PODCAST 220

Participants: John Steppling, Lex Steppling, Brecht Jonkers, Hiroyuki Hamada, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: ICE agent excesses, the demonization of Ibrahim Traore, the rehabilitation of Freud’s work, demonization of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, no bang for the buck from the US military budget, liberals’ preoccupation with the vices of artists, Joan Baez still fawning over Anthony Fauci as he invokes his 5th amendment rights, which is more destructive: conservative wolves or liberal foxes? Michael Hudson: socialism is when a government uses money as a public utility instead of as a racket for rent extraction. Music track “God Don’t Never Change” by Blind Willie Johnson, circa 1927-1930 (public domain).