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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Bonus Sample #265 The Laughter to Darkness Ratio

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Original Air Date: 2-23-23

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss:

- Briefly celebrating a Super Bowl victory

- Extinguishing empathy for profit

- Manifesting disaster through film

- The Ohio derailment

- The value of ownership

- Reducing workplace stressors

REFERENCES:

‘You unleash hell on your kids’: Central Texas mom warns parents about ‘Hocus Pocus 2′

After East Palestine derailment, a resident reflects on Ohio movie "White Noise"

The Ohio derailment is an inflection point that shows that business will drive over our bodies to make a buck.

Norfolk Southern is giving $25,000 to an Ohio town where it caused a life-or-death evacuation

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0:00.0

Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left Podcast.

0:10.2

This is a sample of our recent bonus episode, usually only available to members.

0:14.3

These episodes are comprised of our crew of researchers, Amanda and myself all getting

0:18.7

together for a roundtable discussion on topics that we find interesting.

0:22.8

So here's a few minutes for free so you can know what all the fuss is about.

0:26.3

There's a story, there's a big news story from last fall that I actually missed and

0:36.8

Amanda brought to my attention.

0:39.4

A local mom is causing some controversy on social media after coming out against Disney's

0:45.2

popular new Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus 2.

0:49.2

News 10's Roses Shaw sat down with the mother who got emotional over her concerns for other

0:54.8

families and the media they're consuming.

0:59.8

A worst case scenario is that you unleash hell on your kids and in your home.

1:06.9

Jamie Gooch is a mother of three and the owner of Gooch Family Farms in Troy.

1:12.4

I love everything to do with house and home.

1:16.3

I believe everything starts here.

1:18.5

This time of year, fall harvest is heavily celebrated in their household, but Halloween

1:24.2

is not.

1:25.7

It grieves me the thought of exposing our kids to darkness.

1:30.9

Gooch says there's a spiritual war being waged against homes in America and Hollywood

1:36.4

is part of the problem and right now one film in particular.

1:41.1

Home movie is based on which is harvesting children for blood sacrifices.

1:47.0

Gooch advises moms against letting their kids watch Hocus Pocus 2.

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