Atlas Free Radio - Averroes Part 3! - PLUS: Science Silenced!

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

This thing is getting better and better. My respect,

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Ep. 2.0(a): The Dutch Elections (Pt1of2)

We're back and launching Episode 2.0 with this installment about the upcoming election in the Netherlands. Czar Nick Tweed interviews our newly minted Vice Czar for Dutch Affairs David. They look at the peculiar centrist alliance that is wildly unpopular and liable to be replaced with a similarly unpalatable coalition of unlikely partners.

Part one of a two-part interview.

Listen here! (Warning: contains profanity.)

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Ep. 2.0(b): The Dutch Elections (Pt2of2)

Czar Nick Tweed and Vice Czar for Dutch Affairs David look into the sense of dissatisfaction across the Netherlands with aspects of European Union policies as the country heads to the polls on March 15.

Part two of a two-part interview.

Listen here! (Warning: contains profanity.)

[NeverAgain]

Can I make a request to have Averroes back to discuss RyanCare? If he'll do it of course.

[Ebowed]

Can I make a request to have Averroes back to discuss RyanCare? If he'll do it of course.

I second this request - and will forward it to the appropriate channels!

Were you still interested in participating?  We are always looking for guests who are eager to contribute.

[NeverAgain]

Can I make a request to have Averroes back to discuss RyanCare? If he'll do it of course.

I second this request - and will forward it to the appropriate channels!

Were you still interested in participating?  We are always looking for guests who are eager to contribute.

Love to! Please message me with anytime y'all are free!

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I tend to be online to read, and not to listen, but I'd like to get around to these things eventually. I can't imagine that my own "expertise" would be good for any topics y'all discuss, though I am a college student, so that could be something.

[Ebowed]

We have received some feedback on AAD that the noncommercial breaks unnecessarily interrupt the flow of the program.  I would appreciate further constructive feedback from anyone here who has ideas about how to improve the program, whether it's regarding the overall format, or anything more specific than that.  Thanks, everybody!

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Ep. 2.0(d): King on Ryancare

Czar Nick Tweed and our Distinguished Vice Czar for Political Economy King discuss the upcoming House vote on the wretched bill to defederalize Medicaid and repeal the ACA, come to known as "Ryancare." They discuss the consequences of making health insurance so deliberately expensive, particularly from a public health perspective.

Listen here! (Warning: contains profanity.)

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Ep. 3.0(a): Vice Czar Hash on April 23 French Presidential Election

Czar Nick Tweed is back on the airwaves as he talks to our Vice Czar for Intercontinental Affairs Hash on the April 23rd French election. Shaping up to be a barnburner! We dissect the possibilities.

NOTE: This is UNEDITED! The first unedited clip in AFR history. Well done, Nick. According to the Collective Bargaining Agreement he still receives credit as a producer...

Listen here! (Warning: contains profanity.)

#CantRebukeTheJeanLuc

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Ep. 3.0(b): Retromike interviews Bacon King, Part I: The Democratic Party

FIRST GUEST EPISODE! For all the tweed-haters out there, here is your chance: with Nick and Ebowed busy "relocating capital in the Southern hemisphere", Vice Czars Retromike22 and Bacon King collaborate to discuss the Democratic Party.

Lots of creativity here!  Puts Nick and Dan to shame.

Part I of a two-part series.

Listen here! (Warning: contains profanity.)

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CANONICAL AFR RECAPITULATION


Episode 0.9 (PRE- JAN 20)

TEASER I: "Czar Dan Bickers & Czar Nick Tweed" (w/ Tweed & Ebowed)
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/atlas-free-radio-episode-09-teaser

TEASER II: "Interview from Dixie Foiled"
 https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/299106326

IPU KEITH ELLISON ENDORSEMENT:
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ipu-spot-keith-for-dnc-chair

Ep. 0.9(a): "Czar Nick Tweed EXTENDED Interview with Baconomics (first official release!)" w/ Bacon King  
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/atlas-free-radio-episode-09a-teaser-interview-with-baconomics

Ep. 0.9(b) - "Tweed interviews KING" w/ King  
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-09b-tweed-interviews-king-part-i

Ep. 0.9(c): "A Conversation Between Two Berniecrats on a Snowy Day" w/ Averroes    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-09c-a-conversation-between-two-berniecrats-on-a-snowy-day

Ep. 0.9(d): "Averroes on Obamacare" w/ Averroes    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/episode-09d-averroes-on-obamacare

Ep. 0.9(e): "Teaser: Reaganfan on Obama & Trump"
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-09-teaser-reaganfan-on-obama-trump

Ep. 0.9(f): "Tweed Interviews Reaganfan, Part 1"
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-09f-tweed-interviews-reaganfan-part-1

Ep. 0.9(g): "Tweed & King on the Economy, Foreign Affairs"
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-09g-tweed-king-on-the-economy-foreign-affairs

Ep. 0.9(h): "Inside White Nationalism with Francis Marion McNamara IV (Part 1)" w/ Mopsus    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-09h-inside-white-nationalism-with-francis-marion-mcnamara-iv

Ep. 0.9(i): "Tweed Interviews Reaganfan, Part 2"
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-09i-tweed-interviews-reaganfan-part-2

Ep. 0.9(j): "Bookend with Tweed & Dan"
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-09j-bookend-with-tweed-dan


EPISODE 1.0 (Jan 27 - Feb 27)

Ep. 1.0(a): "Full Interview with Castro, Vice Czar for Federal District Affairs" w/ Castro
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-10a-full-interview-with-castro-vice-czar-for-federal-district-affairs

Ep. 1.0(b): "Inside White Nationalism with Francis Marion McNamara IV (Pt 2)" w/ Mopsus    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/episode-10b-inside-white-nationalism-with-francis-marion-mcnamara-iv-pt-2

Ep. 1.0(c): "Minnesota Politics with BRTD" w/ BRTD  
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-10c-minnesota-politics-with-brtd

Ep. 1.0(d): "Ireland Reckons with Brexit (Pt1of2)" w/ Gully Foyle
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-10d-ireland-reckons-with-brexit-pt1of2

Ep. 1.0(e): "Ireland Reckons with Brexit (Pt2of2)"
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-10e-ireland-reckons-with-brexit-pt2of2

Ep. 1.0(f): "The French Presidential Election (Pt1of2)" w/ Hashemite
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-10f-the-french-presidential-election-pt1of2

Ep. 1.0(g): "The French Presidential Election (Pt2of2) with Colombia Recap"    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-10g-the-french-presidential-election-pt2of2-with-colombia-recap

Ep. 1.0(h): "The State of the Kingdom (Pt1of2)" w/ Al    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-10h-the-state-of-the-kingdom-pt1of2

Ep. 1.0(j): "The State of the Kingdom (Pt2of2)"    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-10j-the-state-of-the-kingdom-pt2of2


EPISODE 2.0 (Mar 2 - Mar 23)

Ep. 2.0(a): "The Dutch Elections (Pt1of2)" w/ DavidB    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-20a-the-dutch-elections-pt1of2

Ep. 2.0(b): "The Dutch Elections (Pt2of2)"    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-20b-the-dutch-elections-pt2of2

"Provisional Atlas Free Radio Theme Song (Straight Outta Hudson Mixtape)"
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/potentialthemesongedit

Ep. 2.0(c): "King Teaser" w/ King  
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/king-3-teaser

Ep. 2.0(d): "King on Ryancare"
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/ep-20d-king-on-ryancare


EPISODE 3.0 (April 13 - present)

Ep. 3.0(a): "Vice Czar Hash on April 23 French Presidential Election" w/ Hashemite    
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/vice-czar-hash-on-april-23-french-presidential-election

Ep. 3.0(b): "Retromike interviews Bacon King, Part I: The Democratic Party" w/ Retromike22 & Bacon King
 https://soundcloud.com/atlas-free/retromike-interviews-baconking-part-1-fixed-audio

You can alternatively track our catalog off of the forum here.  Enjoy!

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Ep. 3.0(c): Retromike interviews Bacon King, Part II: The 2016 Election & Other Musings

FIRST GUEST EPISODE, CONTINUED.

Part II of a two-part series.

Listen here! (Warning: contains profanity.)

[retromike22]

Who wants to be interviewed by me next?!

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Ep. 4.0(a): French Election Retrospective feat. Tweed, Hash Pt. I

As promised, Distinguished Vice Czar Hash joins Tweed to react to the First Round of the French presidential Election.

This is Part I of a loosely structured two-part segment. Part I focuses attention on Melenchon, Fillon, statistics from the First Round, and future prospects for the left. Part II will focus more on Le Pen, Macron, and the political geography and demography of the French elections.

Listen here!  (Warning: contains profanity.)

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Ep. 4.0(b): French Election Retrospective feat. Tweed, Hash Pt. II

Czar Nick Tweed and our Distinguished Vice Czar for Intercontinental Affairs Hashemite discuss the impending run-off election between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron, and offer their predictions. Le Pen's only chance seemingly relies on abysmally low turnout. Will the polls be dead on the money twice in a row, or can Le Pen shock everyone with a better performance than expected?

Part two of a two-part interview.

Listen here! (Warning: contains profanity.)


Don't forget, all of our episodes are available for you to download from Soundcloud so that you can listen at your own convenience!

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Ep. 4.0(c): Gully on the UK Snap Election (Pt1of3)

Our host Czar Nick Tweed talks with Distinguished Vice Czar for the Celtic Isles Gully Foyle about the upcoming UK snap election on June 8. As the UK deals with the fall out from their referendum on leaving the European Union, Theresa May appears to be running a secretive and entitled campaign with as little interaction with the public as possible. Despite this, she is the heavy favorite to win an increased majority and plunge the nation into an unplanned economy where the main focus of the government will be protecting the expectations of property owners.

Part one of a three-part interview.

Listen here! (Warning: contains profanity.)

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Ep. 4.0(d): Gully on the UK Snap Election (Pt2of3)

Czar Nick Tweed and our Distinguished Vice Czar for Celtic Isles Affairs Gully discuss the political mood in Northern Ireland and Scotland as Theresa May pushes the UK government towards an ill-conceived "hard Brexit" strategy.

Part two of a three-part interview.

Listen here! (Warning: contains profanity.)

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Ep. 5.0(a): Retromike interviews Jimmie on Automation, Technology, and Job Losses

Host Retromike interviews jimmie on the impact of automation and technology on job losses, particularly in the manufacturing industry. This includes the tales of jimmie nearly throwing his cell phone in a phone argument with automated customer service and Mike's bizarre experience with a robot concierge. We also mock low energy loser Ann Wagner and sprinkle in a bit of Missouri politics, and we also briefly discuss why automated riot control may not be such a good idea. Also in the spirit of social justice warrior inclusion, we have our first junk poll that surveys robots on their approval of working class voters!

Listen here!

[jamestroll]

I am doing a second one quite soon. I was a bit rushed at the end as policy proosals to solve this issue can not be discussed in five minutes.

So the second one will be on policy proposals.

But ultimately automation causes labor disruption and not necessarily a net job loss.

[retromike22]

To everyone:

I have written an AFR program with individual segments that I can modify to your particular topics. You choose the topics that you are most comfortable with, then I host the discussion. I also do the editing + adding music/sound effects. Please pm me if you're interested in contributing.

[NeverAgain]

I really enjoyed the most recent episode. May I ask that when you do your part II, there be a question about the minimum wage in relation to automation, as it has been at the forefront of the argument against raising it. Thanks!

[jamestroll]

I really enjoyed the most recent episode. May I ask that when you do your part II, there be a question about the minimum wage in relation to automation, as it has been at the forefront of the argument against raising it. Thanks!

Thank you!

I am hoping I am more coherent in the second half.

And yes the minimum wage discussion will be included on this one.

It is sort of looking like this in the outline right now:

1. Hot take or Junk Poll
2. Main Topic: Solutions to Automation
A) Could conservatives be right about minimum wage and regulation [to an extent maybe and this will obviously be short)
B) proposal on tax on technology? [maybe to a small extent but it could backfire with outsourcing]
C) Universal Basic Income [how do you fund it???]
D) Education/Training. Shift yourself with the job market.
E) Best solution (We will pick)
3. Junk Poll, Low Energy Loser, or Resistance Report


I honestly want to cut the hot take/junk poll and the last part off and just focus on the solutions. It takes a long time to discuss. Automation impacting or "destroying" jobs will certainly be a more persuasive issue going forward but I think the impact on job loss is way overblown.

I do not think we should fear raising the minimum wage based on robots taking low level positions because 1) Automation is coming, 2) these industries often demand a humanized touch and 3) businesses may be put in a catch 22. If everything is automated they save money but there are less people with jobs and thus less people able to purchase their goods.

With that I could already seeing conservatives argue against any form of universal basic income as they would say, "it would encourage companies to automate more and put more people out of work"

And of course this issue also can be awkward to cruel to discuss. Think of how disheartened some people could be, often through unfortunate life circumstances, of being told that they have to be paid a low wage or they could lose their job to a robot! Paying someone minimum wage is is basically saying you want to pay that employee less but you can not because it is illegal.

Tax on technology and businesses.. could back fire if business put their headquarters overseas.

I think right now the best solution is to just deal with it and go with the flow and depend on education and training to access new positions. 

I mean just a simple google search brings up this: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/jobs-didnt-exist/

But it is worth noting those positions are less numerous compared to taco bell cashiers.

This is an issue governments just are not prepared to deal with and overblown or not it will have to be dealt with.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     This most recent episode looks really interesting. I have been having earbud problems, but once I get it sorted out I am definitely listening to it.

[jamestroll]

Lol, Wagner is overrated but McCaskill isn't? The McCaskill cult just won't shut the hell up.

She is not an unbeatable titan and never has really had to face a competitive race. Though I do agree she would be a strong candidate against McCaskill than Hawley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zzqEA9N2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zzqEA9N2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zzqEA9N2A

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zzqEA9N2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zzqEA9N2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zzqEA9N2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zzqEA9N2A

And even if a candidate is over rated it does not mean they will lose. Blunt was overrated and Kander was underrated early in the campaign but Blunt still won and Kander still lost at the end.

and the second half may be entirely related to automation to evade something like this.

And perhaps Wagner would be the front runner to the US Senate with no question if her staff and her self would actually respond to her damn constituents.