PODCAST #139

Participants: John Steppling, Shaenah Batterson, George McIntyre, Hiroyuki Hamada, Max Parry, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: Looking back at the Covid years five years after the first cases, war again in Syria, the campaign against “animal racism” in Oregon, hostile takeovers of media platforms, Cormac McCarthy: America no country for old men with young lovers, 100 years since Edward Bernays turned women onto smoking "Torches of Freedom". Music track: “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck (public domain).