• Mattmatatt [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I just started listening to them to learn more about Abbie Hoffman from someone who isn't Sorkin. Not being dry af when talking about history and leftist politics helps a lot I think, and his co-host is pretty damn funny and they do some great improv. Listening to the John Brown one now

    • d_cagno [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Just be ready for the emotional gut-punch at the end with the Dangerfield Newby letter. First time I think a podcast has ever made me cry.

      • Mattmatatt [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Just finished it, yeah that was sad. I'm sure there were so many cases like that throughout the country, lives and families just completely wasted to suffering.

  • threshold [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Can confirm. Listened since day 1. I was always a leftie, but this truly radicalised me. No joke, every single one is deeply chaotic and indicative of ideology. Either money, racism, sex, power or just idiosyncrasies.

    Gareth's a fucking comedic genius, Dave is my political guru. Please listen! I can give personalised recommendations but Reagan two parter, The Rube, and Ten Cent Beer Night are great entry points.

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The one about Uber manages to be very funny while presenting an absolute avalanche of evidence of how evil Uber and the people behind it are.

      Being from a Quaker family I loved the Quakers vs Puritans one.

      The Co-Op Wars one is a hilarious microcosm of leftist history too.

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Some lesser referenced ones...

      The one about Uber manages to be very funny while presenting an absolute avalanche of evidence of how evil Uber and the people behind it are.

      Being from a Quaker family I loved the Quakers vs Puritans one.

      The Co-Op Wars one is a hilarious microcosm of leftist history too.

    • JamesConnollysStache [any]
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      4 years ago

      I recommend any of their live shows. They play off the audience really well and I feel it works better than their studio sessions.

  • CatherineTheSoSo [any]
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    4 years ago

    I've tried listening to the Trump episode but didn't find it funny. Maybe other are better...

  • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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    4 years ago

    I was just looking through their episode list and, holy shit, they have an episode on the Deaf President Now protests. I thought that completely went into the memory hole for all hearing people who haven't specifically studied American Deaf culture.

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    4 years ago

    Did they have problems with plagiarism before or am I thinking of another podcast?

    • poppy_apocalypse [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      I don't think it was plagiarism, it was some people wanting Dave to cite his sources to give credit to the people whose work he was using.

      • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, this has been a broader issue in podcasting generally. They sorted it though.