Air Date: 6–30-25

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

Shifting the way we think and talk about the benefits of peaceful nonviolence at anti-fascist protests
The unlimited patience for capitalism vs. the knee-jerk “Impossible!” for left-wing ideas
The centrists Democrats (and their consultants) missing the forest for the trees
An antidote to decades of neoliberal approaches to policy (and we reject Ezra Klein’s “Abundance”)

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REFERENCES:

Trump's Manufactured Crisis and the Urgency of Strategic Nonviolence - In These Times

A Song of “Full Self-Driving”: Elon Isn’t Tony Stark. He’s Michael Scott. - The Bulwark

They Always Call You Unrealistic - Current Affairs

The Gobs of Money and Lack of Vision at the Heart of Centrism - In These Times

Red Tape Isn’t the Only Reason America Can’t Build - The Atlantic

SOLVED! SONG! Concepts: Human Intelligence * Song: Artificial Intelligence: “Make Some Enemies” inspired directly by SOLVED! #13: “How to Make Enemies and Influence People” (June 30, 2025)

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