Acts of Pod

Acts of Pod

A weekly podcast where we cover flashpoints in history that help to give context to our current chaotic state of affairs.

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Is There a Labor Shortage or Does No One Want to Work Your Terrible Jobs?

May 23, 2021 • 56 mins
If you check social media lately you'll see that businesses have been posting signs saying that no one has been showing up for their shifts at different restaurants and no one wants to work anymore. Republican governors have been cutting extra unemployment benefits because they want to incentivize people to get back to work who have been getting a little too comfortable with that extra $300 dollar payout during the pandemic. Is the...
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History of Conspiracy Theory as Political Tool or They're Coming for Your Hamburgers!

May 2, 2021 • 50 mins
If you haven't heard, the radical left is coming for you and your way of life. They want to cancel your children's books, they want to take away your guns, and worst of all, limit your red meat intake to 4 pounds a year. Where is this threat coming from exactly? Great question! Can I see the data on that, is there an article or even something coming out of the White House stating their intentions? Nope. But sometimes you have to re...
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Voter Suppression Bills or Block the Vote the Sequel

April 26, 2021 • 53 mins
You would think as we are still fighting the pandemic and dealing with the fallout from quarantine, that state governments would be focusing on education, employment, or healthcare. There is so much need and healing in this country you would hardly know where to start but republican legislatures knew exactly where to start, voter suppression bills. There are literally hundreds of voter suppression bills making it more difficult for...
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A Brief History of Mass Shootings and Gun Violence

March 31, 2021 • 52 mins
If you were wondering why there are more mass shootings in the US than any other country, we'll let you in on a little secret, with only 4.4% of the world's population, we account for 46% of civilian held firearms. That's a lot of guns. And it's hard to talk about an issue with a lot of angry people that have a ton of guns, so you can see how this has become an intractable problem. Will this next generation that has lived under the...
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The Origin Story of Cancel Culture or Cancel Culture Club

March 18, 2021 • 42 mins
A year into the pandemic, with over a half a million lives lost, economic stress, kids missing out on school, we all know that despite all this loss the most important issue facing us all is the threat of being cancelled, or at least you would believe that based on the amount of coverage it receives. Now if you feel cancel culture may not be as dangerous as let's say, unchecked systemic violence, you would be correct. But why is it...
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History of The Religious Right or They're Neither Moral Nor the Majority, Discuss

February 20, 2021 • 57 mins
The religious right, has several names and is comprised of several groups but didn't really coalesce and show their real influence until the mid to late 70s. Surprisingly, it was not the election of the first Southern Evangelical, Jimmy Carter, that offered a cause for Southern Evangelicals and other Christian religious groups to rally around, it wasn't reproductive rights or their reintroduction of Christian prayer in schools eith...
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The Minimum Wage or The Very Least You Could Do

January 28, 2021 • 43 mins
There has been talk recently of finally raising the minimum wage to 15.00 dollars an hour. The last time it was raised was in 2007 to 7..25 and it has remained there despite a raise in prices, rents, and other costs of living. It wasn't until 1938 that any legislation was passed mandating a minimum of wage and even then it only covered a small percentage of American workers and it took America being in the depth of a financial cris...
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A Brief History of American Coups or Qwhite Riots

January 23, 2021 • 40 mins
January 6th 2021 was not the first time in American History that a group of people, unhappy with the outcome of an election resorted to violence. In fact, on November 10, 1898, in what became known as the Wilmington massacre, a group of white supremacists murdered up to an estimated 300 people and threw black officials out of their elected offices. This is why it's become more important than ever to protect not only the vote but th...
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Socialism in America or Oh no I know a Dirty Word

December 29, 2020 • 48 mins
In recent polling, Socialism is very unpopular in America and yet programs like social security and Medicare are extremely popular. How did it happen that socialist programs remain popular for decades and the mention of socialism or democratic socialist candidates consistently polls anywhere between 25 to 50%? If you can believe it, it's the result of a long and sustained campaigns starting in the late 1800s that link capitalism to...
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Vax of Pod or A Brief History of Vaccines

December 17, 2020 • 52 mins
For as long as we've had infectious disease, we've had attempts at inoculations. And from the very first instances of inoculations, there have been people who have been resistant. Considering that these usually consisted of smearing the contents of pustules over newly torn skin, it's understandable how people might hesitate. Now on the brink of our most recent vaccine in the middle of this generation's pandemic, how will we react c...
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The Origin Story of Fox News or When You Just Don't Give A Fox About Facts

November 28, 2020 • 53 mins
When two dreamers met, a megalomaniacal media mogul, and a behind the scenes conservative wizard behind Nixon, Reagan and George W. Bush's campaign, who could have imagined what would have blossomed? Now in every airport, hospital lobby, military base, and probably your meemaw's house, you can see the fruits of their labor. We cover the origin story of Fox News in this episode and ways the progressive left may be able to balance th...
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The Electoral College: It's Time to Dropout

November 9, 2020 • 48 mins
What makes our democracy unique? Is it because we're the best? It's because we employ electors to vote on our behalf, rather than have a one vote one voice policy or a direct democracy which most of the world with democracies have embraced. Again, we are the only country in the world who uses this method. In this episode we explore the dark origins of the electoral college and why we have been unable to rid ourselves of it. Learn...
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Women during the Pandemic or This Woman's Work

October 21, 2020 • 48 mins
How are women holding up during the pandemic? With women dominated professions being deemed essential work, and the demands of domestic labor increasing, women are facing burn out. Increasingly, women are taking on both childcare and schooling responsibilities while also feeling increased economic pressure. In this episode we talk about how the pandemic has further clarified the systemic hardships facing women and how even a little...
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Cults of Personality or They Call You Mr. Personality Because You're So Ugly

October 5, 2020 • 59 mins
Welcome to easily one of the least fun cults available, you may never even know you've joined and the perks are lackluster at best. After the age of God Kings, how can you impress your friends and really let the world know that you're in it for the long haul, and you're something special? You build your brand. You take over media, you smack your face and name over every available surface, you have your name on everyone's lips, and ...
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A Brief History of Presidential Tax Returns or I'll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours

September 30, 2020 • 44 mins
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and then you have the tax of life. On this very special episode of Tax of Pod, we tackle the revelations of President Trump's Tax returns and link it back to the first time Presidential Tax returns made news (hint: Nixon). But beyond why it's important to know the financial entanglements of a person in a position of power and trust, this episode has highlighted how inequality ...
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Law and Order Campaigns: What are They and Who's the Biggest Dick Wolf about Using Them?

September 21, 2020 • 55 mins
Although we seem to be at the let's throw everything at the wall and see what sticks part of the Trump presidential reelection campaign, one strategy that has been utilized is the classic republican golden oldie the Law and Order platform. In this episode, we cover both the superficial and the dog whistle meaning of this tactic that seems to appear in American campaigns at the same time major civil rights movements develop and buil...
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An Intro to Qanon or 4Qanon Blondes, What's going on?

August 28, 2020 • 51 mins
What began as a post on 4chan has become one of the fastest growing movements in politics. It's an all encompassing conspiracy theory that builds on past classic fears such as Satan worship, secret cabals, harvesting the young for their life prolonging vitality, and of course they've added their own new heroes like Donald Trump and John Kennedy Jr. who has been in hiding after faking his own death. Is there a reason these movements...
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Cointelpro: When The FBI Infiltrated the Civil Rights Movement or Fun Party Who Invited the Feds?

August 15, 2020 • 52 mins
Between the years the 1956 and 1971 the FBI ran a covert intelligence operation headed by Hoover himself that infiltrated everything from the Socialist Workers Party to the Black Panthers under the auspices of gathering information at first and dismantling civil rights organizations later on. While these operations were well known within government, they were also completely illegal and only came to light after a break in to a smal...
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Mt. Rushmore and Stone Mountain or If you have Something to Say, Say it To My HUGE FACE

July 13, 2020 • 55 mins
In the middle of a huge pandemic, we've also seen a large coordinated civil rights campaign that has had global participation. During this time, there has also been renewed focus on statues and monuments and what they represent, who they are glorifying and at what cost? In this episode we talk about two enormous monuments and find out what motivated their erections, the men and women behind their conceptions, and how to treat monum...
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Corona Conspiracies or A Man with A Plandemic

May 27, 2020 • 59 mins
On this week's episode of Acts of Pod we cover several conspiracy theories that have been spreading around the social media platforms. Everything from "Plandemic" to 5g technology's dark side, Bill Gates and his years' long crusade to introduce a virus only to cure it - at a price! Of course, these conspiracies, misinformation campaigns and disinformation from other countries is not consequence free, it puts already vulnerable peop...
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