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Episode 107 - "Face Off"
We're back with more discussions about facial recognition and the draconian world we're quickly building. Updating our previous discussion with new information out Clearview AI, the 2020 protests, coronavirus and our new masked world, and much more. We're thrilled too have a special interview with fashion designer, activist, and technologist Kate Bertash to discuss the implications of facial surveillance and how we can start to fight back. A lot to unpack so sit back and hit play.

Chapters

04:47 - Intro stats
06:23 - What is facial recognition?
09:14 - Why should we care?
20:20 - Faults in the system
35:16 - Clearview AI
45:48 - Consumer facial recognition
49:40 - Benefits of Facial Recognition?
54:37 - Fear
56:21 - Facial tracking in the home
58:58 - Interview with Kate Bertash
01:22:29 - Over-surveillance of communities of color
01:29:08 - THOSE WHO RESIST: Artists, Technologists, Legislators

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Episode 106 - "Human Nature"
This week we get back to the basics with an episode about climate change and the many people waking up to it. Join us as we explore everything from a new European report on need for renewable energy to fuel economic growth to the work archaeologists are doing on how humans have always had an impact on the earth. A dive into humans, nature, and our place in the world.

Chapters

02:48 - Progress on 20 Global Sustainability Goals
14:39 - Failure to respond
19:13 - MEDEAS Report in Europe
25:37 - Faith in science restored?
31:29 - Short term gains, long term pains
39:32 - What's coming: migration, heat, crop loss, and more
53:40 - Brazil mayors cut trees for election
59:48 - Money is the root of all evil
1:01:11 - Debt jubilee
1:04:18 - Economic theory disproves climate change
1:13:03 - Deep Anthropocene
1:33:34 - What to Do

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Episode 105 - "School's Out"
Friend of the podcast Moriah sits down with us to discuss life as a grad student during the pandemic. Then, we dive into Wendell Berry, a brief history of the start of some universities, the school-to-sports pipeline, competition in the workforce, and we ask what is the purpose of education anyway? Join us on a meandering walk down the hallway of another broken system (don't worry, we'll be back on this soon for deeper dives).

Chapters

03:44 Moriah Catches Up
23:47 Degrees for Cops
27:16 Profits Over Education
30:50 Sports
47:24 Packers
51:33 What Are People For?
01:12:21 Land Grant Universities
01:48:42 What is the Purpose?

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Episode 104 - "This Land Is My Land"
You might be surprised how much our cities and streets are designed to keep people out. From spikes on sidewalks, baby shark music in our parks, to gates, buzzers, bouncers, water, deeds, and a whole bunch of clowns, and more! Why are our places designed to be so hostile to common enjoyment and peace? Why is it so important for white people to wall themselves off from the rest of the world? What does it mean to live in places designed like prisons on the eve of historic climate calamities? These and other questions are all explored as we contemplate and reflect on the crazy world that's driving us all nuts!

Chapters

01:12 Some things that make cities terrible
18:58 Exclusion connected to racism
35:31 Origins of "Family Values"
40:47 Whiteness is self-destruction
46:42 Real estate market exclusion
1:01:59 Clown Town
1:05:01 Clown Music
1:13:34 Anti-Cruisin' USA and more examples
1:26:57 Gated communities, escapism, and climate change

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Episode 103 - "Minimum Justice"
Mandatory minimums, three strike rules, and other similar laws were created to strengthen the "justice" system and make us safer - but have they done the opposite? This week we interview newly minted activists working to free a man caught up in this system and explore in detail the how's and why's of this tragedy of justice.

Chapters

04:18 Disparities in Sentencing
13:26 Justice for Willie Simmons
29:10 Interview Takeaway
31:01 The ones who get away with it
42:05 Mandatory Sentencing and Unintended Consequences
01:09:08 We live in a bullshit society
01:18:21 Why do prisons exist? Reading from Ruth Wilson Gilmore
01:30:21 "Justice" versus Justice: What can we do

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Episode 102 - "The Then, The Now, and The Next"
We've been away for a while and this episode exists to fill in the gap. Catch up with us as we discuss what we've been up to, a small state of the world, and the big question of where do we go from here?

We hope you've been healthy, happy, and working towards a better future because we've certainly been (well - maybe we haven't been totally happy).

Chapters

01:07 Patreon
03:01 Where ya been
10:41 Organizing
20:47 Daniel and the Land
24:17 Quarantine
30:33 Work and Connections
36:26 What next?

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