\u003C/p>\u003Cp>In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by \u003Cb>Dr. \u003C/b>\u003Cb>Tamanisha John\u003C/b>, professor at Clark Atlanta University and Caribbean regional analyst to discuss recent snap elections in St. Kitts and Nevis that brought the Labor Party and Dr. Terrence Drew to power, the political dynamics between the St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party and the People's Labor Party and how these differences highlight economic issues brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, how the pandemic has changed Caribbean politics more broadly, how issues like healthcare, housing, and education have come to dominate politics in the Caribbean and shifted the geopolitical outlook as the US looks to maintain its dominance of the region.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\u003Cp>In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by \u003Cb>Nate Wallace\u003C/b>, co-host of Red Spin Sports to discuss the ongoing saga of Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson's suspension and his start in the preseason games, the lionization of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell because of his appeal of Watson's six-game suspension and the important line between ownership and labor, the Saudi-funded LIV golf tournament and the mainstream media's focus on the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi rather than the countless other human rights abuses committed such as the war in Yemen , and what is going on with Kryie Irving and how it relates to the celebritization and commodification of athletes.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by \u003Cb>Margaret Kimberley\u003C/b>, editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report and author of the book \"Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents\" to discuss the FBI's raid of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort and the important questions that continue to surround it, the Democratic party's focus on Trump and Russiagate as an electoral strategy rather than presenting any sort of political platform, why the Russiagate thought-killing campaign and the focus on Trump by the Democratic party highlights the necessity of a popular movement outside of the two-party system, and the white supremacist hubris that motivated Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and other US imperialist ventures.\u003C/p>","storage/podcasts/9666c202-9e79-4dd7-bc85-151f26fc8a66/images/8038cdc4-5e00-43e3-bd7a-e8f2a826ac75.jpg","storage/podcasts/9666c202-9e79-4dd7-bc85-151f26fc8a66/episodes/8038cdc4-5e00-43e3-bd7a-e8f2a826ac75.mp3",6882,525,"2022-08-12T20:32:10.321Z",57,{"image_80":73,"image_180":74,"image_240":75,"image_600":76,"image_1280":77},"storage/podcasts/9666c202-9e79-4dd7-bc85-151f26fc8a66/images/8038cdc4-5e00-43e3-bd7a-e8f2a826ac75_80.jpg","storage/podcasts/9666c202-9e79-4dd7-bc85-151f26fc8a66/images/8038cdc4-5e00-43e3-bd7a-e8f2a826ac75_180.jpg","storage/podcasts/9666c202-9e79-4dd7-bc85-151f26fc8a66/images/8038cdc4-5e00-43e3-bd7a-e8f2a826ac75_240.jpg","storage/podcasts/9666c202-9e79-4dd7-bc85-151f26fc8a66/images/8038cdc4-5e00-43e3-bd7a-e8f2a826ac75_600.jpg","storage/podcasts/9666c202-9e79-4dd7-bc85-151f26fc8a66/images/8038cdc4-5e00-43e3-bd7a-e8f2a826ac75_1280.jpg",{"id":79,"number":80,"season":22,"title":81,"description":82,"type":40,"image":83,"audio":84,"duration":85,"is_explicit":19,"code":86,"publish_date":87,"listenings":88,"is_private":19,"plans":22,"video":22,"images":89},"ca947dd0-364c-4afb-914d-0b28b70cfc42",602,"Mar-a-Lago Raid, Tensions in Kosovo, Cost of War Project, Water Woes for Lake Powell and Lake Mead","Afghanistan Cost Report estimates that 30% of U.S. appropriations for Afghanistan reconstruction was lost to waste, fraud, and abuse. \r\n\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Daniel McAdams\u003C/b>, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. 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By the middle of this month - so next week - the seven Colorado River states — Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming — will have to present a plan to the federal government and reduce their combined water usage from the Colorado River by up to 4 million acre-feet next year. That’s as much as a quarter of the water the states are allocated. 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Everything from the average person's privacy in big tech to abortion rights and Reverend Jesse Jackson joins the show to discuss his work on the Brittney Griner case. \u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />\u003Cb>Chris Garaffa\u003C/b> - Editor of TechforthePeople.organd co-host of the CovertAction Bulletin Podcast\u003Cbr />\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Reese Everson\u003C/b> - Attorney and womens’ advocate\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Rev. Jesse L. 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The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the Ukrainian military's attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant not only threatened the lives of Ukrainians and Russians but all Europeans.\r\n\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Dr. Colin Campbell, DC senior news correspondent, joins us to discuss the Pro-Trump backlash to the FBI search. Dr. Campbell discusses the concerns over escalating the risk of political violence.\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Dr. Jemima Pierre, associate professor of Black studies and anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, a member of the Black Alliance for Peace, and an editor of the \"Black Agenda Review\" segment of the Black Agenda Report, joins us to discuss Haiti and Cuba. Samir Handal, wanted for Haitian leader Jovenel Moise's assassination, is still being held in Turkey; and the Biden administration is watching a potential ecological disaster in Cuba, 90 miles from the US coastline, without offering any meaningful assistance.\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Obi Egbuna, activist and US Representative for The Zimbabwean Newspapers, joins us to discuss Zimbabwean journalists arrested under Cybersecurity Law. Two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper were arrested earlier this month and charged with transmitting \"false data messages.\"\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Laith Marouf, broadcaster and journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon, joins us to discuss Gaza. Laith discusses the UN Security Council's emergency meeting to discuss Gaza \"amid a fragile truce.\"\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>K. J. Noh, peace activist, and writer, joins us to discuss China. 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