This month we talk about Israel and the language surrounding Zionism, holding fast to our belief in equal dignity and rights for all people. Audrey visits a Seattle town hall featuring Pramila Jayapal about January 6th and the creeping threat of white nationalism. Hasan Piker’s bid to elect Socialists and progressives to Senate and Congressional seats, challenging the Democratic establishment, kicks the big donor hornet’s nest. In Audrey’s clinical work, clients lose medicaid, housing, food and transportation, which sometimes leads to suicides. DSA’s recent electoral advances kindle our hope that democracy might one day deliver the material support and challenge to imperial violence people around the world are desperately seeking.

Opening quote by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI)

Main show theme is “Strangers” by Midnight Prisms

Music and lyrics by Alicia Beck

Music and production by Max Foreman

Mastering by Little Castle Sound

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Main logo art by Patrick Mitchell and Angelina Harvey (@graffitifucks on Instagram)

• (00:00:00) - DSA Resolution and Corporate Greed Speech
• (00:01:18) - Intro to Outside Issues Podcast
• (00:01:23) - Confronting a Zionist Rabbi's Microaggression
• (00:05:02) - Debating Genocide, Murder, and Legal Definitions
• (00:05:54) - Zionism, Trauma-Informed Language, and DSA Divisions
• (00:08:16) - Navigating Confrontation and Solidarity with Jewish Allies
• (00:09:42) - Finkelstein on Jewish Supremacy vs Zionism
• (00:11:03) - Personal Reflections on Being Called Colonizer/Bigot
• (00:14:46) - Nothing to Feel Guilty About
• (00:15:42) - Hasan Piker's Political Campaigning and Backlash
• (00:17:45) - Democratic Establishment's Fear and Media Silence on Hasan
• (00:21:21) - Dope of Hope and Town Hall Seattle Talk on Christian Nationalism
• (00:23:51) - Staying Informed Without Burnout
• (00:26:45) - Emotional Labor, Hope, and Systemic Frustration
• (00:29:38) - Voting as Material Relief and Political Opportunity
• (00:32:51) - Generational Shift Away from Boomer Politics
• (00:36:27) - Age of Abundance and Entrenched Capital
• (00:38:50) - Obama Hope Nostalgia and Lessons Learned