This week: Twitch streamer and cultural commentator Caroline Kwan joins to talk about Abdul El-Sayed's fight through Islamophobic attacks, and why fandoms can be good? Plus former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya on the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger that could kill Hollywood.
This week: Twitch streamer and cultural commentator Caroline Kwan joins to talk about Abdul El-Sayed's fight through Islamophobic attacks, and why fandoms can be good? Plus former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya on the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger that could kill Hollywood.
Francesca unpacks the online fight over "Woke 1.0" — performative identity politics versus material policy — and how AOC threw the Black Lives Movement under the bus. Also, the Abdul El-Sayed freakout continues, but the candidate has a comeback for every ounce of hate. Then, MSNOW’s Joe Scarborough has a next-level meltdown over Hasan Piker. Also, AOC opens up about her IVF journey and the right of course has a problem with it.
Then, former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya joins to break down the Skydance-Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger — $80 billion in debt, promised "synergies" (lmao), an insane round of cuts, and what it means for creatives, contractors, and the future of what gets made when one family controls CBS, CNN, and HBO.
Featuring:
Caroline Kwan, cultural commentator and Twitch streamer, https://www.instagram.com/carolinekwann/
https://www.twitch.tv/carolinekwan
Alvaro Bedoya, Senior Advisor at the American Economic Liberties Project, https://x.com/BedoyaUSA
Take Action: https://blockthemerger.com/
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