Julia and Eliza finally confront the question: is Ronald Reagan responsible for all the world's evils? To investigate, the girlies delve into Reaganomics, the groundbreaking idea to give rich people more money, and trace how its legacy has trickled down into the capitalist swamp we all wade through today. The girlies also examine Reagan's abysmal impact on human life including his murderously indifferent AIDS response, his systematic defunding of welfare, his IDGAF environmental policies, and many other evils. Digressions include Eliza's upcoming consultation with a pet psychic, Australians getting mad at vowels, and a callback to Nancy the throat goat.

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This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.

ADDITIONAL READINGS

Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion

How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan's Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon

Killing Asylum: How Decades of U.S. Policy Ravaged Central America

Ronald Reagan Made Central America a Killing Field

The Cold War 's Last Battlefield: Reagan, the Soviets and Central America

THE IRAN-CONTRA REPORT: Chronology; After 13 Years of Hide-and-Seek, a Bitter Chapter of U.S. History Ends

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

The war on drugs, explained

When Oliver North avoided prison time for his role in the Iran-contra scandal