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

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).

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

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

Theme music by Stunt Bird.

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

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

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

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

Theme music by Stunt Bird.

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

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).

Original theme music by Stunt Bird.

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

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

Theme music by Stunt Bird.

Feb 2, 2020 – French Strikes – AFD 294

Description: Back on the air at WVUD, we discuss recent French strikes over reactionary pension reforms and what lessons it holds for the rising American left. Bill, Rachel, Nate.

Theme music by Stunt Bird.

Links and notes (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ep.-294-Notes-and-Links-French-Strikes.pdf