Praxeum Garrett Pierman

In this episode, I explore Dog Whistles as a concept, and as a political tactic used by the GOP since the Nixon campaign to court racist voters. There are things we can do to combat these racist tactics, which I discuss at the end of the episode.

Vox on Dog Whistles: 

https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/11/7/13549154/dog-whistles-campaign-racism

Lee Atwater on the Southern Strategy:

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/

Reagan's Dog Whistles:
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/reagans-dog-whistles-worked-trump-missed-that-lesson/

Trump's (many, very loud) Dog Whistles:
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/reagans-dog-whistles-worked-trump-missed-that-lesson/
https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/26/context-trumps-very-fine-people-both-sides-remarks/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/trump-rnc-speech-alone-fix-it/492557/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racial-figle_b_9033224






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In this episode, we explore the foundations of American political parties, how they have changed over time, and some of the reasons for that party system being so persistent.

Sources: 



Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/duel-federalist-and-republican-party/



Party realignments:

http://www.mit.edu/~17.261/clubb.pdf



Southern Strategy:

https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/books/phillips-southern.pdf

Durverger’s law:

https://electionscience.org/commentary-analysis/voting-theory-what-is-duvergers-law/

Netflix: Get Me Roger Stone 


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Welcome to season two! We're going to talk about the basics of American electoral politics, and try to share some information to make us all more informed voters in this election and the future. 


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In this episode, I dive through some of the challenges that are presented to a notion of objective truth. Having done that, I tell the story of how a safe space was created for white America that has led to the public being asked to try disinfectants instead of vaccines.

1. Sunstein: https://www.amazon.com/Republic-com-2-0-Cass-R-Sunstein/dp/0691143285

2. Baudrillard: https://www.amazon.com/Jean-Baudrillard-Selected-Writings-Second/dp/0804742731/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=selected+writings+of+jean+baudrillard&qid=1589138516&s=books&sr=1-1


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In this episode, I examine the concept of Universal Basic Income  (UBI), as well as its critiques. I then offer it as a public health tool in order to slow the spread of COVID19 and help with labor relations.

Sources:
UBI Definition: https://basicincome.stanford.edu/about/what-is-ubi/
Alaska Oil Dividend: https://www.aoga.org/facts-and-figures/permanent-fund-dividend
Fouksman Article in Quartz: https://qz.com/1355729/universal-basic-income-ubi-costs-far-less-than-you-think/

FDIC on Underbanking: https://www.fdic.gov/householdsurvey/2017/2017execsumm.pdf
Medicare:https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/distribution-by-raceethnicity-4/?currentTimeframe=0&selectedDistributions=white--black--hispanic--other--total&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D

SNAP: https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/resource-files/Characteristics2018.pdf

TANF: https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/resource-files/Characteristics2018.pdf

Locke's Second Treatise: https://amzn.to/2z8bv3v
Paine Agrarian Justice: https://amzn.to/3d974Es








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In this episode, I propose a class-based analysis of the COVID 19 crisis. Having done that, I use Ellen DeGeneres as an example of how we get talked into really awful ideas through false consciousness.

Sources:
Marx and Engels, The German Ideology: https://amzn.to/2SaKUJR

Jasbir Puar, Terrorist Assemblages: https://amzn.to/2xRyBvm

Guardian Article on the Crisis:  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/heads-we-win-tails-you-lose-how-americas-rich-have-turned-pandemic-into-profit?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_News_Feed&fbclid=IwAR12MoKW3w2AEIRDX-9SbR27kIT2HW9bu-T-mQR9TyWHqKiHykF1Skk0snY



Time Article on Stimulus: https://time.com/5825368/stimulus-payment-problems/


Ellen on Hanging out with Dubya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSZtjol7mJA


ACLU on Ellen's mansion being like jail: https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbt-rights/im-queer-and-ive-been-in-solitary-ellen-isnt-experiencing-what-i-did/



Ellen's staffing issues: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ellen-crew-furious-over-poor-communication-regarding-pay-non-union-workers-during-coronavirus-shutdown-exclusive-1234582735/




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