e36: Mini Mani

e40: Teleologically Chugging Along

HH: * Jan 6 slush fund * CA town evacuated over chemical plant * Tulsi is the latest woman to leave the admin * Iran: Will they, won’t they? * Massie * DNC autopsy (It’s Dead) * Global Samud Flotilla sexual assault allegations * Hasan Pike & Medea Benjamin Subpoenaed over Cuba visit * New Ebola strain tests post-US-led world Artifact: This fantastic article [https://thereddiaperpail.substack.com/p/frozen-the-instinct-to-preserve-difference?r=6kk2yj]about Cultural Engagement by none other than Simone. Get full access to The Red Diaper Pail at thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe [https://thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

e39: Occupy Silicon Valley

A day late and a HH short, but this is a good one.Artifact: Van Jones endorses Plutocratic governance in his recent fireside chat with McCormark professor of citizenship and self-government Archon Fung, hosted by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics. Get full access to The Red Diaper Pail at thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe [https://thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

e38: The Miracle Drug

Artifact only episode exploring the new GPL-1 era, courtesy of the NYTs conversation between Erza Klein and Julia Belluz [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-julia-belluz.html]. Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted [https://ccmixter.org/files/RobertWarrington/33102]” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Get full access to The Red Diaper Pail at thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe [https://thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

e37: The Golden Swine

Only Horrible Headlines this time, we have an extra long artifact we’ll be dropping later this week. Happy Mothers’ Day!HH: * The Southern Poverty Law Center get targeted by the Trump DOJ * The FBI drops an unnerving anti-terrorism strategy document targeting “Violent Left-Wing Extremists, including Anarchists and Anti-Fascists” * Trump has a golden statue made of himself * A Israeli Real Estate Expo illegally selling land in the West Bank embarrasses Mamdani Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted [https://ccmixter.org/files/RobertWarrington/33102]” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Get full access to The Red Diaper Pail at thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe [https://thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

e36: Mini Mani

HH: * The Supreme Court has shredded the Voting Rights Act Artifact: Palantir has posted a very bizarre and rather unimpressive manifesto on X even though no one asked them to. Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted [https://ccmixter.org/files/RobertWarrington/33102]” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Get full access to The Red Diaper Pail at thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe [https://thereddiaperpail.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]