This week, producer Dann Gallucci (filling in for host Jane Marie) sits down with journalist and author, Mary O'Hara, to talk about our big, beautiful - and shrinking - social services in the US, from the perspective of a UK transplant who's 2014 book "Austerity Bites" (10th anniversary version is out now) looks at the impact of the austerity measures put in place in the UK after the 2008 global financial crises.

Spoiler - they we're and remain terrible for the average UK citizen. Perhaps a lesson for US voters at a time when the dismantling of government institutions and the slashing of social services we've taken for granted for decades, are contributing to an ever-growing income gap that has so many Americans feeling pretty helpless.

You can find more from Mary here:

Twitter (X) maryohara1

Instagram maryoharawriter

Threads maryoharawriter

Website:

https://www.maryoharaproductions.com/

AUSTERITY BITES 10 YEARS: US: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bfecf UK: https://tinyurl.com/42yz9848

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Jane Borden has written a book all about cults, the key thesis of which is that Pilgrims, Puritans, etc. were part of a doomsday cult and that manner of thinking was what founded the United States.

You can find more from Jane Borden on Instagram: @janeborden

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This week, host Jane Marie sits down with journalist and author, Fortesa Latifi (rad name), to talk about the unholy marriage of perfect moms and child exploitation…family vlogs.

You can find more from Fortesa Latifi here:

Website: https://www.fortesalatifi.com/

Instagram: @hifortesa

TikTok: @hifortesa

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