144 - The Present Moment & Bill de Blasio's Budget ft. Noam Chomsky & Madina Touré + POSTGAME & MORE!

TMBS aired on Jun 16, 2020

Episode summary:

Tyson is using the pandemic to hyper exploit their workers. 

Madina Toure on what De Blasio’s budget promises actually mean. 

Charlie Kirk’s sloppy history of philosophy. 

During the GEM, David breaks down why the Trump recovery is BS. 

And we debut the 1st half of our interview with Chomsky. 

POSTGAME

Other content Michael released between TMBS 144 & 145:

TMBS Doc: Labor Power & The New Deal ft. Harvey Kaye

Our new Illicit History of the New Deal

Produced by Vic Vaiana   

Narrated by Harvey Kaye   

Follow The Michael Brooks Show and crew on twitter: @TMBSfm @_michaelbrooks @mattlech @davidslavick @davidgriscom 

#TMBSSunday - The Pakistani State & its Political Personalities ft. @TheseLongWars (Part 2)

@TheseLongWars returns to guide us through the myraid personalities that have dominated the recent history of Pakistani politics. Benazir Bhutto's rise and assassination. Nawaz Sharif and military party politics. Elections and their lack in Pakistan. The social forces that led to Imran Kahn. General Zia's 1988 plane crash. 1999 Pakistani coup d'état and the General Musharraf era. Imran Kahn as the Trump-like froth of Pakistani neoliberal politics.

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