Episodes
Tuesday May 24, 2016
Infectious Myth – Online Voting – 05.24.16
Tuesday May 24, 2016
Tuesday May 24, 2016
David talks with Areeq Chowdhury, founder and chief executive of Web Roots Democracy, a United Kingdom-based organization that promotes the idea of online voting in British elections to combat apathy and increase voter turnout, especially among the young. Following that interview David reviews news articles on criminal justice, guns, medicalization of birth and treatment of ADHD and depression.
Tuesday May 17, 2016
Infectious Myth – Linda Paine on Election Integrity – 05.17.16
Tuesday May 17, 2016
Tuesday May 17, 2016
David is interested in democratic processes, especially those that are flawed, and decides to talk to Tea Party activist Linda Paine who believes that there is massive fraud in elections, with even dead people voting, at least in her state of California. David hopes to cover other perspectives on the electoral mechanics of elections in future episodes.
Tuesday May 03, 2016
Infectious Myth – Episode 100: Heather Ellis Cucolo on Sex Crimes – 05.03.16
Tuesday May 03, 2016
Tuesday May 03, 2016
In Episode 100 David Talks to legal professor and defense lawyer Heather
Ellis Cucolo about sexual offenses. While it might be difficult for
many people to feel any sympathy for people on US sex crimes registers,
Cucolo points out that the overboard definition of sex crimes can lead
to people being punished for sex crimes they might commit in the future,
even though they haven’t yet, and sentences that are clearly too long,
and can even lead to life imprisonment through the so-called Civil
Confinement procedures, that are supposed to treat people who are not
ready to be released at the end of their sentences, but actually just
ends up warehousing them for life. In Minnesota, she points out, not a
single person has ever been released from Civil Confinement. Find out
more about Cucolo’s work at: http://www.mdlpa.net (Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates).
Following the interview David discusses other legal and medical issues. The list of articles cited is here: http://theinfectiousmyth.com/PRN-TIM/100.php