{"id":123,"date":"2021-10-14T11:59:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetruthissoboring.org\/?post_type=podcast&p=123"},"modified":"2021-10-14T11:59:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T15:59:52","slug":"019-on-money-and-debt","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/thetruthissoboring.org\/index.php\/podcast\/019-on-money-and-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"019: On Money and Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Striketober<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

@JonahFurman<\/a>
10,000 John Deere UAW workers set to strike tonight at midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

60,000 film and TV IATSE workers set to strike on Monday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

37,000 Kaiser workers have authorized, close behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@msainat1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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60,000 Film and TV workers set 10\/18 strike date
10,000 John Deere workers strike deadline tonight
2k hospital workers in Buffalo already on strike
1,400 Kellogg’s cereal workers
1,100 coal miners in Alabama
30k+ Kaiser Permanente health workers authorized strike<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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@Independent<\/a>
Russian spy \u2018stole AstraZeneca vaccine blueprint and used it to develop Sputnik jab\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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@ScottHech<\/a>
Not only did NYT publish a front page story 2 days ago about how police were “defunded” when every police department everywhere got increases — they blamed rising crime (also a lie — only homicides increased) on “defunding” of police!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main segment<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

We spent the majority of the episode listening to some excerpts I chose from the audiobook of David Graeber’s Debt: The First 5,000 Years<\/em>. In the end we discuss the implications of this information and why I (Scott) felt it was so important to discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other sources which influenced the production of this episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n