Sophia Freuden sat down with Chloe Freuden, a registered nurse in the State of Washington, to discuss recent policy recommendations issued by the CDC regarding masks. They also chatted about medical misinformation, legal action being taken against it, and how coronavirus will impact the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

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Masks Unmasked: On Mask Policies and Medical Misinformation During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Masks Unmasks: On Mask Policies and Medical Misinformation During the Coronavirus Pandemic

In this week's episode, Pinot & Policy winos Drake MacFarlane and Hannah Cowden receive a lesson in epidemiology, virology, and the efficacy of boxed wine mimosas from special guest Michael Luzadder -- a real life STEM major. Truly, high school biology is better with booze. 

COVID-101: An Intro to Light Beer and Epidemiology

The Pinot & Policy crew invites special guest Phoebe Gresser, a political liaison with the Outlaw Dirty Money initiative in Arizona, to discuss the impact of social distancing on campaigns and ballot initiatives across America. Oh, and we get wine drunk at noon, as is tradition. 

Democracy Despite COVID-19

Drake MacFarlane, Hannah Cowden, and Sophia Freuden teamed up to talk about the pending apocalypse, otherwise known as coronavirus. No stone was left unturned, including risks of the pandemic, its economic and political impact, and what it means for gerontocracy in the United States.

From Pangolins to Pandemics: the Coronavirus

Drake MacFarlane, Hannah Luzadder, and Sophia Freuden hop on this episode to talk Bloomberg's meme campaign to win the Democratic nominations, corporate capture of natural artistic communities, influencer culture, and everything else on the internet that makes you want to rage quit life. Sound: "Nylon string Guitar with steel string bass" by 4barrelcarb on Freesound.org with a CC0 1.0 license.

Bloomberg's Memocracy

Drake MacFarlane and Sophia Freuden sit down to discuss our cyber overlords, Facebook and Google, as well as some antitrust investigations that have been launched against them in recent weeks. They go over the legal history of major antitrust laws in the US, privacy scandals, possible legal defenses for these companies, and pretty much every else that's terrifying as it relates to data and the law.Sound: "jazz_music_loop.mp3" by anechoix with a CC BY 3.0 license.

Google is bad, mmkay?

Hannah Cowden, Drake MacFarlane and Sophia Freuden sit down over some Radlers and gin to discuss climate change--or as it is increasingly known, the climate crisis. This particularly spicy discussion includes 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg and her upcoming address at the UNGA and the wildfires in the Amazon rain forest. What--if anything--can be done to tackle this crisis? Listen in to find out what our podcast crew thinks.Sound: "Piano, Bach Fantasia, A (H6 MS).wav" by InspectorJ with a CC BY 3.0 license

Live Green or Die Hard: The Climate Crisis Episode

Hong Kong is seeing mass protests reaching as large as 1.7 million people marching in a single day. This protest movement is 11 weeks old and four weeks away from the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party taking control of mainland China. Brews in hand, our regular podcast crew discusses the reasons for these protests, the complicated China-Hong Kong relationship, and economic and geopolitical conditions affecting the entire situation.Sound: "Chinese flute Hulusi" by iluppai on Feesound.org with a CC0 1.0 license

Protest Power: 11 Weeks into Hong Kong's Disruption

Arbitror's podcast where emerging scholars and professionals convene around fermented libations to discuss the latest in domestic and foreign policy news.

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