Congress would rather ban TikTok than pass a privacy protection law15:00 — Marjorie Taylor Greene gets 2 more co-sponsors to remove Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House17:29 — Trump’s presidential campaign is so desperate for cash that he’s demanding Republicans pay him 5% of all their...2024-04-2433 minFlux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change)Diminished Don: Trump’s Stormy Daniels trial is completely destroying his fake macho imageThis Doomscroll episode is available on video as well as audio. Be sure to follow our guest, Lance Aksamit.Audio Chapters00:00 — Donald Trump’s hush money trial is destroying his carefully coiffed tough-guy image10:32 — House Freedom Caucus launches committee, doesn't realize acronym for it is “FART”12:34 — Congress would rather ban TikTok than pass a privacy protection law15:00 — Marjorie Taylor Greene gets 2 more co-sponsors to remove Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House17:29 — Trump’s presidential campaign is so desperate for cash that he’s demanding Republicans pay him 5% of all their...2024-04-2433 min
Shooting it RAW with Ran Elfassy189 - Lance Aksamit on His Book and Living an Ethical LifeLance Aksamit is here! I am deeeeelighted that Lance is kicking off 2024 on the podcast.
Connecting from California, Lance shared some of his life's chapters, taking us to Hawaii, California, Central America, Thailand, and his first book! What a powerhouse.
More comfortable being an outsider than in, Lance shared what it was like growing up in an Evangelical Christian family, and how through critical, independent thinking and history he has found his own path.
What is this like? Listen in and find out how keeping to a high bar of ethics and morals can lead the way.
Thanks, Lance! So...2024-01-0256 min
Doomscroll PodcastFascism or incompetence? Trump and his toadies can't decide which they preferAudio Chapters00:44 — House Republicans are continuing tearing each other apart, it warms the heart04:51 — Trump and his aides are promising fascism and incompetence simultaneously11:39 — Ex-Trump WH executive's right-wing dating site is a failure14:08 — Tim Scott finally puts presidential campaign out of misery after humiliating girlfriend reveal23:49 — Republicans tangle in yet another kiddie table debate over boots & a border wall with CanadaThe video of this episode is available on YouTube.Follow or Die!Doomscrollhttps://www.instagram.com/doomscrollshow/https://ww...2023-11-1531 minFlux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change)Fascism or incompetence? Trump and his toadies can't decide which they preferAudio Chapters00:44 — House Republicans are continuing tearing each other apart, it warms the heart04:51 — Trump and his aides are promising fascism and incompetence simultaneously11:39 — Ex-Trump WH executive's right-wing dating site is a failure14:08 — Tim Scott finally puts presidential campaign out of misery after humiliating girlfriend reveal23:49 — Republicans tangle in yet another kiddie table debate over boots & a border wall with CanadaThe video of this episode is available on YouTube.Follow or Die!Doomscrollhttps://www.instagram.com/doomscrollshow/https://ww...2023-11-1531 min
Doomscroll PodcastHouse Republicans hate each other and we are here for itTimecodes00:26 — Republicans keep failing to elect a Speaker of the House06:39 — Israelis angry at Netanyahu for boosting Hamas and missing terrorist attacks10:13 — Latest "Biden bombshell" for Republicans turns out to be a dud13:49 — Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell become latest ex-Trump attorneys to plead guilty to crimes19:32 — Britney Spears tells people not to read too much into her new memoir26:40 — Tim Scott's presidential campaign is collapsing and no one noticed30:38 — “Chucky” creator says Cabbage Patch dolls were inspiration of horror franchise33:28 — Barbie tops America's most popul...2023-10-2537 minFlux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change)House Republicans hate each other and we are here for itTimecodes00:26 — Republicans keep failing to elect a Speaker of the House06:39 — Israelis angry at Netanyahu for boosting Hamas and missing terrorist attacks10:13 — Latest "Biden bombshell" for Republicans turns out to be a dud13:49 — Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell become latest ex-Trump attorneys to plead guilty to crimes19:32 — Britney Spears tells people not to read too much into her new memoir26:40 — Tim Scott's presidential campaign is collapsing and no one noticed30:38 — “Chucky” creator says Cabbage Patch dolls were inspiration of horror franchise33:28 — Barbie tops America's most popul...2023-10-2537 min
Areva Martin in Real TimeMike Pence Finally Fights Back Against Trump & Defining Christian NationalismAvi Bernard has a conversation with National Politics Correspondent for Politico, Adam Wren, about his article, “Pence World Poised for a Showdown with Trump.” Plus, Lance Aksamit, Author of Youth Group: Coming of Age in the Church of Christian Nationalism, talks about the indoctrination he was fed throughout his upbringing.2023-08-2237 min
Flux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change)Fundamentalist Christianity is a totalitarian mental experience, but how many people realize this?Episode SummaryThis episode of Theory of Change is the second in our "Why I Left" series featuring Lance Aksamit. He is an associate editor at Flux, and the author of a new autobiography about life in the missionizing evangelical sub-culture called Youth Group: Coming of Age in the Church of Christian Nationalism.Beyond telling his story of being born and raised in a homeschooling evangelical family that preached the gospel in Latin America, Lance also talks about how the beliefs he was taught derived from the larger far-right Christian supremacist tradition which began in...2023-07-221h 09