After catching up with Trump’s latest court shenanigans, Alabama Liberal then builds on themes introduced in episode 98 by talking about WHY it’s so hard to make it in America with the stranglehold of the nepocracy, algorithm inequality, digital pyramids, and the new pharaohs that sit at the top of all these systems. Around the…
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Episode 98–Customer Abuse, Apartheid Elon’s Investments, and The New Monopolies
In this strong episode, Alabama Liberal connects the disintegration of treating customers right with the rise of stealth new monopolies you probably haven’t heard of. After eight minutes of recapping a depressing month for current events, the minutes fly as he makes the case that monopolies from tax preparation to dating apps to fast food…
Episode 97–Alpha Malaise, Gone Ron, Groundhog’s Day, and Still the Worst
In this episode, Alabama Liberal explores how the primary ended before it began, the “Groundhog’s Day” vibe of a Biden vs. Trump rematch, his surprisingly mixed feelings about the exit of Lord Farquaad (Ron DeSantis), how the Iowa caucus never fails to fail, the paradoxical embrace of fascism by American white men who actually hate…
Episode 96–Trumplighting, the Putin Caucus, and Slower Cooker vs. Skillet Presidents
The Alabama Liberal podcast explodes back to life with a third season premiere that throws in some jokes as it asks the tough questions such as: is Ron DeSantis gay? Why do always-wrong, has-been pundits keep insisting Biden isn’t the best choice for 2024? How much lower can the Putin Caucus go? How ridiculous is…
Episode 95–The Future of the Past
Alabama Liberal looks at History, and how fluid it truly is in this wide-ranging episode that discusses the roots of conservative backlash towards homosexuality, why “Free Speech” conservatives aren’t radically different from Chinese censors, why so much energy (and political capital) is devoted to the past instead of the future, Trump finally going where he…
Episode 94–Fame & Fascism
In this darkly thrilling episode Alabama Liberal explores loads of new topics like the links between fascism and fame, the lack of any meaningful difference between communism and fascism, why he thinks Ron DeSantis is the first conservative communist, the ridiculous hypocrisy of Will Smith’s celebrated Oscars slap during the “Time’s Up” era, showbiz nepotism…
Episode 93–The Menpire Strikes Back: Uncle Thomas & The Supreme Cult
It’s Church 1, State 0 as Alabama Liberal takes a look at the Supreme Inquisition’s latest erosion of the separation between church and state. Along the way, he makes a case that “state’s rights” arguments are usually wrong, the term “Uncle Tom” should be replaced with “Clarence Thomas,” most anti-abortion people don’t really give a…
Episode 92–G.I.A. (Guns, Immigration, Abortion) Revisited & The Libertarian Lie
A jam-packed episode exploding with ideas and covering the buffet of horrific news the last few months have brought like the worst elementary school shooting since Sandy Hook, the media’s myopic obsession with gas prices or Biden’s poll numbers, and–worst of all–the possible loss of another one of American’s rights with the overturning of Roe…
Episode 91–War on Reality: Comic-Con, QAnon, and Russia’s Con
Alabama Liberal looks at the ongoing “War on Reality” from Moscow to Florida, and a world swimming in propaganda and fantasy. This thoughtful exploration of a culture drowning in malarky also comes up with a way out of the war, a new direction for Russia, a solution for Marjorie Taylor-Green and Lauren Boebert, and refutes…
Episode 90–Year of the Tiger: Biden, Year 2
What does the year ahead hold for Biden’s Presidency and the upcoming senate races? Alabama Liberal offers a guess, and then takes a deep dive into why Biden’s poll numbers have been dropping (often for contradictory reasons), the illusion that Democrats are “blowing it,” the madman on the loose that is Donald Trump, why the…
Episode 89–National Response Scenario 6: Toxic Industrial Chemicals
In his long-awaited 89th episode (and the end of the quintet of episodes around large, often-ignored issues), Alabama Liberal looks at the enormous difference between how CoVid is treated and how toxic industrial chemicals polluting humanity are treated. Many questions are asked like: Why don’t people care more about “Forever Chemicals” in their bloodstream? Do…
Episode 88–Old Testament Government vs. New Testament Government
The subtitle for this episode is “America Has the World’s Most Rightwing Healthcare System,” and is about where America’s singular(ly bad) healthcare system comes from, why it hasn’t changed, the unexplored role doctors play in that change, and why people are so skeptical of the American medical establishment. Also, Afghanistan, the Olympics, CoVid’s resurgence, and…
Episode 87–The American Voter vs. The American Worker
Feeling patriotic due to the 4th of July, Alabama Liberal talks about voting rights and disenfranchisement, and argues that a democracy is only as good as its voter turnout and/or access. Also, in this episode he notes the tension between democracy and “the economy,” as well as demographic differences in the average American voter vs…