Mechanical Freak

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Greg and Brian catch up with labor news from around the country. We celebrate a big win for Amazon workers and hear the plight of Seattle billionaire, Howard Schultz. Then we get a taste of what it takes to win a Pulitzer in today’s world of hard-hitting journalism.

Charles Mudede on the racism of Boeing and America. An extended section from part 2 of our interview with Charles about the 737 Max crashes and the new Netflix doc. Find the entirety of part 2 on Patreon: …/posts/maximum-pt-2-64510835

We are joined by The Strangers’ Charles Mudede to talk the end of the Covid Pandemic and the new documentary about Boeing’s 737-MAX disaster, Downfall. Despite Boeing’s efforts to distract us by crashing another 737, this time in China, we make our own case against Boeing and the neoliberal economics that made disaster inevitable.

In a follow-up to EP 17, Brian and Munya revisit the political origins of the suburbs, talk about the possible ramifications of siding with the Nazis after the Second World War, and answer the eternal question, “Is Jackson Pollock an op?”

We observe the yin and yang of the editorial section with news of REI’s bold new plan to fight discrimination through lower wages and a very smart plan to fight climate change by sticking it to Russia.

Brian and Munya begin their descent into the history of the Cold War. They discuss McCarthyism in the academy, the rehabilitation of Nazi Germany, and the role of the CIA in the art world. This part 1 of a two-part discussion of the early Cold War meant to pair with Chapter 11 of The End of the Myth.

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Brian and Munya dip into the listener mailbag to answer important questions like: How did the US get away with abandoning de-Nazification? What’s wrong with academia? And, What are our thoughts on drunk driving? All this and more!

Brian and Munya watch Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address so that you don’t have to. And guess what? It’s bad folks!

There’s a war on between various national elites and they’re taking it out on the people of Ukraine. Want to know more? Read Brian’s latest on mechanicalfreak.website to understand the ins and outs. We’ve got our friends Jacob (@Stukhov) and Wes (@wescz1312) to help us talk out the ups and downs, or just downs.

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Munya, Brian, and Greg are back to check in on the most progressive city council in America, see what the WA legislature got up to this week, and to look at right-wing psychos and the police response in Portland.

Economist and host of the excellent weekly show Economic Update Richard Wolff joins the show to explain what the Bretton Woods Agreement was, how it worked, and how it ultimately fell apart. Join us on an exciting ride through the decline of the US empire!

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Brian is on his own, but not alone. Friends of the show Brynn and Chuy join him to dissect the Xs and Os of the Super Bowl and get into the nitty gritty of Facebook nanny forums.

We’re back with Justin Roll to continue our discussion of the Truman era and the start of the Cold War. If you haven’t already, make sure to go back and listen to Episode 15.

Justin Roll from the History Sucks podcast joins the gang to talk Harry Truman, WWII, the 1944 DNC, and the start of the Cold War.

The boys from Texas are back to give you scorching hot music takes about bands from thirty years ago. Listen to the episode in its entirety on Patreon patreon.com/posts/62439389

Munya and Greg tackle foreign affairs and chart a course for the US empire out of this dangerous stalemate with Russia. Peace with honor! More importantly they’re back on the Seattle restaurant tyrant beat and try to suss out the future of crime and punishment here in the city of the future.