Episode 51 - Cenk Uygur: The Revolution will be Televised

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Episode:

  • Changing media and changing the political system
  • Why corporate media is as bad as it is (hint: it has something to do with money)
  • Giving a giant middle finger to the establishment
  • Why Cenk voted for Obama twice despite disliking his politics deeply
  • Cenk and the art of realistic optimism
  • How the Supreme Court decisions in the 1970s changed American politics
  • The WolfPAC: Cenk's strategy to change the political game
  • Terminator as a metaphor for corporations
  • Global financial meltdown? Why you may not need to stockpile shotguns just yet
  • The DNA of corporations invites taking giant risks, leading to inevitable collapses
  • "We are in the impossible business"
  • What Cenk means by 'progressive'
  • Equality of opportunities, not outcomes
  • "Mad as Hell"

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