Interesting story about the history of zombies in Haiti, as it related to French colonization and slavery.

Source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTTGTm2NXnV/

NPR Throughline (podcast):
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline

Rund Abdelfatah (producer):
https://www.npr.org/people/705948878/rund-abdelfatah

#Zombies #Haiti #French #Colonization #Slavery #History #Throughline

Useful #AI history lesson from #NPR #Throughline: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161883646/a-more-perfect-human

We had a discussion this morning about reducing our sugar intake, and then this was my next podcast up. Eye-opening report on sugar, corn, and our need to cut both out of our lives. #Throughline #NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1140995918/400-years-of-sweetness

I'm really loving this episode of #Throughline about the #BlackPantherParty. After #currentlyreading How #Capitalism Underdeveloped Black #America, I will definitely start Black Against Empire, by Joshua Bloom & Waldo Martin. It's been languishing on the to-read list FAR too long!

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/31/1152784993/the-real-black-panthers-2021

Regardless of where you lie in the #AyanRand spectrum; capitalist, socialist, atheist, religious, pro/anti choice, this #podcast by #throughline is a comprehensive wrap on her life, work and flawed philosophy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throughline/id1451109634?i=1000591042591

A detailed, insightful podcast by #Throughline. “Is the U.S. on the brink of civil war?” takes a deeper look at what we mean when we say civil war, how exactly the country reached this political moment, and where we go from here.” #npr #polarization #civilwar

https://one.npr.org/i/1131732636:1131759223

#NPR #Throughline #newguildedage
The new NPR Throughline episode is pretty wild. It opens up deeply critical of the Robber Barons like JDR but then turns into a puff piece about the Gates Foundation. And it feels way outdated, like 2005.

With all the #ElonMusk news, I remembered this #Throughline episode I heard a while back, "The New Gilded Age". It relates to #billionares and the #SuperRich, and outlines the history and evolution of American #philanthropy.

It's 50 minutes, but please consider giving it a listen. Great background on how we got to where we are.

My takeaway is that billionaires, philanthropy, and #foundations are anti-democratic.

#AntiDemocratic #Twitter #GatesFoundation #BillGates

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/1094794267/the-new-gilded-age

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle."

Frederick Douglass

#NPR's #Throughline episode on #voting starts with a boom.

Listen to: The Most Sacred Right (2020) - https://one.npr.org/i/1133302141:1133321337

#elections #advocacy #freedom #FrederickDouglass #Democracy

#ListeningTo

#Throughline (#NPR)

"#Ukraine's Dangerous Independence"

Broadcast on March 10, 202212:01 AM ET

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/08/1085233552/ukraines-dangerous-independence

#History #Politics