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Midterms, face sitting, satanic panic, and raising hell. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Greetings, party ghouls! For Halloween this year, Jamie brought in her brother in darkness Jake Flores to discuss the original Hellraiser (1987) as well as a couple of spooky short stories from Clive Barker's 'Books Of Blood' anthology series: "The Body Politic" and "In The Hills, The Cities." How was Barker, a gay man, intervening in media narratives around HIV/AIDS with his interdimensional leather daddy BDSM demons? Is the body horror prevalent in Barker's short stories driven by fear of Soviet collectivism? And what do the cenobites do all day while they wait for someone to solve the puzzle box? FULL EP AT patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Jake discusses Achilles Mbembe's 2019 text Necropolitics but first, Turnstile, Lula, basketball, Nithya Raman, and ass.

We talk about MADD, drunk driving and how the United States' uniquely stupid, yet weird to care too much about drinking age of 21 came about. Primary source: https://www.rittlit.com/andrew-barr-books/drink-a-social-history-of-america

We're joined by journalist Kylie Cheung to discuss her new book Playing the Victim: How the Powerful Deny and Attack Survivors of Violence, from Domestic Abuse to Genocide. But first, Brazilian debate mogging, French uprising coverage and Jake might start taking schizophrenia pills. Get Kylie's book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/826796/playing-the-victim-by-kylie-cheung/ Her other work: https://www.kyliewrites.net/ Subscribe to our bonus feed to support the show and get extra episodes: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Essay on: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma by Jane Shoenbrun Embracing Alienation: Why We Shouldn't Try To Find Ourselves by Todd McGowan Jokes

We talk about Ukraine's airstrike on a Russian bot-farm as well as big tech's impact on the Brazilian election, ICE, Zohran and Tisch and Anders' deep dive on NYPD and Minneapolis Police Department reformer Tony Bouza. ALSO Jake interviews Anders about his new movie Kitchen Conversations. Shameless plugs: Sign up for Means TV with promo code ANDERS: https://means.tv/ Tony Bouza article: https://racketmn.com/reexamining-the-legacy-tony-bouza-the-in-your-face-progressive-reformer-who-once-led-mpd Paid Protest Thursday: https://qedastoria.com/products/paid-protest?event=2026-10-15T21:00:00 Outro Music: Close to Me by Little Sun

Anders talks to journalists and co-hosts of the Sacre Bleu podcast, Olly Haynes and Marlon J. Ettinger about the student uprisings in France and Melenchon's odds in the upcoming French Presidential election. Listen to Sacre Bleu: https://open.spotify.com/show/0R6JEKtxn6jqMUs1U8P0ec Follow Olly: @reaility_manager, https://ollyhaynesjournalist.mystrikingly.com/ Follow Marlon: @MarlonEttinger. https://www.marlonjettinger.com/ For the full ep subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

In this, the conclusion to the Magonistas series, we follow the PLM through the demise of the Porfiriato, the drama of The Mexican Revolution, and to great unknown of death. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica OUTRO Corrido a Ricardo Flores Magon by Ignacio Cardenas ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Proletarian, go to the fight not to elevate anyone Proletarian, go to the fight to elevate your class Proletarian, go to the fight to elevate your class. These words were spoken by a noble revolutionary Flores Magón by surname and his first name is Ricardo Flores Magón by surname and his first name is Ricardo. I have made the revolution alongside other Mexicans And words he spoke I will sing As a sincere tribute To Ricardo Flores Magón. They want to subdue us with knives and bullets It is foolish to respond with the code in hand Let us subdue them too with knives and bullets. Mexicans to war Our hair held high For our rifles, impatient, lie hidden To shine proudly under the sun of battle. Because he never wavered, his libertarian ideals remained unchanged. Despite imprisonment, torture, and the passing years, the Yankees cowardly murdered him without mercy. I have died an anarchist, with his head held high, always faithful to his ideals and fighting passionately. In prison, he wrote as his epitaph: Here lies a dreamer, or a madman when he dies. Some may say so, but no one will dare to say, "Here lies a coward, and a traitor to his ideals."

We discuss new revelations about the Biden Administration's Gaza policy and also the antisemitism controversy in this place called New York City. Subscribe to our bonus feed for full ep and more: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We talk to national security journalist and comic book writer Spencer Ackerman about 25 years of the War on Terror, its wide-ranging impact, Bush era liberalism, the Iran War, writing for Marvel and more. But first, the country tune sweeping "America B." Read Spencer's journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com/ + https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622555/reign-of-terror-by-spencer-ackerman/ Pre-order No One Escapes the Dialectic: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/856943/no-one-escapes-the-dialectic-1-by-spencer-ackerman/ Seasons of Fury, Rozina Ali's book Spencer mentioned: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672414/seasons-of-fury-by-rozina-ali/ Please leave us a 5 star review and subscribe to our bonus feed for more content: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Ciarán from the Corner Späti podcast joins us to talk about recent German elections, Die Linke (the Left Party) winning in Berlin, AFD (the fascist one) gaining elsewhere, European nativism vis avis the US, Mélenchon's chances and more! Follow Corner Späti: https://www.operationglad.io/ For full episode and more subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Anders is joined by Matt Lieb and Daniel Mate from Bad Hasbara, the world's "most moral podcast", to discuss a fascinating cultural artifact: HaMisarad, Israel's version of famous docu-comedy series, The Office. Check out Bad Hasbara: https://www.youtube.com/@Badhasbara Follow Daniel and Matt at @danielbmate and @mattliebjokes Subscribe to our bonus feed for more content at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Our service industry series returns with a look at the WTC restaurant that was destroyed on 9/11, Windows on the World. Union/ownership friction, cocktail menus, mobbed up elevator operators and more. Subscribe to our bonus feed for the full ep and more: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Jake talks to Chat Pile singer Raygun Busch about the band's new album Who Loves The Sun and about how everything feels like you're staring at a wall in a penis mall for minimum wage. But first, Ed Sheeran, Macklemore, Elephant Graveyard, and more! RAYGUN BUSCH / CHAT PILE @ChatPileBand https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/who-loves-the-sun https://chatpile.net/ https://chatpile.net/shows PDA MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica