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Today we are talking to historian and professor Dr. Francis J. Gavin about his article in the Texas National Security Review entitled "I Was Wrong. Now What?" In the interview we go and discuss the idea of intellectual humility, why it's so hard to find in academic/analytical circles and the larger society, and why in the media it is so difficult to admit that you don't know something.
 
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I Was Wrong. Now What?

We get back into our series on Stalin with Labor Issues Chair Dr. Nick Partyka, discussing Stalin's rise in the Soviet government in the 1920s, discussing everything from economic policies to how Soviet government officials were even chosen.
 
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Note that the reading lists are cumulative rather than being contained to a single section of the series
Further Reading (Pastebin)


On Stalin Series: Part One, Part Two, Part Three

Today we chat with friend of the show Mark Provost about the situation in East Palestine, using it as a launching pad to discuss larger issues in the US and around the world, from the environment and climate change to economics, in both the short and long-term.
 
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Norfolk Southern Allows Monitoring Teams to Order Crews to Ignore Safety Alerts
White supremacists behind over 80% of extremism-related U.S. murders in 2022
Fed can’t tame inflation without ‘significantly’ more hikes that will cause a recession, paper says
How the Capitalist Market Produces Fictitious Commodities
Why Karl Polanyi Still Matters
New study: Gulf of Mexico warming twice as fast as global oceans
3 men in 3 days die after falling through ice on Vermont's Lake Champlain
Why UK supermarkets are rationing fruit and vegetables
 
Other episodes with Mark Provost
Episode #96: Democrats and Grassroots Progressvism with Mark Provost
Episode #137: The Virus, Economics, and The Aftermath with Mark Provost

Today we have a roundtable of several past interviewees Cyrarh Hawkins, Bryan Gordon, and our own Labor Issues Chair Dr. Nick Partyka, to discuss the topic of mass shootings in the US, everything from the issues of guns, to mental health, to the urban/rural divide on the question of the gun.

In our first episode of the new year, we interview Professor Emeritus Kenneth J. Surin about his two most recent articles in Counterpunch, discussing the economic and social problems in the UK, drawing parallels to what is going on in the US, and if there is any hope to be had in such a bleak situation.
 
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The Twilight Zone of the UK’s Holographic Politics
“How To Stay Warm Without Turning The Heating On”: UK Poverty And Its “Moron Premium”

This Christmas Eve we talk to our Labor Issues Chair Dr. Nick Partyka as we continue our Stalin series. 
 
We discuss the immediate aftermath of the October 1917 Revolution and the subsequent civil war that went on, from the specificities of the political climate to the New Economic Plan and what was happening culturally in Russia at the time. We also delve into how the new government interacted with women and minorities.
 
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Further Reading Material/Sources (Pastebin)
 
On Stalin Part 1

On Stalin Part 2