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The Red Diaper Pail
by The Red Diaper Pail
We had five children during Late Stage Capitalism. This is our podcast!Some people are saying it's the best lefty podcast of all time!Find us on Substack: https://thereddiaperpail.substack.com/podcast thereddiaperpail.substack.com
Episodes
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e59: Ineffective Egoism Part II: TESCREAL Boogaloo
HH: * Ansar Allah (Houthis) attack the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia * Shane Gillis makes a misogynistic speech and pretends its comedy Artifact: Part 2 of our examination of the “Effective Altruism” thing via this 2023 article in TruthDig by Emile Torres entitled: The...
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e58: Ineffective Egoism (Part 1)
HH: * Protest erupt in France over the education system * NC considers Amendment to the State Constitution which would designate fetuses as people * Brevard Country Public Schools refuses to rehire the veteran teacher Melissa Calhoun because she used a child’s preferred name. * Trump admin will...
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e57: School Choice
HH:Supreme Court gives green light to execute Christa Gail Pike by Tennessee authorities Cornell University is sued for its role in covering up the sexual assault of a young woman by 7 Chi Phi brothers in 2024 5 men are accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a US Air Force base in the UK are...
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e56: We Love Boosters
We take a break from the madness to discuss Boots Riley’s latest film, “I Love Boosters.” Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Get full access to The Red Diaper Pail at thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe
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e55: Lindsay Clancy Season Finale
HH: * Houthis take several port cities in the Red Sea, threatening Saudi oil shipments * Every has a bit of an AI panic * Ed Sheeran drops Macklemore from his tour for pro-Palestinian speech after a cabal of billionaires told him to Artifact: We discuss the underlying cultural currents of the...
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e54: Nefarious & All-Pervasive
HH: * Mamdani launches First-in-the-Nation Office of Worker Power * Mamdani bans student facing AI in NYC public schools * Ben-Gvir posts concentration camp AI video * Climate careens over milestone Artifact:We discuss the curious liberal-led assault on El-Sayed and Piker via Jonathan Chait’s…
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e53: Good Goys
HH: * More Mail-in-ballot shenanigans. * ICE purchasing robot dogs. * Gary, Indiana goes 2 weeks without power. * Indian Fascist movement Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) holds rally at Madison Square Gardens. Artifact: Derek Hunter wonders “Is Our Military Really This Weak Now?” in Townhall, in...
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e52: Operation Reel Them In
Only Horrible Headlines this week because we know how much you missed them: * Economy is not doing very well * Lefty academics sign a letter criticizing Iran’s for political repression and then all walk it back at the same time * Trump moves to suppress mail in voting Get full access to The Red...
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e51: An Imagination Friend for the End of the World
We are on vacation (as much as such a thing is possible with 5 young children) so on this special episode you get one extra long artifact. We talk LLMs and the bleak? exciting? future of the human/technology hybrid via Meghan O’Gieblyn’s piece in The Yale Review:Donna Haraway’s Utopian Promise…
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e50: Wackjobs
HH: * The US is running out of missiles and interceptors, and Trump wants to punish the people who let you know. * Lawsuit contends that Trump Admin is targeting unaccompanied minors to pump deportation numbers. * Israel indicates a Jewish settler for manslaughter in the West Bank. * NM sues DOJ...
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49: Watching Me Shine
HH: * Dems attack their left flank in MI * MAGA darling is accused of horrendous domestic violence * New record of unadjusted minimum wage * A potential cyber attack on US water infrastructure by Iran * Edwin Jovanny Lopez-Cornejo dies in ICE detention at Delaney Hall (Newark) Artifact: An artcle...
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Bonus: Why Your $9 Latte Was Never Going to Liberate Anyone
Well it finally happened. This life of ours has caught up to us, prompting the need for a brief hiatus. We will be back with a full length episode next week. In the meantime, enjoy this reading of Simone’s piece from our Substack. Don’t forget to subscribe, there is a free tier as well as a...
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e48: Unhumans
HH: * Trump admin (Stephen Miller and Marco Rubio) coordinate an attack on the left * Trump threatens Canada with tariffs over wildfires. Artifact: We talk racism and media via Reporting on ICE killings follows a long history of normalizing state violence by Aja Arnold in The Objective. Theme...
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e47: Red Card
HH: * Lindsey Graham is dead and Mitch McConnell is… alive? * Trump is hot and cold at the NATO Summit * ICE murders two people fleeing from them * Iran War limply returns Artifact: We talk World Cup via an article in CounterPunch by Graham Peebles entitled: Poisoning The World Cup: The American...
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e46: DSA Style
Trigger warning: Discussion of sexual assault/rape * China tests ballistic missiles * Trump is bilking the country for billions * KIDS Act threatens to kill the internet * Women in the army are more likely to be killed by fellow soldiers than combatants * The Intercept anonymous tip line...
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e45: Riding that Substack Gravy Train
HH: * The Supreme Court decides to do some “work” * Cancelling Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians * Shielding Monstanto from liability for cancer caused by Roundup * Eliminate (even more!) campaign finance rules * Legalize discrimination against trans athletes * …saved birthright...
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e44: We're Over Parenting
HH: * Strait of Hormuz gets closed again (well its open now but it was closed when we were recording and will probably be again by the time you’re listening) * Trump admin moved to bringing back Institutionalization. * Paper by Exequiel Hernandez (Wharton), “ICE-ing the Economy: Immigration...
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e43: White Leftist Mindset
HH:-Ezra Klein is a Thielite psyop -15 Minneapolis activists indicted for anti-ICE protests -Trump agrees to a deal with Iran so embarrassing it has to be kept secret -IEP protections stripped from the Department of Education and handed of to HHS and the DOJ Artifact: This grotesque hit piece on...
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e42: A Graham Story Platner
HH:The establishment takes a shot at Graham PlatnerArtifact: This NYTs video op-ed with Nadja Spiegelman, Frederick Joseph, and Ruth Whippman called America Has a Masculinity Crisis. Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Get full access to The Red Diaper...
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e41: Fascism's Doormen
No Artifact this week, we spend most of the episode ranting and raving about the complicitly of liberal politicians vis-a-vis Delaney Hall. HH: Trump sics the justice department of his sexual assault victim, E. Jean Carroll. ICE and “progressive” liberal coordinate in fascist crackdown outside of...
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e40: Teleologically Chugging Along
HH: * Jan 6 slush fund * CA town evacuated over chemical plant * Tulsi is the latest woman to leave the admin * Iran: Will they, won’t they? * Massie * DNC autopsy (It’s Dead) * Global Samud Flotilla sexual assault allegations * Hasan Pike & Medea Benjamin Subpoenaed over Cuba visit * New Ebola...
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e39: Occupy Silicon Valley
A day late and a HH short, but this is a good one.Artifact: Van Jones endorses Plutocratic governance in his recent fireside chat with McCormark professor of citizenship and self-government Archon Fung, hosted by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and co-sponsored by the...
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e38: The Miracle Drug
Artifact only episode exploring the new GPL-1 era, courtesy of the NYTs conversation between Erza Klein and Julia Belluz. Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Get full access to The Red Diaper Pail at thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe
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e37: The Golden Swine
Only Horrible Headlines this time, we have an extra long artifact we’ll be dropping later this week. Happy Mothers’ Day!HH: * The Southern Poverty Law Center get targeted by the Trump DOJ * The FBI drops an unnerving anti-terrorism strategy document targeting “Violent Left-Wing Extremists,...
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e36: Mini Mani
HH: * The Supreme Court has shredded the Voting Rights Act Artifact: Palantir has posted a very bizarre and rather unimpressive manifesto on X even though no one asked them to. Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Get full access to The Red Diaper Pail…
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e35: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
HH: * Israel assassinated a Lebanese journalist * The Trump admin brings back execution by firing squad * A radical centrist tried to attack the White House Coorespondent’s Dinner * Happy May Day! Artifact: We tackle trad-wifery via Rickie Ho’s reel about Nara Smith. Theme Music: “Mock the...
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e34: Just War Theory
HH: * Iran craziness continues * The Strokes make a statement at Coachella * Obama visits Mamdani * Voucher system well on its way to killing public education in Cedar Rapids * Congress unanimously votes to continue FISA (for now) * Kash Patel has gone missing Artifact: The Bankrupt Catholicism…
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e33: The Art World's Magic Circle
HH: * Ceasefire Talks Break Down * Economic Shocks Headed for US * Orban gets ousted Artifact: “Will the Art World Go Post-Woke in 2025?” by Ben Davis via Artnet Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Get full access to The Red Diaper Pail at...
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e32: Never Again?
Apologies, a day late, we wanted to catch the unfolding events re: Iran on Tuesday night. (An earlier version of this podcast had some audio markup left in, apologies) HH: * Bondi gets the boot * Trump’s pulls back from genocide * The Supreme Court gives the green light to “conversion therapy *...
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e31: FashMaxxing
Sorry about JP sounding so tired… he comes by it honestly! HH: * Another No Kings weekend * US troops amass in the Middle East, making ground operations in Iran more likely * The FBI and NYPD stop a plot to assassinate a Palestinian activist * ICE has started operating out of airports * An…
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e30: The Weakest Men You've Ever Heard Of
HH: * Fascism scores a victory in Prairieland * The partial gov’t shutdown makes itself felt * Cesar Chavez turns out to have been a real jackass * The oil embargo of Cuba becomes deadly Artifact: JP and Simone explore the fascist mindset of Hegseth and co via Emma Brockes Gaurdian article: Is...
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e29: Captive Audience
HH: * Mid-East war expands to Lebanon * Troops complain about being thrown into “Holy War” * NLRB under attack * WI Governor signs “Heartbeat” law Artifact: King’s College of London found that “Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband,” among other troubling findings. RDP...
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e28: The Trans-Atlantic Reich
HH: * War in Iran looking not so good * Control of all things cyber handed to Hegsdeath * The Americas have a Shield Artifact: The Trump Administration edges ever so close to open fascism via a chilling speech delivered by Rubio at the Munich Security Conference. Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted”...
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e27: The Freedom Grand Prix
HH: Snowflakes in NYC OpenAI sells out humanity Trump continues to strangle Cuba (and inspires a little terrorism) An indie car race is being set for DC Investigation of Epstein drug trafficking ring suppressed by Trump admin And of course, Trump attacks Iran Get full access to The Red Diaper…
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e26: Machines of Loving Grace
We did it. Our overdue (and quite long) exploration of AI via Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei interview with Ross Dootyhat at the NYTs. P.S. Please share, like, comment, and so on. It really helps us in our war with the algorithm. We are ~150 follows away from 1k followers on TikTok, which will allow…
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e25: We Hate Huckabees (and Hockey)
We overpromised. But you’re still here, listening, so maybe its not all bad. Anyway, stay tuned for our AI artifact episode later this week and blame the teachers' unions for school vacation getting in the way of editing. HH: * Mexico/US collaborate on assassinating El Mencho * Tucker Carlson…
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e24: Seeking a Mattress for the End of the World
Another week of horrors HH: * The draw down in the Twin Cities is real; where to next? * The Board of Peace is activated * Pam Bondi “testifies” to Trump’s greatness * DHS concentration camps for pregnant girls * Iowa law threatens to put doctors in jail for life for performing abortion * CDC…
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e23: Fascism, a Constellation
In a meager attempt to locate a spine, the Atlantic published a piece called “Yes, It’s Fascism” by Jonathan Rauch, which makes the case that all the things that have always been true about Trump and MAGA have suddenly reached the threshold for fascism. Simone and JP dig in while giving some of...
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e22: The Red Tennis Shoes
Welcome to the FIRST episode of The Red Tennis Shoes, a show that’s all about and only about, sportsball (well at least the commercials). We’re also trying a new thing: instead of releasing Horrible Headlines and our Artifact of the Week together in one episode, we are going to start releasing…
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e21: The Birthing Body
This is a neat one; special thanks to Karina Vazirova, host of MOTHER-podcast, and her guest Leah Hazard, for allowing us to reproduce parts of their conversation: Midwifery and The Future of Birth. HH: * A drawdown from ICE? Or a temporary strategic retreat? * The Government shuts down again...
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e20: The Blink
Better late than never…though this one was worth waiting for. HH: * ICE commits another murder in Minneapolis * Bovine-o gets the boot * A “framework” for Greenland is announced Artifact: Canadian PM Mark Carney gives a very interesting speech to Davos about the future of middling powers in an…
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e19: Children of People
HH: * Trump DOJ comes after Renee Good’s wife * CBS lies about Good’s murderer suffering from “interal bleeding” * Neo Nazi Jake Lang gets run the fuck out of Minneapolis * The new Venezuelan president capitulates to the US * Would-be opposition leader Machado pathetically hands over her Nobel...
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e18: The Red Diaper Blowout
We are dropping our artifact (the new Trump National Security Strategy document) this week as a separate episode. Please forgive the many interlopers in this episode as well as JP’s terrible Trump impression. Please enjoy! Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC…
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Justice for Renee Good
We have decided to features only headlines, largely about the murder of Renee Good. We will be releasing an extra long artifact special covering the new National Security Strategy document later this week. Solidarity with all the heroes in MN fighting the Federal brownshirts however they can.…
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e16: No, More War!
So the US did a coup in Venezuela and JP has an extra sexy voice this time. HH: US Imperialist on the march in Latin America. Trump moves to punish student loan debtors. Right Wing Youtuber does an op in MN. Artifact: The Narco-Terrorist Elite by Maureen Tkacik Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted”…
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One Evil WASP After Another
Happy New Year from the Red Diaper family! For our last episode of the year, we decided to do a whole episode on Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another.” Looking forward to seeing you in 2026! Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Get full…
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For Thee, Not for Me
Happy Holidays everyone. Don’t let the pedophilic cabal running the planet get you down. HH * Gaza continues to suffer Genocide at the hands of the Israeli government * Infighting at Americafest * More Epstein drips * Bari Weiss exercised her editorial power to protect the Trump Administration...
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Whither the West
Simone & JP discuss the crumbling international order that at one time hinged its fantasy of moral authority on the concept of “The West,” an idea left in tatters by the genocide of the Palestinians, via Pankaj Mishra’s excellent piece in Harper’s, Liberal Totalitarianism. Please support this...
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Dumb Guy Book
Well so with JP laid off it seems Tuesday is going to be our drop day from now on…. Thanks for all your support! Please like and share and consider become a paid member today (funds are used for childcare for activism activities and so on). Horrible Headlines: * DC shooter redux * “SSecretary of...
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A Love Affair with Independence
A day late…(we are considering a permanent switch to Tuesdays) BUT, this time Simone & JP discuss the Gordon Nuefeld and Gabor Maté’s concerns about “peer orientation” as well as their critique of our cultural obsession with independence as it related to child rearing. Horrible Headlines: *…
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