“The Human Shock Doctrine hits Puerto Rico” w/ Naomi Klein and Jamil Smith

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Ana Marie Cox, Open Mike Eagle, and Andrew Steven

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4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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“The Human Shock Doctrine hits Puerto Rico” w/ Naomi Klein and Jamil Smith With a friend like the United States, does Puerto Rico need enemies? Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein) stops by to discuss how the U.S. government created the preconditions for the island’s unnatural (very much man-made) disaster. And Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) helps answer a listener question about an awkward conversation at the office. Bonus mini-essay for listeners that make it all the way to the end. Find us on Twitter at @crooked_friends. Email us at withfriendslikepod@gmail.com. Thank you to our wonderful sponsors! TrackR: Receive 20% off any order at TheTrackR.com/friends Stamps.com: Get a four-week trial plus postage by visiting stamps.com with promo code FRIENDS. Helix: Go to HelixSleep.com/Ana and get $50 off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Anna Raycox.
0:04.0	Welcome to With Friends Like These, a show about awkward conversations and messy coalitions.
0:10.9	And we've got both on the show today.
0:12.8	First up, With Friends Like the United States does Puerto Rico need enemies.
0:17.2	We'll be talking to Naomi Klein about that.
0:19.6	She's been studying Puerto Rico for a while and she's the author of such books as Shock
0:23.4	Doctor and her most recent, No is Not Enough.
0:26.8	And we'll get into kind of the history behind both of those things in the first segment.
0:31.5	And then in the second segment, I talked to my former MTV colleague, Jamil Smith, about
0:36.9	a letter we got from a reader who wants to know after bringing up Cam Newton's show
0:42.7	of anistic remarks with a colleague, where is his metal?
0:46.4	Jamil and I have a lot to say about that.
0:48.8	So stay tuned.
0:54.8	I'd like to welcome to the show, Naomi Klein.
0:57.2	She is the author of No is Not Enough and a senior correspondent at the intercept.
1:01.4	And she's also a puffin fellow at the nation, which I'm just going to choose to believe
1:05.5	is named after the bird.
1:07.5	Welcome, Naomi.
1:08.6	It means I pal around with puffins.
1:10.6	Well, I'd prefer them to humans at this point.
1:13.4	Great to be with you.
1:16.4	Except for you.
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