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Bill Humphrey

About Bill Humphrey

Bill Humphrey is the primary host of WVUD's Arsenal For Democracy talk radio show and a local elected official.

Mar 29, 2020 – Bring to Birth a New World from the Ashes of the Old – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 302 EXTENDED

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In this extended episode, Bill and Rachel discuss the failure of market liberal democracies to prevent or respond to the pandemic adequately and how the overnight unique economic collapse is forcing employers and employees alike to rethink how we organize our society.

Links and notes for ep 302 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ep-302-Links-and-Notes-Bring-to-Birth-A-New-World-From-the-Ashes-of-the-Old.pdf

Return to Lend-Lease 20: Climate Change and the End of Liberal World as We Know It. External podcast episodes referenced this week: Trashfuture Season 3 Premiere Line Go Stop; Trillbilly Workers Party 139 Trial Balloon for a Climate Disaster.

Opening theme music by Stunt Bird. Closing music this week is “Solidarity Forever.”

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Mar 22, 2020 – More on Tax Havens – AFD 301

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Description: Rachel and Bill continue their discussion of corporate and individual tax avoidance in the US, including offshore havens and onshore havens like Delaware and Nevada.

Ep. 301 Links and Notes (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AFD-Ep-301-Links-and-Notes-More-on-Tax-Havens.pdf

Theme music by Stunt Bird.

Return to ep. 298. Return to ep. 147 (Oct 2015).

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Mar 15, 2020 – Spanish Flu – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 300

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Description: Bill and Rachel discuss the history of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 and lessons learned that might be relevant today with coronavirus.

Links and notes for ep 300 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AFD-Ep-300-Links-and-Notes-Spanish-Flu.pdf

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Mar 8, 2020 – Coronavirus – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 299

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Rachel deploys her knowledge of infectious diseases to update us on the new coronavirus (Covid-19): what it is, what happens when you get it, how to limit the spread, and what might happen next. (Not official medical advice!)

Links and notes for ep. 299 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ep-299-Mar-8-2020-Coronavirus.pdf

Theme music by Stunt Bird

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Mar 1, 2020 – White Collar Crime – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 298

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Description: Bill and Rachel discuss the massive scale and cost of American white collar crime due to government disinterest and disinvestment in investigation and prosecution.

Links and notes for ep. 298 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AFD-298-Links-and-Notes-White-Collar-Crime.pdf

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Feb 16, 2020 – 20+ Things I Hate About Mike Bloomberg – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 296

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Description: Mike Bloomberg is a racist sex pest Republican billionaire running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Here are 21 different problems Bill and Rachel have with him (citations in our notes PDF http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AFD-296-Links-and-Notes-20-Things-I-Hate-About-Mike-Bloomberg.pdf).

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Feb 9, 2020 – A Farewell to Caucuses – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 295

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Description: Despite the recent fiasco of the Iowa 2020 Democratic Caucuses, there aren’t many caucuses left due to post-2016 changes in the nomination process that also included reducing the power of super-delegates. Rachel, Bill, Nate.

Links and notes for ep. 295 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AFD-295-Links-and-Notes-After-Iowa.pdf

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