![]() ![]() Adam’s book details his younger sister’s descent into the darkness - and in the process, it provides a look at the silent plague of suicide, as well as the coping strategies for those whose families are hit by it. Adam is a Denver institution - he founded the improv group called The Grawlix and he has a show on Tru TV called “Those Who Can’t.” He comes from a family that is a pillar of the community - his dad is a renowned civil rights attorney and his mom was an investigative journalist. The book is about both Adam’s own career as a gifted stand up comedian, as well as his younger sister’s suicide six years ago. On this episode, I talk to comedian Adam Cayton-Holland about his new book Tragedy Plus Time, which details his own relatives’ experience with suicide - and examines how mental illness can strike even the most tight-knit families. These are dark times - we are facing a climate change crisis, rampant poverty and desperation, and now suicide rates in the United States are on the rise. During the conversation, we discussed the details of the report on O’Rourke, and we discussed the state of the Democratic 2020 presidential primary. On this episode, we flip the mic around - progressive podcaster Katie Halper interviewed me about the whole situation. The report found that O’Rourke at times voted against the majority of his party to help pass Republican bills to deregulate Wall Street, chip away at the Affordable Care Act, boost fossil fuel production, and support a key piece of President Trump’s immigration policy. I was as surprised to hear this as you might have been - and I was even more shocked to find out that the proof of this alleged “war” was my report in Capital & Main and The Guardian taking a look at O’Rourke’s congressional voting record. “Pete Buttigieg is an ambitious politician,” he says.In December, the Washington media exploded in outrage, alleging that Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders had launched a coordinated war on Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke, who is considering a bid for president. Sirota has a theory and it’s related to the kind of lawmaker that Buttigieg is. So why won’t he and why didn’t he when he had the chance? That’s what Andy wants to know. In this thrilling, 8-part podcast, investigative journalist David Sirota explores why the financial crisis happened, how the bailout went so wrong, why politicians covered up Wall Street’s crimes and what the lasting impact of the meltdown was on America’s political, social and economic fabric. ![]() “That Southwest’s executives making the decision to pay themselves $112 million, Southwest executives’ decision to approve a shareholder dividend of $400 million while not making what they knew to be were necessary investments in their computer system,” is all the more reason Buttigieg needs to regulate them and others, says Sirota. Sirota also pokes a hole in the argument that Buttigieg isn’t responsible for Southwest’s computer system errors. By: David Sirota, Dan O’Donnell, Shoshi Shmuluvitz, Kiarra Powell. Buttigieg did none of that,” Sirota tells show co-host Andy Levy. Episode 2 - The Rant Heard Round the World. ![]() “Colorado’s attorney general, before the Southwest meltdown, and a bunch of other attorneys general filed a letter, an official comment letter, telling Buttigieg to finally pass a rule that’s been sitting at the Department of Transportation for four months requiring airlines to sell only flights that have adequate personnel to fly, saying that the Department should make clear it will impose significant fines for cancellations and extended delays that are weather-related or otherwise unavoidable. ![]()
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