It’s our Holiday Show Kickoff and we revisit our January 2017 interview with Lane Moore on her show Tinder Live, and listener mail.     

Lane Moore, via Twitter

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – We are living inside a Christmas special with no savior
20:43 – Lane Moore on terrible men on the internet
44:42 – Listener Mail
57:24 – Credits, “Sardonic” by SARO
58:39 – Finish

Doug Jones wins in Alabama, and a celebratory pile of listener mail.

Doug Jones

Photo courtesy of Digital Campaign Manager Doug Jones for Senate via Wikimedia Commons

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – Doug Jones won in Alabama!
10:30 – Let’s name the white supremacy of the GOP
40:50 – Listener mail catch up
57:50 – From here, we turn it over to BRAND NEW holiday shows!
58:43 – Credits, “Try Harder” by Mavis Staples
60:06 – Finish

A young boy and his family’s backstory brings the internet on a roller coaster about bullying and racism, the New York Times’ style guide is unbearable in its efforts at neutrality, and Trump’s accusers call for a congressional investigation into his sexual misconduct.

Anti bullying

photo courtesy of Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής via Wikimedia Commons

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – Roy Moore’s anti – Semitism
17:30 – A deep dive on Keaton and the way we talk about bullying
50:26 – How the NYT sanitizes sexual assault and anti – Semitism
58:31 – Credits, “No Hands Pete” by Prettiest Eyes
59:43 – Finish

It’s the day of the special election in Alabama and we look at the discourse around evangelicals and Trump, a Washington Post story looks in detail at how the tax plan abandoned the middle class, and the Times story on Trump’s day to day life.

Moore Rally

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00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – Happy Hanukkah!
14:52 – Evangelical values and Trump
34:58 – How the tax plan abandons right wing populism
53:51 – Trump’s views every day like a TV battle
58:35 – “December” by Joel Gion
59:56 – Finish

Roy Moore thinks America was great during slavery, and listener responses to some of our recent discussions.     

photo courtesy of United States Congress via Wikimedia Commons

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – Haircuts and social interaction
22:17 – Trent Franks asked his staffers to be surrogates
35:29 – Roy Moore’s not just sexist, he’s racist as hell
45:28 – Listener mail
57:56 – Credits, “On and On Corridor” by OCS
58:59 – Finish

Jesse Myerson is here to talk about how the GOP will use the tax bill to further cut Social Security and Medicare, and new info on Flynn’s side projects as National Security Advisor, and thoughts on the calls for Franken to resign.   

Jesse Myerson, via Twitter

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – Why Franken should resign
30:04 – Jesse Myerson on how the deficit will be used to cut social programs
59:06 – Credits, “The Greatest Gift” by Sufjan Stevens
60:17 – Finish

It’s MGG Thursday and Melissa Gira Grant is here to talk about the Time Person of the Year cover story and the firing of Sam Seder. Also, Trump is about to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.     

Melissa Gira Grant, via Twitter.

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – Time’s Person of the Year
13:10 – Trump’s Jerusalem announcement
30:54 – MGG on MSNBC and Sam Seder
58:01 – “Build a Bridge” by Mavis Staples
59:13 – Finish

MSNBC fires Sam Seder after a smear campaign by Mike Cernovich, Robert Mueller subpoenas Deutsche Bank, and more on the tax plan.   

Robert S. Mueller III

Photo by Federal Bureau of Investigation courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – When anticipation is better than the gifts
24:49 – What the tax plan does to schools
45:02 – Mueller subpoenas Deutsche Bank
58:12 – “Hope in a Box” by Tomas Barfod
59:36 – Finish

Mike Ludwig joins us to discuss the looming vote on net neutrality, and Congress passed the horrifying tax bill in the middle of the night on Friday.     

Mike Ludwig, via Twitter

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – A brief overview of the tax bill passed on Friday night
22:58 – Morning John on what comes next
35:53 – Mike Ludwig on net neutrality
59:03 – Credits, “Coattails” by Alex Rose
60:18 – Finish

It’s a special JAMJAM Monday and Jesse Myerson is here to talk about the tax bill and the Republican’s language around it. Also, John is in the studio, and Flynn is pleading guilty!     

Jesse Myerson, via Twitter.

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – It’s holiday sock season
11:59 – Michael Flynn round up
28:56 – Jesse Myerson on the tax bill
57:53 – Credits, “Dandy” by Prettiest Eyes
59:14 – Finish

It’s an MGG Friday and Melissa Gira Grant is here to discuss her latest story on a deadly Vice sting in New York City. Also, John is in the studio to catch up on the tax plan.    

Melissa Gira Grant, via Twitter.

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – What are your most embarrassing songs
12:13 – Updates on the tax plan
25:55 – Melissa Gira Grant on NYPD arrests of sex workers
59:30 – Credits, “Peaceful Dream” by Mavis Staples
60:46 – Finish

Matt Lauer is fired from the Today show after allegations of inappropriate workplace behavior, Trump retweets far-right nationalists, and listener mail.

Matt Lauer

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00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – Why is seeing kids get older so satisfying
12:51 – Morning John on how Trump’s tweets connect to fascist thinking
38:17 – On Matt Lauer being a creep
53:45 – Listener mail on Roy Moore
58:07 – Credits, “See Saw” by Prettiest Eyes
59:28 – Finish

The Washington Post doesn’t fall for a sting operation by James O’Keefe’s organization, updates on net neutrality, and listener mail.

Mick Mulvaney

photo by Gage Skidmore courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – Leaping back into the news cycle
07:20 – Morning John on O’Keefe, the CFPB, and net neutrality
37:38 – Listener mail
59:03 – Credits, “Partner” by Joel Gion
60:17 – Finish

Kenny is back to talk about the colonization of Palestine and the lesser known history of the region before 1948. Also, John is in the studio!

00:00 – Welcome to Radio Dispatch
00:30 – What’s with this extra week of November
07:04 – Kenny on the colonization of Palestine
43:22 – “The myth of the male bumbler”
58:29 – Credits, “Give Your Heart Away (feat. Gemma Dunleavy)” by Lost Horizons
59:53 – Finish