TMBS 139 aired on May 12th 2020.

Episode summary:

Avoiding magical thinking about neoliberalism and covid.

Maximilian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) joins us to talk about working during COVID.

Adolph Reed Jr. breaks down his political journey, anti-essentialism, and the problem with the 1619 project.

During the GEM, David Griscom @davidgriscom shows why the reopen orders aren't about economic growth, they are about breaking labor.

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