What We Talk About When We Talk About Vaccination with Eula Biss

Are the unvaccinated entitled, deprived, or just misunderstood? What would be a more effective way of controlling the COVID pandemic— shame or providing healthcare for all? (Or both?)

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Gangster Movie Night Series

Katz and an expert guest discuss a film that relates to themes and places from the book Gangsters of Capitalism.

Gangsters of Capitalism is about Smedley Butler, a legendary Marine turned antiwar activist in the years before World War II. After decades of advancing the causes of U.S. capitalism, empire, and his own career at the expense of peoples all over the world, Butler became a fierce critic of all three. In those later years, Butler turned his maverick streak against the powerful, taking the side of the working class and against fascism. And he wasn’t afraid to challenge the institutions he had dedicated his life to, declaring that as a Marine he had been no more than hired muscle for corporations and the banks—a “racketeer for capitalism.

White Zombie with Kaiama Glover

This episode brings us to Haiti through the 1932 horror cult classic White Zombie. Starring Bela Lugosi as the mysterious sorcerer “Murder Legendre,” and set during the U.S. Occupation, this was the film that introduced the Haitian zonbi to the American masses. Contained within are all the deep-seated racism and contradictions that infuse zombie movies and literature to this day.

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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay with Spencer Ackerman

What does a gross-out/buddy/stoner comedy have to say about American empire?

How long can two investigative journalists talk about what was originally slated to be a direct-to-DVD sequel to a movie about a trip to White Castle?

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