School’s Out For Rapture ft. Josh Boerman

TRASHFUTURE

Comedy

4.6 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Josh Boerman from The Worst of All Possible Worlds joins the entire gang to discuss the Christian Dominionist designs on American society through the lens of the "school choice" campaign led by, among others, West Michigan's very own Betsy DeVos. We look at parallels between similar movements here, and how they link to other demands made by the same people. The Worst of All Possible Worlds (@TWOAPW) is a weekly podcast of case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Co-hosts Josh (@boshj) and Brian (@spocks_brian) grew up evangelical in Michigan and New Mexico, while A.J. (@thefuzzymask) grew up Catholic in California. Together, we deconstruct how narrative and artistic choices in popular media reflect or subvert the ongoing reactionary project in contemporary America and the world at large. TWOAPW official website: https://www.worstpossible.world TWOAPW on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll Link to the article Josh wrote about Betsy DeVos for an an alumni literary journal: https://thepostcalvin.com/betsy-devos-wants-students-to-compete-for-academic-opportunity-and-thats-a-problem-heres-why/

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone.
0:14.5	And welcome back to this vintage TF recording.
0:19.3	It's the vintage one.
0:21.4	We found this cassette in a bin around the back of the studio.
0:25.8	Sam is that podcast.
0:27.2	Due to the fact that I don't know what's happened with Nate's computer, I assume,
0:32.9	is he's gotten out his old steam-powered computer that doesn't work with Zencaster, which we usually use.
0:39.2	We are having a conversation on Skype today. So shine up your penny farthing, put a coal in the
0:45.1	coal drop, and toss a hay penny to the nearest orphan because we are engaging in some antiquated
0:51.4	technology. This is Steampunk TF on Skype.
0:54.9	I'm actually calling in from a phone box in the rain.
0:57.5	I'm wearing a big trench coat and a Troy Trilby hat.
1:00.3	And I'm going to have a problem, see?
1:02.2	I'm just putting some, like, lyrics that really speak to me in my MSN messenger status.
1:07.7	And I'm ready to record a podcast.
1:09.6	You're nudging all of us.
1:11.0	It's funny you should mention that because I had a job years ago that they used AOL
1:16.3	Instant Messenger as like an in-house thing for communication because it was like super
1:22.1	surveillable or not encrypted or whatever.
1:24.8	And I was able to, I don't know how, but I remembered my password to my
1:28.3	old AIM account from college and logged into it. And I did actually manage to get in and see
1:33.2	my saved buddy list from like 2002 and everyone's just absolutely awful fucking names. And it was
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