Ironweeds

We are #blessed with a #guest this week, Chris' lovely fiance Emily, as we tune in to some ghost hunters very compelling evidence of the paranormal. Your friends form Troy trade local spooky experiences and historical hauntings. Then we lament a mistreated goat at the hands of a slumlord, and talk about the importance of tenants' unions. We close out with ghost hunting and the creation of authenticity in David's new essay. The book we read: (http://www.stackpolebooks.com/book/9780811736213) David's essay: (https://wetransfer.com/downloads/4d1f7261526df7a6417754e183ea6ae420191031155853/25caa35495cc733bcf34be984023796f20191031155853/20bba3) Rate & Review us on iTunes or throw us a hammy for some bonus content!: (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ironweeds)

On this episode Brit regales us with the thrilling conclusion of the Anti-Rent War. But not before we try to guess what Buttigieg and Zuck must have been talking about in that selfie. We also remind everyone about DSA's tenants's town hall and get ready for a new anti-rent war! For wildflowers we talk about the golden asteroid that would make us all as rich as Bezos if that's how value worked, and the Blink 182 guy is researching UFO metals with the military Troy DSA's Tenants Town Hall: (https://www.facebook.com/events/2321909574738528/) Psyche 16, the biggest score of them all: (https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/mission-rare-metal-asteroid-could-spark-space-mining-boom-ncna1027971) Tom Delonge's Army Research Contract: (https://gizmodo.com/uh-the-army-just-contracted-with-tom-delonges-ufo-gr-1839176479.)

On this episode we start off with Chris reporting back from an XR event in New York City. We talk about the challenges of choosing the right tactics for effective political change in the face of tough odds. Brit begins the first of a two-part series on Upstate New York's Anti-Rent Wars against the Van Rensselaer family. Come for the history, stay for the inventive ways our forbears screwed with the sheriff. We refer a lot to this book: (https://www.worldcat.org/title/anti-rent-era-in-new-york-law-and-politics-1839-1865/oclc/1120601618&referer=brief_results) Finally, for wildflowers, we take a look at Never Again Atlanta's plan to give ICE agents a way out of the ruthless gang they are in: (https://www.thedailybeast.com/activist-group-never-again-action-entices-ice-agents-to-quit-by-finding-new-jobs)

This week the gang is #blessed with a guest: Justin Roczniak of Do Not Eat YouTube fame and acclaim. We discuss Tesla under-delivering their electric Ford Pintos, cars being just the absolute worst, some light history on urban transit is sprinkled throughout, and we ask: nuclear energy - hot or not? Wildflowers for the week are about how strikes are dope, and what soothing media opiates we consume to get through stressful work sessions. Justin's YouTube: (https://www.youtube.com/user/donoteat01/featured) Justin's Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/donoteat) CDTA electric buses: (https://www.metro-magazine.com/zero-emissions/news/735134/new-york-s-cdta-to-add-40-foot-new-flyer-battery-electric-buses) Tesla stock tanking: (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tesla-stock-reels-after-electric-car-makers-missed-sales-2019-10-03) Tesla batteries are a fire risk: (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/04/tesla-battery-fire-issues-under-investigation-by-us-traffic-safety-agency.html) Amazon workers walking out: (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa7qny/60-amazon-workers-walked-out-over-warehouse-working-conditions) Outro music - On Strike by GmacCash: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJOHvQ9cL38) Bonus content for those who review us or throw us a hammy! (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ironweeds)

This week Chris and David report back from Bird-dogging the Mayor about the coverup of the police murder of Edson Thevenin. Also Chris is sober. Bernie Sanders needs to fix Taco Bell for the people. Liz Warren's plans aren't enough, because you gotta build movements. For our wildflowers: Spiders ride the lightning and use electricity to fly! // Organizing around police brutality in Troy: (https://www.facebook.com/justicefordahmeek/) // let Democrats running know how you feel about murder cover ups! Bissember: (https://www.facebook.com/Bissember4Troy/) Cummings: (https://www.facebook.com/AnashaEst/) & Madden: (https://www.facebook.com/madden4mayor/)

This week we discuss the lurid details of #plategate, how trains transitioned from erotic death machines of capitalism to friendly socialist transport, yeeting billionaires, Pelosi finally doing her job but for all the wrong reasons, and how being nice just might save your life. David's article on trains: https://reallifemag.com/union-station/ Bonus content for those who leave us a review or throw us a hammy! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ironweeds

The gang is back on their bullshit - causing local controversy by sharing facts and logic. In this episode we discuss the adorable birdhouses for books we call little free libraries, why they need more leftist literature, and the modern American fear of confronting politics in public spaces. We talk The Shop, after its sudden closure due to the mass resignation of its entire workforce, the challenges of unionizing hospitality workers, and why worker owned co-ops rule. Our wildflower this time is the low-tech-biotech behind the brewing of THC and other cannabinoids. The future's gonna be weird, but we're here for it. The pamphlets David disseminated: https://revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/ak-tactical-media/ias-lexicon-pamphlet-series/ The Dish on The Shop: https://blog.timesunion.com/tablehopping/63410/exclusive-the-shop-staff-quits-en-masse-future-uncertain/ Brewing Up Dabs: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/27/gm-yeast-brew-cannabis-beer-scientists-california Bonus content coming for those who drop us a review or throw us a hammy: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ironweeds

This week David gets back from a #Neveragainisnow rally and didn’t get hit by a car! Though we later agree that bikes are cars too (in the best way possible). The Joker is (un)cancelled. We look at the paltry offerings of the CNN town hall (except for Bernie, we stan him). Then we get into the equally sticky topics of population control and fish poop. Finally, for wildflowers we ask the tough question: “Can waifus consent to polyamory?” All this and more on IRONWEEDS! (Oh and a minor correction: when Chris says "ringworm" he means "hookworm.") Links: Never Again March coverage: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/ICE-protest-briefly-blocks-Rensselaer-County-Jail-14423322.php “Climate Crisis Town Hall” https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/climate-crisis-town-hall-august-2019/index.html Incel penguin: https://goboiano.com/japan-puts-anime-in-zoo-and-penguin-adopts-a-waifu/

This week on the pod, Brit returns from her fieldwork in the North Star State, David gives us permission to call Ben Shapiro a manlet, local police do their darnedest to protect a killer cop, Trump wants to listen to your “mental extremes” on your Alexa, and thousands of NY State weed convictions are overturned. Hurray! Reporting on the Troy PD coverup: https://www.timesunion.com/news/amp/Troy-council-probing-hiring-of-expert-who-refuted-14379388.php SAFE HOME project to monitor people with mental illness: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/22/white-house-considers-new-project-seeking-links-between-mental-health-violent-behavior/?noredirect=on Justice for Dahmeek: https://www.facebook.com/justicefordahmeek/ NY overturns 160,000 marijuana convictions: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/nyregion/marijuana-records-new-york-city.html/ Throw us a hammy: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ironweeds

This episode, we are blessed with a guest, Sean Collins, lead organizer of SEIU 200 United and author and contributor at Strike Wave (www.thestrikewave.com @strikewave), a labor news publication. Unfortunately, we are also cursed with an absence, as Britney was unable to record this week. We talk about labor organizing, the modern space race, free taco promotions, tipped wages, democracy in the workplace, the republican primary, and for our wildflower: dancing on the grave of David Koch. Spot Coffee Article at The Strike Wave: https://www.thestrikewave.com/original-content/2019/8/21/buffalo-spot-coffee-workers-break-new-ground-with-union-vote Democracy @ Work: https://www.democracyatwork.info/ Organizing at Tesla in Upstate NY: https://www.thestrikewave.com/original-content/2019/1/2/green-union-jobs-organizing-at-buffalos-tesla-factory Throw us a hammy! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ironweeds

We got another transmission from the alternate near-future! We Appreciate (clean, efficient) Power! This week we gather 'round the ole podcasting hearth and discuss our very normal news, the mysterious Hudson Valley Sightings, and our wildflowers are wild trees bearing heirloom fruits. Also: Read Octavia Butler: https://www.goodreads.com/series/41747-xenogenesis Don't bother visiting Donald J. Trump State Tax Write-Off Park: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/donald-j-trump-state-park Taste the Tree of 40 Fruit: https://www.treeof40fruit.com/ Watch out for the Apple Detective: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/01/apple-detective-finds-five-more-apple-varieties-th/

The gang gets a welcome radio transmission from the future, and have our friend and comrade Caroline Nagy (@carolinenudge) on to discuss the recent DSA National Convention (https://capitaldistrictdsa.org/). Afterwards we reel from the sudden death of billionaire-child-rape-ring-leader Jeffrey Epstein, and marvel at our near-constant feeling of unsurprising shock with that we dub "pikachu-face." We check in with the Democratic primary, and discuss Columbia Development and disgraced developer / rat Joseph Niccola's most recent shenanigans in Troy (https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Nicolla-back-in-spotlight-with-220K-tax-break-ask-14284539.php) Our wildflowers this week is all about healthy happy cats! Meow!

The gang is back with more hot shit. We discuss: our brassican identities, the democratic primary debates, Amerikkka's ongoing descent into violence, gun laws, mental illness, stochastic terrorism, dark magic, the technology replacing Esperanto, and to lighten the mood - the rise of catholic exorcisms and demonic possession in general. Catholic Exorcisms on the Rise: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/catholic-exorcisms-on-the-rise/573943/ Episode art is the red nexus from League of Legends, a children's video game that Chris and the El Paso police are apparently way too into.

On this, our latest prime-numbered episode of Ironweeds we discuss Epstein's continued descent into getting what he deserves, why community is either a marketing ploy or a white supremacist rhetorical tool, the decriminalization of weed in NY state, and for our wildflowers segment we talk about our National Orgasm Day plans. ~~Show Notes~~ Epstein's terrible horrible no good very bad day: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-epstein-hearing-court-appearance-20190731-k4sqg5krfbdplbwoxijscb2pvq-story.html The essay Brit & David wrote: https://reallifemag.com/bad-metaphors-community/ Up to 2 ounces of freedom: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/455136-new-york-governor-signs-bill-decriminalizing-marijuana-use National Orgasm Day: https://www.glamour.com/story/orgasm-day-facts Buy us a coffee won't you? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ironweeds

The gang gets together to chat about the death machines we all deal with every day, the horrifying political theater of feeding red meat to racist crowds, the history and legacy of our government's program of weaponizing parasitic insects, and we wrap up by praising some delightful snack foods. Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons; https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062896278/bitten/ The inventor of the biscuits and gravy flavor winning a prize of $1MM from Frito-Lay; https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lays-biscuit-and-gravy-chips_n_5627b194e4b08589ef49fff7 Throw us a Hammy! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/iJKL8d6DI

The gang reacts to news about Epstein (spoiler: it's not good folks), Chris makes excuses for his recent political defeat, David chronicles the attempts to make Troy a Sanctuary City, Brit tells us about Wal-Mart unionizing via Reddit, and the gang shares its hopes of discovery when our comrades successfully take Area 51. James Bridle article on Weird Kids YouTube: https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet-c39c471271d2 Link to Graeber essay: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/whats-the-point-if-we-cant-have-fun Link to TU on Carmella and Green Party: https://www.timesunion.com/7dayarchive/article/Churchill-Meet-Carmella-Mantello-queen-of-the-14091599.php Throw us a Hammy! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/iJKL8d6DI

The gang discusses the ideologically reinforcing structures of suburbs and right-wing YouTube algorithms, deplatforming and internet censorship, and stans mega-evil mega-corporations Apple & Google. (Oh and a minor correction: when Brit says "trolls" she means "bots.")

The gang does Episode 1: Debates, Local Shit, Big Truths