Breaking the System: The Miseducation of America

Derrick Harris
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We ask the critical questions about topics that no one else is. We push the boundaries to find middle ground in a divided Nation.

  1. 6d ago

    Ep74: "The Corporate Alchemy of Milk"

    If I asked you to picture where your morning milk, cheese, or yogurt comes from, your mind probably goes to a pasture. A family farm. Cows grazing under an open sky.But right now, billions of dollars of venture capital are betting that you will never look at a pasture again.While the mainstream media has been obsessively covering the culture wars over "lab-grown meat"—with governors standing in front of cameras banning cell-cultured steaks—a completely different food revolution quietly slipped through the back door. It didn’t ask for permission, and it didn’t wait for a public debate.It’s called precision fermentation. And it is the corporate alchemy of the 21st century.

  2. Jul 12

    Ep73: "The Grooming Gangs Scandal: When Institutions Shield Predators"

    Today, we examine the grooming gangs scandal in the United Kingdom: a system of child protection—police, social services, councils, health authorities, and government oversight—that confronted organized networks of abuse but often prioritized other concerns over intervention. We'll trace its history with documented inquiries and reports, explore how cultural, bureaucratic, and data-related frictions allowed it to persist, and leave you with questions about institutional accountability in any society. No prescriptions. Just the record for you to weigh.

  3. Jul 10

    Ep72: The Moltbook Illusion

    Today we’re dissecting Moltbook — not as the triumphant origin story of autonomous machine life that many proclaimed, but as a masterclass in hype, security failure, and the powerful illusion of emergence in the age of AI agents. We’ll explore how it was built, what actually happened inside, the historical parallels, and what it reveals about the systems we’re racing to create.

  4. Jun 23

    Ep71: FY2026- The Cloaking Device

    Today we’re pulling back the curtain on one of the most effective tools modern legislatures use to move major policy with minimal public scrutiny: the Budget Implementation Bill—better known in Illinois as the BIMP. It’s not just technical paperwork. It’s become a legislative cloaking device, allowing sweeping new taxes and regulations to slip through under the cover of must-pass budget deadlines.

  5. Jun 21

    Ep70: Fahrenheit 451-THE MECHANICAL HOUND AND THE BURNING OF THOUGHT

    Today, we center our audit on Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451—a novel whose surface story of book-burning firemen has been widely taught as a warning against government censorship, yet whose author insisted revealed something deeper and more insidious

  6. Jun 15

    Ep:69 The End of The Harvest

    Today, we look at IP28 and how this idea could and will impact not only the state but the nation if this bill is passed into law.

  7. Jun 11

    Ep68: The Stadium Subsidy Trap

    Today, we look at the rigged math, the backroom political deals, and the reality of how your hard-earned tax dollars are funding a playground for the ultra-wealthy—while your local roads crumble.

  8. Jun 8

    Ep67: The Jungle – The Meat Grinder of the Working Class

    Tonight, we examine The Jungle as both a historical document of early 20th-century industrial conditions and a vehicle for Sinclair’s socialist vision. We’ll look at the system it critiques, the solutions Sinclair proposed, and how those ideas might appear in today’s world.

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