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Chapter 1: What are the key takeaways from the Q&A episode?
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Robert. What are your thoughts on the developments in Rojava?
It's too early to tell where things are going to end. But obviously, I mean, it looks like the Turks are going to be allowed to continue to bomb as Israel has been bombing Rojava and the United States isn't going to do anything. It's unclear if the U.S. is going to even stand up for Kobani in any meaningful way.
But it's also I don't really want to say too much because all of this is happening right now. I'm very concerned. You know, obviously, there's no chance of things getting better in Syria, period. without Assad gone, so I'm glad that he's gone, but what that means for Rojava is still very much unclear to this point, you know? It's... It's a scary time.
I would say the one thing that I can say that is comforting to those of you who are likewise scared is that it's really always been a very scary time. There hasn't been an easy or very safe period of the revolution, and they've continued holding on.
What are some of the most impactful books that you've read that you think listeners should read?
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. If you also haven't read The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, which is a short story, read that. Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by, oh God, I'm spacing on a name right now. This is nothing against Octavia Butler. Octavia Butler. Sorry, I'm just bad with names, folks. I love Octavia Butler.
I want to recommend Mia from Where It Could Happen Here show. She recommended reading Whipping Girl by Julia Serrano. And oh, my God, it's an incredible book.
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Chapter 3: What is Robert's opinion on Kratom?
Okay. Are we reliant upon Chapel Rowan to fix American politics? Because I don't know her, but that seems like an unfair burden to place upon someone who I'm going to assume is mostly known for singing and dancing. Is that more or less what she does? I'm not saying that to be mean. No.
My answer to that question is, Robert, do you remember the concert I said I went to by myself like two days after the election results? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was Sabrina Carpenter. Where you got sick. Yeah, I got sick after going because, you know, too many people, crowd, even with masks. That was Sabrina Carpenter. And she was great. And it restored my faith in girlhood. Okay.
We'll take that. That's good.
Yeah, I guess I'll say Sabrina Carpenter too then. Sure.
Any final thoughts or should we get the fuck out of here?
Yeah, let's fucking bounce, motherfuckers.
Okay, bye friends.
Peace.
Robert loves 40% of you. I love 32% of you.
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Chapter 8: How do Robert and Sophie handle listener questions?
And they sent me a link to where there was a torrent for Somewhere in the Between. I think it was Somewhere in the Between. Might have been Keys B. Nights. That was my first Streetlight Manifesto album. I don't know. It was one of the two. But Streetlight Manifesto is my favorite album. Band, probably. Thomas Kalnacki is probably my favorite songwriter.
It goes back and forth between him and Warren Zevon. And in terms of bands, it goes back and forth between Streetlight and the Cat Empire. I don't know. It kind of depends on my mood sometimes.
What are the best non-mainstream news sources, free or otherwise?
Non-mainstream news sources, free or otherwise. I mean, it depends on kind of like what you're looking for.
I always recommend J.K. and Rohan's Popular Front.
Yeah, of course. Of course. Jan Rahan's Popular Front. If you want to keep up with the conspiracy right, you can't do better than Knowledge Fight.
The QAnon Anonymous people are good.
Outside of obviously Ed Zitron's great tech journalism, the guys at 404 Media do really good stuff. The Defector I like. I'm interested in a lot of these newer outlets. Yeah. Yeah. That's some of what I'd suggest. Obviously, you know, there's certain things that like the BBC, there's certain things they do very well.
War crimes in Africa, you can often find some really good coverage first in like BBC's Africa Eye. There's certain things Al Jazeera does very well and obviously like certain things that they don't. So there's no like this is the best one place to go for all of the news in the world because that really doesn't exist. Sure.
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