Michael and Us: America Would Never
Jacobin Radio
Jacobin
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
A ragtag gang of Beltway misfits discover how to start a proxy war in CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (2007), a lighthearted look at American intervention from the combined forces of Tom Hanks, Mike Nichols, and Aaron Sorkin. We discuss how this celebration of the Reagan Doctrine from the very heart of "liberal Hollywood" offers a, shall we say, sanitized version of the end of the Cold War. PLUS: We discuss matters Pablo-matic and not.
Preorder "Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality," the new Ed Broadbent memoir coauthored by our own Luke Savage - https://ecwpress.com/products/seeking-social-democracy-ed-broadbent
"Fake News" by our own Luke Savage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crSeqJafFt8&ab_channel=JusticeDemocrats
"With Hannah Gadsby’s ‘It’s Pablo-matic,’ the Joke’s on the Brooklyn Museum" by Jason Farago - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/arts/design/hannah-gadsby-brooklyn-museum-picasso.html
"The True Mystery in James Comey’s Crime Novel" by Jacob Bacharach - https://newrepublic.com/article/172553/true-mystery-james-comeys-crime-novel-central-park-west-review
Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.
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| 0:00.0 | Wohnung |
| 0:13.7 | Hi, welcome to Michael and us. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Will Slone here as always with Luke Savage |
| 0:17.4 | welcome back folks |
| 0:18.7 | Big week for Luke Savage |
| 0:20.1 | Uh the big project much alluded |
| 0:22.6 | to never fully articulated has been |
| 0:25.7 | announced. What is that? |
| 0:26.8 | Seeking social democracy |
| 0:28.5 | We were able to finally reveal the cover last week. |
| 0:32.5 | I'm going to say what the book is. |
| 0:34.2 | It's a book, he co-wrote a book. |
| 0:36.4 | Yes, I co-wrote a book with Ed Broadbent, |
| 0:39.4 | the former leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, |
| 0:42.7 | sort of from the mid-70s up until about 1990. |
| 0:46.3 | One of the most important political figures |
| 0:49.1 | in Canadian history, folks. |
| 0:50.9 | Yeah, the book will be out on October 10th. |
| 0:53.2 | It's available for pre-order now. |
| 0:55.1 | I'm really pleased with how it turned out. |
| 0:56.9 | I mean, it's partly a memoir, |
| 0:58.5 | but it also features dialogues between myself and Ed |
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