#71: Collective Bargaining For Better Yachts (feat. Ryan Kekeris)

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The Current Affairs panel welcomes a guest - Ryan Kekeris (@punished_ryan), director of communications of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. In this episode, Ryan explains the ins and outs of the PRO Act, Sparky gives us a potted history of trade routes, and the team explore what it means to turn powerlessness into power. The panel this week was Ryan Kekeris, finance editor Sparky Abraham, senior editor Brianna Rennix, and host Nick Slater. Sign up for PRO Act phonebanking: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/proactphonebank William F. Buckley/Ronald Reagan Canal Debate: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/01/24/the-canal-debate/43b772f5-beab-48ba-bb43-25aa5782302a/ Otters helping each other over a wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXRsjYIuP6Y This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.

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0:00.0	Live from Studio H3 World Headquarters is the Current Affairs podcast, our ears finest hour of politics and culture.
0:05.9	Tonight, on the menu, we have a three-course meal for the mind featuring the Pro Act.
0:09.7	Will it make your job less bad?
0:11.7	See anal woes.
0:13.6	Canal woes.
0:14.3	Sorry.
0:14.8	It's a reminder that we live in a physical world full of tubes and shit.
0:17.5	And finally, to top it all off, powerlessness.
0:22.6	What's the deal with it? And how do you deal with it?
0:24.6	I'm your temporary host, managing editor for online articles, Nick Slater, and I'm joined by an all-star
0:29.6	cast of your favorite current affairs editors that includes Finan's editor, Sparky Abraham.
0:33.6	Good morning, Nick.
0:34.6	Good morning, Sparky.
0:35.6	Senior editor, Brianna Renix.
0:38.3	Hi, guys.
0:39.3	Hello, Brianna.
0:40.3	And also, today we are joined by an extremely special guest, an extremely special guest.
0:45.3	His name, Ryan Kekaris.
0:47.3	Keckaris.
0:48.3	Good morning, good morning.
0:50.3	Nobody laughed at the joke.
0:53.3	Ryan. I hear it 50-50, so it's fine, good morning. Nobody laughed at the joke. Ryan.
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