#432 - America Would Never

Published: June 6, 2023, 2:17 a.m.

b'A ragtag gang of Beltway misfits discover how to start a proxy war in CHARLIE WILSON\'S WAR (2007), a lighthearted look at American intervention from the combined forces of Tom Hanks, Mike Nichols, and Aaron Sorkin. We discuss how this celebration of the Reagan Doctrine from the very heart of "liberal Hollywood" offers a, shall we say, sanitized version of the end of the Cold War. PLUS: We discuss matters Pablo-matic and not.\\n\\nJoin us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus\\n\\nPreorder "Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality," the new Ed Broadbent memoir coauthored by our own Luke Savage - https://ecwpress.com/products/seeking-social-democracy-ed-broadbent\\n\\n"Fake News" by our own Luke Savage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crSeqJafFt8&ab_channel=JusticeDemocrats\\n\\n"With Hannah Gadsby\\u2019s \\u2018It\\u2019s Pablo-matic,\\u2019 the Joke\\u2019s on the Brooklyn Museum" by Jason Farago - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/arts/design/hannah-gadsby-brooklyn-museum-picasso.html\\n\\n"The True Mystery in James Comey\\u2019s Crime Novel" by Jacob Bacharach - https://newrepublic.com/article/172553/true-mystery-james-comeys-crime-novel-central-park-west-review'