• Daily Episode 146 - This Week in Fascism #22
    Apr 3 2026

    Sources:


    Trump announces he is issuing an unconstitutional executive order to shut down mail-in voting nationwide and he will defund states if they do not comply with him : r/law

    Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections – The White House

    Trump Suffers His Fourth—and Worst—Legal Blow in Just Hours | The New Republic

    Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing

    Judge orders Trump to halt $400 million White House ballroom project, for now | Reuters

    Donald Trump tells Pam Bondi she's fired over Epstein files fiasco after humiliating clash - The Mirror US

    Trump DOJ sues Idaho as even red states resist voter data demands - Democracy Docket

    Secret Chaos Exposed at Attorney General Pam Bondi’s DOJ Over Trump’s $10B Suit

    Arkansas’ Ten Commandments Monument Law Ruled Unconstitutional

    Judge says Trump not immune from civil claims his Jan. 6 words incited riot | AP News

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    21 mins
  • Daily Episode 145 - Another Wild Week in Climate News
    Apr 2 2026

    This was a wild week in the climate, and I fear every week will be this way moving forward. Here's some news from the around world.


    Also, please forgive the audio quality. I recorded it twice, and the second time I apparently had the wrong mic recording. Sorry!


    Limiting global warming to 2C would not ‘rule out’ extreme impacts - Carbon Brief

    UK food supply at risk of 'catastrophic failure' by 2030, report warns - FarmingUK News

    Malaysia dam levels on alert amid heatwave | The Straits Times

    16 states with the highest March day temperature record. : r/collapse

    Extreme climate, our biggest"enemy" : r/collapse

    Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever this winter

    ‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds | Extreme heat | The Guardian

    Jakarta rapidly sinks as climate change and overdevelopment collide | PBS News

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    20 mins
  • Daily Episode 144 - Iran War: The Self Inflicted Oil Shortage
    Apr 1 2026

    The world is suffering the consequences of Trump and Israel's war on Iran. How long will our oil woes last?


    Israeli chief of staff warns army on verge of 'collapse' amid troop shortage

    France confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed - Business - France 24

    Cuban health-care workers struggle to support the sick amid U.S. oil embargo | CBC Accessibility

    Philippines declares ‘national energy emergency’ and boosts coal power as Iran war grinds on | Philippines | The Guardian

    Reliant on imported fuel, Pacific islands appeal for help as oil prices surge | Pacific islands | The Guardian

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    15 mins
  • Daily Episode 143 - Donald Trumps Hatred for Women
    Mar 31 2026

    Donald Trump hates women. Here's some ways he's showing it:


    US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say | US immigration | The Guardian

    A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion

    Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state - The 19th

    Any Texas resident could sue over abortion pills under bill OK'd by lawmakers and headed to governor | AP News

    Trump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights Movement | American Civil Liberties Union

    Seven Ways the Trump Administration Is Hurting Women - Common Cause

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    14 mins
  • Daily Episode 142 - Three New Converging Paths to Superbugs
    Mar 30 2026

    3 brand new reports highlight the various ways that superbugs are proliferating around the world. Are we heading into a post-antibiotic world?


    The Cost of War We Aren’t Talking About: Superbugs • The Austin Chronicle

    Drought could fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs as climate change worsens, new research suggests | Live Science

    EXPERT REACTION: Soils exposed to glyphosate might also be harbouring hospital superbugs - Scimex

    Pipeline of new drugs to fight superbugs is ‘worryingly thin’, experts warn | Pharmaceuticals industry | The Guardian

    Toxic herbicides: Map showing how high use is by state

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    16 mins
  • Daily Episode 141 - This Week in Fascism #21
    Mar 27 2026
    Sources:Judge Ends Asylum Claims for Liam Ramos and His FamilyStephen Miller is pushing states to stop educating undocumented children | The IndependentTom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday - POLITICOBushehr nuclear plant hit again as Pentagon deploys 82nd Airborne — Day 25 of Iran war escalatesChris Murphy accuses Trump administration of insider tradingTrump says he's 'glad' Robert Mueller is dead | Advocate.comTrump has damaged democracy at remarkable speed, reports find : NPRDonald Trump links shutdown end to SAVE America Act passageTrump casts mail ballot in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'US Supreme Court conservatives lean toward Republican bid to limit mail-in voting | ReutersGeorgia woman charged with murder after police say she took pills to induce abortion | Georgia | The GuardianA page out of ‘The Handmaid's Tale’: Ohio Republicans propose bill to track all pregnanciesWe have 5 articles of impeachment for AG Bondi: defying a subpoena for the full & unredacted Epstein files, violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act, weaponizing the DOJ for President Trump, consistently defying Court Orders (herself & DOJ), and perjuring herself to Congress. - Rep. Summer Lee : r/lawAll of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds - Ars TechnicaThree Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk's xAI for creating sexually explicit images of them | FortuneWashington state bans all law enforcement - including ICE agents - from wearing masks while on duty | The IndependentFired FBI agents who worked on Trump 2020 election probe sue for wrongful termination - CBS NewsPlease join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    28 mins
  • Daily Episode 140 - Anthropogenic Mass to Overtake Biomass
    Mar 26 2026

    Anthropogenic mass is overtaking natural biomass. Such hubris from humanity leads to collapse. In this episode we discuss recent findings in pharmaceutical waste and how it hurts local aquatic ecosystems.


    Global human-made mass exceeds all living biomass | Nature

    The Hidden Environmental Impact of Pharmaceutical Waste

    Antibiotics found in rivers raise new concerns about water safety - Earth.com


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    13 mins
  • Daily Episode 139 - $1B disasters, and the State of the Global Climate Report
    Mar 25 2026

    A new $1billion disaster in the US unfolds thanks to climate change, and the WMO's report on the State of the Climate goes into detail on the growing energy imbalance.


    Thousands urged to evacuate as Hawaii flooding anticipated to cause widespread damage | CBC News

    Earth’s climate swings increasingly out of balance

    Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high | Oceans | The Guardian


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    16 mins