This week Brooke talks to Buzzfeed senior culture writer Anne Helen Petersen about whose voices and experiences are prioritized in presidential remembrances and why they leave us with an incomplete picture.

Ch. 3: Explaining George H.W. Bush's involvement in obstruction of justice under Nixon - Bag Man - Air Date 11-11-18

After learning that his own Justice Department is investigating his crimes, Vice President Spiro Agnew embarks on a secret, behind-the-scenes effort… to obstruct justice. It’s a scheme that ends up involving George H.W. Bush

Ch. 4: Harold Meyerson on how George H.W. Bush Gave Us Today’s Republican Party - Start Making Sense from @TheNation - Air Date 12-4-18

George H. W. Bush paved the way for today’s Republican party with his racist Willy Horton campaign, the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, and pardoning the Iran-Contra conspirator whose trial would have exposed his own abuse of power.

Ch. 5: Thoughts on George H.W. Bush's environmental legacy - Bradcast from @TheBradBlog - Air Date 12-2-18

We review parts of Bush Sr.’s legacy today — without either dancing on his grave or lionizing — particularly on the environment.

Ch. 6: President Bush on civil rights and the nomination of Clarence Thomas - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 12-3-18

A panel of experts looks at some of the actions of George H.W. Bush that warrant a more critical response.

Ch. 7: George H.W. Bush and the war on drugs - @tmbsfm with @_michaelbrooks - Air Date 12-3-18

We discuss George HW Bush's legacy of decimation and murder.

Ch. 8: George H. W. Bush, American War Criminal - @Intercepted w @JeremyScahill - Air Date 12-4-18

Jeremy Scahill details the crimes of George H.W. Bush, the sick propaganda of the corporate media memorials; and the trail of blood, death, and tears Bush leaves behind.

VOICEMAILS

Ch. 9: Powerful vs vulnerable in privacy and transparency - Terry from New York

Ch. 10: Thoughts on the Brazilian election and the global right-wing backlash - Jeff from California

FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 11: Final comments on this one weird trick that could improve our debate-based media immeasurably

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Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
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0:51.1	And now welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left podcast in which we shall
0:55.4	learn about the life and times of George H.W. Bush.
0:59.2	Clips today come from counterspin on the media, bag man, start making sense, the Bradcast,
1:06.1	the Brian Lairr show, the Michael Brooks show, and intercepted.
1:16.3	The Daily Beast saw itself scoring easy points off TV chat show The View, chiding hosts
1:23.0	for disagreeing in a discussion of recently deceased former president George H.W. Bush.
1:30.5	Quote, if there was one thing it seemed most Americans could agree on this weekend, it
1:36.3	was that former president George H.W. Bush was generally a good man who had the country's
1:42.2	best interest at heart.
1:44.5	And yet somehow the hosts of the view still found a way to turn his tribute into an argument.
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