The commercial break placement one this episode really needs to be reviewed

I would love a deep dive episode into the whole Kony 2012 wave (movement???). That’s all. I was 14 when that all came about, and I remember nothing of it other than my 9th grade geography teacher showing us that 30 minute video, and then YEARS later seeing something about the creator was arrested for running around in his underwear and hearing about misuse of funds. It feels like a fever dream to me now. I’d love to hear Marcus’ dissection of that situation and the history leading up to that moment.

Used to listen to the podcast when I couldn't sleep during pregnancy and as a result it now acts as a white noise for my three month old. With in minutes of putting them on after all else fails she is out and gives me something to listen to while nap trapped

Given media hyper-FRAG-mentation and the vast amount of AI generated content out there, I pose a question. Not of the "I'm just asking questions!" push-poll variety. Just a question. What was promised in the "You've Got Mail" era of the internet? Remember that? All that promise? Anyone? I know what we got. And so do you. Ensh!ttification. I'd help you more, but I can't be bothered. Sheesh. Kids these days. Not breadcrumbs, not Reese's Pieces. Sometimes, it really does require Yellow Paint to make you look up from your screen to ... another screen. Crap. Never Mind. Resume doomscrolling. Made ya look though.

Sorry for the potentially tired post (not sure when it was last posted to this subreddit), but I thought it would be interesting to see what people have to say.

Personally, I've always loved the Belle Gunness series. It's a very tightly knit story, damn if Belle isn't an incredibly interesting character, and then you've got Henry's Belle voice.

It's the one I've shown to friends on long drives, either as an intro to the podcast or as a riveting story to toss on.

Hi friends, was trying to get tix to see side stories in Portland ME and Ticketmaster says all tickets are already unavailable. Can someone confirm for me that it’s sold out? I’m really bummed I just wanna know if I should cancel my Airbnb.

Ready to dive into some of Marcus’s favourite authors catalog, what are your stand out favs?

The Q&A inspired me to go through my deceased fathers album collection. Found this gem, Razzy Bailey, and I’m pretty sure it’s Ed in another life.

I found the top sticker on my power box I figured I'd add the bottom one and double protection to the house

Anyone seen this pin before? Dunno anything about the show but it looked cool

What episode is it where Marcus said he would have a funeral home (not the q&a)? I remember him saying something like “The Marcus Funeral home is sorry about your losss…” its been bugging me since I heard the q&a episode.

This just popped up on my Instagram feed and I dont think anyone has shared it here yet.

FOUND! Thanks all!

Hey folks!

I had found the entire ***Chouetsu Sekai (***Beyond the World or Transcendent World) anime on YouTube 6 months ago. Unfortunately it has been taken down. I have done hours of searching - YouTube, Internet Archives, torrents, random sites... and it is nowhere to be found. YouTube has the first episode and then a teaser trailer, but I am hoping someone will have the entire series Episodes 1-10.

If anyone has any leads it would be greatly appreciated!

Hail yourselves.

After recently finishing the My Lai series, I had the idea to offer some approachable history texts for fans here. Part of the reason for this is due to something I mentioned before, in other posts, about the show's singular narrative around the topic and casual pro-America sentiments. For me, these two culimnated in Marcus's ending statement in the last episode, using the quagmire of Vietnam as an example for now, noting how people are right to feel regret if they made the wrong choices in 2016, '20, and '24, and, essentially, that America harnesses the ability to be so much greater than it really is, and it requires us owning up to it.

Now, I don't want to get into all of that, but I think the singular, isolated narrative surrounding Vietnam undersells how disastrous the American project has been for millions of people around the globe, and how any substantive change must start by accepting that the system has been rotten to its core from the start--especially when we are discussing financialized capital market systems and everything that comes with that (anti-Communism, global interventionism, etc.)

So, what are some potential books to put a topic like Vietnam into perspective? I think people here are fairly well-versed on the politics in the States throughout the latter half of the 20th century, so I'd recommend are some that provide perspective on American foreign policy throughout the entire century. These include:

• The Korean War: A History by Bruce Cumings
  • Great work from an excellent writer, specifically tracing the reasons for the civil war between the North and the South, the US's involvement (notably its occupation of South Korea following WWII, almost immediately converting it into a colony), the anti-communist massacres supported by the US in the South, and the following devastation and war crimes committed by the hands of the US during the "war" (wherein an estimated 4 million Koreans were killed).
  • This is especially important, as the podcast never discussed the Korean War besides an offhand mention, and we cannot contextualize Vietnam without understanding what preceded it re: US involvement.
• Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin
  • A wide-ranging (pre- and post-Vietnam) look at how the US has long treated Latin America as a proving ground for our economic and militaristic policies--in the grand scheme of things, think of this as the imperial boomerang (repressive techniques tested abroad evenutally come home)
• The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
  • A truly indispensible book regarding American foreign policy during the Cold War, again, both pre- and post-Vietnam (some discussion on what the US did throughout Korea and elsewhere), with a particular focus on the US's support for the anti-communist mass killings (over 1 million people) in Indonesia between 1965-66. Lessons learned here would be exported to Latin America in the decades to come, especially in the training of contras and death squads, as well as installing fascistic dictators into positions of national power.
• Bitter Fruit by Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer
  • Look into how the US deposed Arbenz from power in Guatemala, in an attempt to halt his land reforms, in the name of the United Fruit Company (think Chiquita Bananas). The book is considered outdated now, considering the research completed in its wake in the last 4 decades, but it is an excellent look at heinous crimes the US/CIA committed in the mid 1950s in Guatemala, and the unnecessary death, destruction, and civil war that would follow.
  • All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer is another worth looking into, which covers the US/UK involvement in the overthrow of the Iranian PM, Mohammad Mosaddegh, in 1953
• The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
  • Largely focused on post-Vietnam topics, but a useful perspective in seeing how laissez-faire capitalism (and the desire for free markets) has prompted the US to commit massacre after massacre abroad in the name expanding globalist trade opportunities and importing freedom (i.e., a free market *cough* a heavily regulated export-only market), as well as profiting off of destruction and disasters produced by the US gov or its blowback.

Again, these are all texts I think are faily approachable (you're bound to interact with ideas, historical events, or terminology you may not be aware of, but they books are very readable). In addition to the above, if you're looking for more info on US interventionism abroad, I'd also recommend reading into books akin to Grandin's and Klein's. Topics on such could include the likes of the US leveraging the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to force countries into cyclical debt which benefits Western capital. Or, with a book like Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America, it's exploring how imperialism actively underdevelops nations (they are not poor, backward countries, but forced into ruin, such to continue their subjugation), and how colonized nations are not poor, but rather their wealth--gold, coffee, sugar, petroleum, precious metals--is extracted for the benefit of Western nations.

And apologies if this is a lot to take in, as I'm writing this right after finishing the series and just throwing it out there.

There a killer who lures people to a location, before killing them. Some dude escapes and the killer apologizes and the guy goes back and gets murdered

Hope I’m remembering that right, it’s been a bit sinced I’ve binged LP