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Mark Riley: The Intersection of Politics and Culture

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...


Nov 15, 2021

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Wait, what? There are still Climate Change deniers around? COP26 has finally come to an end, but it’s just the beginning for the Under-30s as they watch the Over 70s sheepishly return home on…ahem…jet planes. Jobs are also getting an eye roll from American workers - a recent study shows a...


Nov 8, 2021

New Podcast Episode: It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want To… The Democratic Party is in a shambles. Candidate wars have lost the plot while Critical Race Theory and cancel culture are in the rear-view mirror. But above all they seem to have no clear message; Accountability for the killer drone in Afghanistan has...