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May 25, 2026

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) started as a civil rights organization for Jewish people in the US. It's now a pro-Israel group that spies on Leftist organizations and defends Elon Musk when he does a white power salute. Emmaia Gelman's new book The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State details the history of the...


May 18, 2026

Two Wasian Americans and one classic, everyday Asian American, all millennials, try to make sense of East Asian American discourses in the zeitgeist of the past six months. Recorded shortly before the cursed Wasian meetups in SF and NY.

1. CS graduation rates fall off a cliff. For a particular class of Asian Americans,...


May 16, 2026

dee(dee) and Jemma return to dissect another vintage film set in the Bay.

Did Hollywood predict Sam Altman would meet his husband in Peter Thiel's hot tub? Seeking an answer in "Electric Dreams" (1984), an extremely 1980s rom-com in which a young architect working out of the Transamerica Pyramid programs an early PC...


May 6, 2026

Until Land Back, there's land trusts. Kyle Smeallie from the San Francisco Community Land Trust on removing land from the speculative market and the clutches of real estate industrialists.

San Francisco Community Land Trust
https://sfclt.org/

Proud Stutter (Maya's podcast)
https://www.proudstutter.org/

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