The Prof G Pod

"America Freaks Out If Netflix Goes Down for 5 Minutes"

You know what binds all of them is rather their dislike of and fear of the language of the liberal world. In other words, the language of rights, the language of rule of law, the language of separation of powers. You know, all of these are states that are seeking to create a kind of total environment where the regime or the leader or the ruling party controls all media, all conversation, um makes all the decisions, uh controls the court system.

TED

You Have More Power Than You Realize | Idea Knock Down | TED

Somebody once told me that a democracy is working if we're actively disagreeing with each other. And uh and that really hit home, right? If if we're all agreeing, we're probably not in a democracy.

Book of the Day

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei on political censorship in the West

Any information being covered is in favor of whoever covers. What they afraid is did they do the right job or is their control legitimate? So, they have to cover up all the information.

Throughline

The genius and murkiness of the Constitution | Throughline

I feel like it's a document that has protected me and completely failed me and so many other people in this country.

TED

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED

If the president can command the global economy by yelling emergency, what can't he do? Checks and balances don't just bend, they break.

Throughline

Why is Cuba in crisis? | Throughline

The revolution against Batista in the 50s and the rise of Fidel Castro, the goal and the promise that they will have this nationalist capitalist um and democratic and socially progressive society.