Listened to Hindsight Is 2019 from On the Media | WNYC Studios

We take a walk down memory lane, and ask ourselves some existential questions.
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2019 started on a note of fakery, as we made sense of the conspiracies and simulacra that distort our information field. It's ending with a similar air of surreality, with impeachment proceedings bringing the dynamics of the Trump presidency into stark relief. Along the way, we've examined forces, deconstructed narratives, and found the racist core at the heart of so much of the American project. And as we've come to look differently at the world, we've come to look differently at ourselves.

With excerpts from:

When The Internet is Mostly Fake, January 11th, 2019

United States of Conspiracy, May 17th, 2019

Trump Sees Conspiracies Everywhere, October 4th, 2019

Understanding the White Power Movement, March 22nd, 2019

Why "Send Her Back" Reverberated So Loudly, July 19th, 2019

The Scarlet E, Part II: 40 Acres, June 14th, 2019

Part 1: The Myth Of The Frontier, March 29th, 2019

Empire State of Mind, April 5th, 2019

The Perils of Laundering Hot Takes Through History, March 1st, 2019