Episode

7/31 Rafia Zakaria: Empire and the Overpass

July 31, 2017

Today, Rafia Zakaria (@rafiazakaria) joins us to discuss her piece, ‘Empire and the Overpass.’ How climate change is a capitalism-driven phenomenon. The colonials patterns to elite western approaches to climate change. The folly of performative individualist acts in place of broader policy change. How climate change affects the global poor now and first.

On the fun half – Chris Christie gets upset by a Cubs fan at a Brewers game. Reince is happy to have resigned. Tomi Lahren is on Obamacare. Trump goads cops into cheering police brutality.

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