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Fukushima’s toxic tail and Ramaswamy’s media blitz
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Hello from Honolulu!
It’s just us this week, trading places: Tammy is home in humid Brooklyn, and Jay is on the road, visiting family in Hawaii! (6:00) First, we discuss the planned release of 500 swimming pools’ worth of radioactive(?) wastewater from Fukushima, which has spurred lousy takes from Beltway types and a run on salt in South Korea. (19:10) Next, we look at Vivek Ramaswamy’s long-shot candidacy for President and try to discern what the entrepreneur brings to a flailing Republican Party.
In this episode, we ask:
Was “Mad Men” a good show?
How does the Fukushima conversation serve as a barometer for China–Japan–South Korea relations?
Is Trumpism analogous to Modi-ism?
Are we doomed to have an amoral, debate-brained candidate in every Republican primary?
For more, dig into:
* Regional reactions to the wastewater plan at Fukushima
* Images of Vermont’s floods and the proximate climate apocalypse
* Sheelah Kolhatkar’s jealousy-inducing profile of Vivek Ramaswamy for The New Yorker
* DeSantis’s jump-the-shark hate ad
* Our May ep about the American Prospect’s Tucker Carlson piece (and its backlash): Karaoke soft power + left media cowardice
Thanks for listening! Subscribe on Patreon or Substack, and follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Email us at timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com.
This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
229 episode
Manage episode 371141356 series 2755549
Hello from Honolulu!
It’s just us this week, trading places: Tammy is home in humid Brooklyn, and Jay is on the road, visiting family in Hawaii! (6:00) First, we discuss the planned release of 500 swimming pools’ worth of radioactive(?) wastewater from Fukushima, which has spurred lousy takes from Beltway types and a run on salt in South Korea. (19:10) Next, we look at Vivek Ramaswamy’s long-shot candidacy for President and try to discern what the entrepreneur brings to a flailing Republican Party.
In this episode, we ask:
Was “Mad Men” a good show?
How does the Fukushima conversation serve as a barometer for China–Japan–South Korea relations?
Is Trumpism analogous to Modi-ism?
Are we doomed to have an amoral, debate-brained candidate in every Republican primary?
For more, dig into:
* Regional reactions to the wastewater plan at Fukushima
* Images of Vermont’s floods and the proximate climate apocalypse
* Sheelah Kolhatkar’s jealousy-inducing profile of Vivek Ramaswamy for The New Yorker
* DeSantis’s jump-the-shark hate ad
* Our May ep about the American Prospect’s Tucker Carlson piece (and its backlash): Karaoke soft power + left media cowardice
Thanks for listening! Subscribe on Patreon or Substack, and follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Email us at timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com.
This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
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