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Episode Synopsis
We welcome Associate Professor of Media and Communication Matthew Crain to the show to talk about his Boston Review article "How Capitalism and not a Few Bad Actors Destroyed the Internet." We also present this week's Question from Hell!, have a brand new Hangover Cure, and producer Sebastian talks about how railroad strikes getting cracked down upon by the government is a tradition in this country almost as old as railroads themselves in this week's Past Inside the Present.
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/how-capitalism-not-a-few-bad-actors-destroyed-the-internet/
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/how-capitalism-not-a-few-bad-actors-destroyed-the-internet/
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