&ers makes some recommendations for Mamdani's approach to the NYPD, &y recaps his Irish dérive, & we read together some excerpts from the recently departed Raoul Vaneigem &ers essay on police reform: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-needs-to-fire-jessica-tisch-but-who-will-he-replace-her-with & reply from Ant L.: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/letter-the-nypd-is-none-of-our-concern Basic Banalties: https://libcom.org/article/basic-banalities-parts-i-ii-raoul-vaneigem Revolution of Everyday Life: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/raoul-vaneigem-the-revolution-of-everyday-life Vaneigem's address to Greek anarchists in 2010: https://illwill.com/the-state-is-nothing-lets-be-everything Song: Pink Floyd - Time

The tragic history of downtown Los Angeles as told by Mike Davis, tweakers, and Jake. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Beatrice Adler-Bolton from Death Panel joins us to discuss the Trump administration's all out assault on Medicaid but first we talk about Say Anything and soup and glass. BEATRICE ADLER-BOLTON https://www.beatriceadlerbolton.com/ @realLandsEnd @deathpanel_ MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We talk to Stuart Schrader, the author of Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves about the rise of police unions and what, if anything, we can do about them. But first, some discussion of punk bars and a certain viral Tiny Desk performance. Book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stuart-schrader/blue-power/9781541608030/ Stuart's playlists: https://abusablepast.org/ Paid Protest 8/20: https://qedastoria.com/products/paid-protest?event=2026-06-18T21:00:00 Subscribe to our bonus feed for more episodes: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Film writer, critic and programmer Nea Ching joins us to discuss the romantic comedy form. Main movies discussed: "Chilly Scenes of Winter, "I Want Your Sex", "Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August" and "The Drama." Follow Nea @TheGayChingy Subscribe to our bonus feed for full episode and more: patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We talk about sex scenes, Futurama and Flock cameras. Check out Little Sun: https://www.instagram.com/littlesunband/ Paid Protest 8/20: https://qedastoria.com/products/paid-protest?event=2026-08-20T21:00:00 Subscribe to our bonus feed for more episodes: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We talk about the primary results of Cori Bush, Abdul El-Sayed, Kshama Sawant and more with friend of the show Brad Ross, who let Anders use his apartment because Wi-Fi is out in Ridgewood. Also some testing of Brad's wealth of soundtrack composer knowledge. For the full episode and more subscribe to our bonus feed: patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the new article on police reform from extremely hip, zoomer writer Anders J. Lee in Geese Magazine. But first: co-worker music. Article: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-needs-to-fire-jessica-tisch-but-who-will-he-replace-her-with Paid Protest 8/20: https://qedastoria.com/products/paid-protest?event=2026-08-20T21:00:00 Subscribe to our bonus feed for more content: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Our pal Bunny Themelis joins us to discuss Greek culture and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. For the full episode and more subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

For part 1 of Odyssey week here on PDA we discuss the geopolitical implications of Christopher Nolan's decision to film The Odyssey in Moroccan occupied West Sahara but first we talk about Ronald Reagan's hair. SOURCE: https://africasacountry.com/location/western-sahara PATREON + DISCORD PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA MERCH: poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com