Ep. 147: Miseducation

The dismantling of education in various U.S. states has us SUPER troubled. We’re talking book bans, censored school courses, and those disturbing PragerU videos you’ve been seeing on your socials. Plus, an abandoned underground ballroom in England? Go onnnn.

Highlights:

[0:00] Anna tells CoRri about the doomed life and estate of James Whitaker Wright
[22:48] We wish Hollywood Steve a happy birthday, reminisce on the glory days of ecards, and grapple with the fact that Twitter doesn’t exist anymore
[32:52] What we watched! (Enys Men, Last Voyage of the Demeter, Wrath of Becky, The Faculty, Necronomicon, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, They Cloned Tyrone, Atlantis, Shang Chi, Villains, Blade Runner, Unseen, Lord of Illusions)
[76:42] We talk about the many ways in which censorship and misinformation is becoming legalized and normalized in schools in the United States.

Stuff we referenced:

• Witley Wonder Underwater Ballroom
• San Francisco Call, Volume 95, Number 58, 27 January 1904
• A SWINDLER’S FOLLY: THE UNDERWATER BALLROOM OF WHITAKER WRIGHT
• The true story of a Victorian swindler and his spectacular underwater bachelor palace
• Frederick Douglass Depiction in PragerU Slavery Video Called ‘Sickening’
• Banned in the USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools
• No Book Ban In Glen Ridge: Library Unanimously Votes To Keep Six Challenged Books
• Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill that Requires Curriculum Transparency
• Florida’s Governor Just Signed the ‘Stop Woke Act.’ Here’s What It Means for Schools and Businesses
• What It Means That Florida Will Allow Conservative PragerU Content in Schools
• Florida approves PragerU curriculum: Why critics are sounding the alarm on right-wing bias
• Florida is first state to approve PragerU Kids ‘history and blessings’ videos for schools
• Florida clarifies AP psychology can be taught after confusion