PODCAST #143

Participants: John Steppling, Shaenah Batterson, Aghogho Akpome, Daniel Broudy, Hiroyuki Hamada, Max Parry, and Dennis Riches. First podcast of 2025. Topics covered: Los Angeles fires, Trump’s expansionist rhetoric—“transactional colonialism”, Operation Gladio, domestic terror attacks in the U.S., self-censorship in academia. Music Track: “My One and Only Love” by Art Tatum/Ben Webster Quartet (public domain)