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Show notes for today’s episode, 5/25/16

Good afternoon Scoochers! Here are today’s links: It Takes A Village To Bully A Transgender Kindergartner The NYPD’s Records of Its Own Misbehavior Have Mysteriously Vanished And the outro music is “How Small We Are” by The Good Life.

Show notes for today’s episode, 5/23/16

Good afternoon, Scoochers! Here are the links for today’s episode: Neighbors Blame Basketball Courts & Teenagers For “Trauma” At Brooklyn Bridge Park Republicans Want Their Party to Unify Behind Donald Trump, Poll Shows GOP elite line up behind Donald Trump And the outro music is “Lonely Lover” by Xenia Rubinos.

Show notes for today’s episode, 5/20/16

Good afternoon, Scoochers! Here are the links for today’s episode: Check out John’s review of the new documentary “When Elephants Fight” over at the Nation– link coming soon! Mr. Trump’s Wild Ride And the outro music is “Bloom Forever” by Thomas Cohen.

Show notes for today’s episode, 5/19/16

Good afternoon, Scoochers! Here are the links for today’s episode: Being Black at America’s Elite Public High Schools Doctors With Enemies: Did Afghan Forces Target the M.S.F. Hospital? And the outro music is “In Glendale” by Tim Heidecker.

Good afternoon, Scoochers! Here are the links for today’s show: We talk with Janelle Asselin, publisher of the comic magazine “Fresh Romance”! We also talk about the long NYT story on how Donald Trump treats women: Crossing the Line: How Donald TrumpBehaved With Women in Private And the outro music is “Like Birds in the… Read more »

Show notes for today’s episode, 5/17/16

Good afternoon, Scoochers! Here are the links for today’s show: We talk about the DOJ’s guidance on the rights of trans students: President Obama stood up for trans students in a HUGE way. Here’s what you need to know. The Rush to Re-Write Transgender Politics We also talk about the Obama administration’s selling of cluster… Read more »

Show notes for today’s episode, 5/12/16

Good afternoon, Scoochers! Here are the links for today’s episode: The foul reign of the biological clock THE CRISIS IN OUR SCHOOLS: A Report on Working and Learning Conditions in New York City’s Public Schools And the outro music is “Cut Time” by Rococode.

Show notes for today’s episode, 5/11/16

Good afternoon, Scoochers! Here are the links for today’s show: Chronic Bronx Court Delays Deny Defendants Due Process, Suit Says U.S. forces now on the ground supporting combat operations in Yemen, Pentagon says And the outro music is “War Games” by Bur Gur.

Show notes for today’s episode, 5/9/16

Good afternoon, Scoochers! Here are the links for today’s show: Lone Gunmen Outnumber Lone Wolf Terrorists So We Shouldn’t Fear ISIS’s Twitter ‘Today you put the hair spray on and it’s good for 12 minutes’: Watch Trump go on a rant mid rally about hair spray President Trump Proves How Much He Loves Hispanics Once… Read more »

Show notes for today’s episode, 5/6/16

Good afternoon, Scoochers! Here are the links for today’s show: Andrew Sullivan Is to Blame for Donald Trump We also talk about the foreign policy implications of either a Trump or a Clinton presidency. And the outro music is called “Veterans” by Slow Steve.

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