Will the Healing Between Progressive Democrats and Centrists Be Set Back By Tuesday’s Primary in Wisconsin?
We begin with whether the healing process underway in Michigan between progressive and centrist Democrats will put the divisions to rest or will Tuesday’s primary election revive them if the DSA candidate for governor of Wisconsin wins the nomination but is likely to lose in November reversing the eight years of progress to undo Republican misrule by Governor Tony Evers. Joining us is Ryan Cooper, Senior Editor at The American Prospect and the Cohost of the Left Anchor podcast as well as the author of How are You Going to Pay for That? Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics. We discuss his latest article at The American Prospect,“Can DSA’s Francesca Hong Win in Cheese Country?”
After Damaging Our Economy, Alliances, Health, Education, Science, Environment, Political Stability, National Cohesion and Rule of Law, Trump is Now Ruining Our Military
Then we look into how Trump’s destruction of our economy, alliances, health, education, science, environment, political
Cory Doctorow On How To Think About AI Before It’s Too Late
Then finally we speak with Cory Doctorow, a science fiction author, activist and journalist whose many books include The Lost Cause, a solarpunk science-fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency, The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, Chokepoint Capitalism and, most recently, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. He is a Visiting Professor at Cornell University, an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, as well as a Professor of Computer Science at the Open University. We discuss his new book, an instant New York Times bestseller, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It’s Too Late.