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Mark Riley: The Intersection of Politics and Culture

Dec 20, 2021

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Omicron - what more or little do we know this week? It boils down to health vs the economy and an action-thriller guessing game. Should we turn up the heat on restrictions at risk of the collapse of entire industries, like hospitality or Performance Arts?

Ukraine vs Russia. How much do we really...


Dec 13, 2021

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: ‘Booster’ is the new December buzz word, but are the new global mandates falling on deaf ears for hardcore antivaxxers?  It comes down to health vs personal freedom, but the lesser privileged around the world don’t have the luxury of that choice. They simply don’t have access to...


Dec 6, 2021

New Podcast Episode: Should a protest song of 1964 still be relevant today? The answer is, no, it shouldn’t…yet Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddamn” still screams to that state’s position on anti-choice laws just as it shone a spotlight on their barbaric views on America’s rights to slavery.

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Nov 29, 2021

New Podcast episode: Snails pace. That’s the speed justice was traveling in the case of Ahmaud Arbery’s barbarous murder with 74 days passing before they even arrested anyone. But prosecutor Linda Dunikowski was able to extract a guilty verdict in just two days of deliberation, from a jury of 11 whites (and one...


Nov 22, 2021

New Podcast episode: Deep dive into the Kyle Rittenhouse trial verdict -- the US teenager who says he acted in self defense and has been cleared of all charges in relation to the two men he shot and killed during unrest in Wisconsin. My guest to discuss this outcome and other US racial tensions is John Nichols, National...