This week Carla and Joy discuss the Oceangate submersible implosion. Join along as they explore the ethics around feelings of schadenfreude when billionaires die, the reasons capitalists despise the regulations that keep us safe, the allure of extreme tourism for the wealthy, and so much more. 

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This week Carla and Joy discuss the exploitative playground that is the service industry. Join along as they explore the origins of tipping, the propaganda that justifies the mistreatment of workers in this space, models for a more just service industry, and so much more. 

References in today's show:

• Frank Cappello (@frankly_socialist on Tiktok)
• Movies Vs. Capitalism Podcast 
• Madeline Pendleton (@Madeline_pendleton on Tiktok)

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This week Carla and Joy are back after a brief hiatus! With summertime quickly approaching and vacation planning underway for many, it's the perfect time to discuss the politics of travel. What is the link between colonialism and mass tourism? How is exploitation baked into the development and operation of resort towns? How can we as individuals become more ethical travelers? 

Join along as they answer these questions and more!

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This week Carla and Joy complete their two week exploration of the housing crisis, and the IMBY (in my backyard) movements. Does the YIMBY movement truly stand in opposition to the NIMBY movement, or are they two sides of the same coin? Is there a movement that exists beyond the NIMBY/YIMBY binary? What would public policy that affirms housing as a human right look like? Join along as they answer these questions and more!

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This week Carla and Joy are back in their microseries bag - this time taking on our long-standing housing crisis. What happens when you treat housing as a tool for profit making rather than a right? How did the real estate lobby contribute to the deterioration of our public housing? What role have NIMBYs played in our shortage of affordable housing, and are there leftist NIMBYs?

Join along as they answer these questions and more. 

**Please excuse the echo for the first two minutes of the podcast - it clears away at the 2:18 mark :) **

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This week Carla and Joy discuss the recent layoffs in the tech industry. Join along as they challenge conventional wisdom on who is and who isn't part of the working class, and explore the ways in which tech companies are hostile to organizing and worker empowerment. 

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Welcome to season 2 of Sip & Politic! 

For this inaugural episode of 2023, Carla and Joy honor Black History Month and its theme of Black Resistance by discussing the sanitization of our Black leaders' legacies. This sanitization not only softens their indictment of white supremacy, but ERASES their indictment of capitalism. Join along as they discuss why so many of our prominent leaders from the civil rights era believed that dismantling capitalism was necessary for Black liberation.

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This week Carla and Joy venture on part two of their discussion surrounding Qatar and the World Cup.

Whereas last week's episode laid the groundwork and provided context on how we arrived at this moment, this week they are fully in their analysis bag. Join along as they discuss the bias on display in discourse surrounding Qatar, the pervasiveness of human rights abuses in the country, how some leftists end up aligning with oppressive governments, and so much more.

This is our final episode of the year as we head to break for the holidays. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined along with us thus far and we look forward to reengaging in the new year!

Wishing everyone a fabulous holiday season!

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