PODCAST #116

Participants: John Steppling, Dennis Riches, Shaenah Batterson, Max Parry, and Hiroyuki Hamada. Topics covered: The green agenda, barriers to fossil fuel replacement, the energy footprint of artificial meat, the war on farmers, small business owners: are they the bourgeoisie or proletariat? splittism, dogmatism and purity tests of the Left, Russia accused by the West of being a colonial and expansionist power, how psychology became “adjustment therapy” in the West, glyphosate: a widespread toxin, the corporate coup d’etat blamed on a “Marxist” takeover, Maria Zakharova psychoanalyzes Emmanuel Macron, Rod Stewart booed in Germany for hoisting the Ukrainian flag onstage, trees cut down to make way for bike lanes, officials now denying reality by claiming authentic videos are “deep fakes”. Closing music track: “Rapture” by Jack Littman, used with permission.