Mechanical Freak

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The gang is back in their individual bunkers contemplating the burning questions of our day: Is Donald Trump simply too macho? Will blue haired egirls at Columbia declaring that they are bi turn Michael Cera into a Nazi? And what’s Hillary Clinton up to these days?

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The gang is back on the boat to take a deep dive into the Fed Chair’s monetary policy and how we were all turned into foam for the jumbo jet of finance to crush on the runway of life. Part 1 of 2.

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This week the boys are back in town, and on the boat, and defending our phony baloney jobs. We get serious and talk love, marriage, faith, and most importantly: divorce. Also, Madison (@AetherUnbound) fills us in on the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ rights at SPU.

Join us and our BFF of the show @MareshkaEvanova to talk about the recent election in the Philippines that has brought back both the son of Ferdinand Marcos and the daughter of Rodrigo Duterte to power, all on the the eve of the 50th anniversary of marshal law.

Recorded on Thursday morning, Brian and Greg go over what we know about the mass shooting in Uvalde, the role of the police, and the fantasies politicians are concocting in response.

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In the first half of our dive into private equity firms and the exciting world of leveraged buyouts, we take a deep dive into Elon Musk’s efforts to buy Twitter. For part two, make sure to join our Patreon (patreon.com/mechanicalfreak).

We take a moment to remember PNW native Randy Weaver in connection with the recent shooting in Buffalo and discuss what the Democrats response to white supremacist violence was in the 1990s. Then we take a dive into the politics of gentrification and discuss the “Minneapolis miracle.”

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This one is a downer. We’re still rambling on about abortion rights because we can’t help it. For flavor there is also both a Boeing update and a Star trek update. Both involve the inevitability of WWIII.

With the recent leak of a draft decision indicating that the Supreme Court plans to reverse Roe v. Wade later this summer, the guys take a trip down memory lane and trace how the anti-abortion movement evolved from an extreme minority position to an extreme minority position with billions of dollars in funding and the support of both parties. We finish by suggesting things that you can do that are more useful than voting.

Greg and Wes give us a review of DJ Khaled’s new ghost restaurant and then we welcome Sidney, Billie, and Liz on the show to talk about how they helped to unionize local Starbucks stores and what it takes to roast management’s anti-union campaigns. Finally, we discuss some late breaking news courtesy of the octogenarian freaks in the wizard’s chamber in the nation’s capital.

We ask, “Can a police officer be fined for not-wearing a mask in a casino, if the casino is there to pay off judgements and fines against the police in the first place?” Then we explore the gritty, dark-night of housing in America.

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We are joined by Rich Smith from The Stranger to talk about the recent adventures of our newest local crank, Jonathan Choe. Then we ask ourselves: What makes Seattle and the Pacific Northwest such fertile ground for right-wing grifters?

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We’re joined by our friend and loyal listener Madison (@AetherUnbound) to discuss the current wave of trans panic sweeping state legislatures and the minds of sick little bigots the whole country over. It’s never been easy, but it feels like a particularly bad time to navigate survival as a trans person right now with Florida, Texas and other states passing horrifying new laws that are being used to terrorize our LGBTQ siblings, and most especially trans kids and their families. It’s a fucking downer, but for desert we at least take the time to wipe our asses with Katie Herzog.