What if we Tried Something Different?: A Conversation with Joanna Johnson

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Today’s guest Joanna Johnson, internet sensation and brilliant teacher otherwise known as Unlearn16, reminds us that capitalism isn’t our natural state. We pretend this economic system failing us is out of our hands, but we’re the one’s who built it. It’s man made. We can change the game because we made the game, and it’s possible the fascism we’re seeing is simply the result of end stage capitalism. We’re at a tipping point, and the time might be coming to flip the board. What if we weren’t afraid of change? What if we built something new? What if things really could get better? But you have to understand where you came from to know where you’re going, so that’s what we’re going to focus on today. As always, if you find worth in what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free and it, and the the rants delivered directly to your inbox so even if we’re shut out of social media, you’ll still get access to the most highly researched, factual information available. Independent media needs your support now more than ever. Go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thank you so much! xoPG Guest social: https://unlearn16.com/ As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl This episode is sponsored by… https://3DayBlinds.com/politicsgirl https://laundrysauce.com code: PoliticsGirl20 https://WildAlaskanCompany.com/PoliticsGirl https://calm.com/politicsgirl DeleteMe - TEXT: politicsgirl to 64000

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0:00.0	There's a flaw in a society whose economic ideology and goal is mass production and mass consumption.
0:10.0	What are we doing?
0:12.0	How long do we think?
0:16.0	How is it even rational to create an economic system that isn't based on intelligent design,
0:24.5	that isn't based on what we need and how we progress,
0:28.0	that isn't based on innovation and awareness and progress of the future,
0:32.7	it's based on making a bunch of crap so people buy a bunch of crap.
0:47.6	Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.
0:52.9	I don't know about you, but I am feeling overwhelmed
0:55.3	lately. The Trump administration's plan to flood the zone with so many terrible things that we can't
1:00.1	manage is proving to be very effective. And my job of being informed so I can sort through all of the
1:05.1	things and bring you the most essential things has been hard. Work, yes, but also on my soul. And I imagine if you are paying attention,
1:13.2	you often feel the same way. So today, instead of just focusing on the Republicans' terrible
1:17.7	budget or the hateful immigration roundups or the importing of white supremacists from South Africa,
1:23.5	that terrifying meetup of the world's worst leaders and the tech billionaires in Saudi Arabia,
1:28.5	we are going to back it up, way up, to a 30,000-foot view, and talk about two major ideas
1:34.6	that I'm not sure we all understand as well as we could, capitalism and socialism. Of course,
1:39.9	current events will still make an appearance, but if you want to fix something, it is best to
1:43.8	know how it
1:44.3	works. To help me do this, I have asked one of my favorite online creators to join me, a high school
1:49.6	teacher, IRL, Joanna Johnson's influence extends far beyond her classrooms. Under the handle of
1:55.6	unlearn 16, Joanna uses humor and sarcasm to expand the knowledge of her well over four million followers
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