The Ashcraft Catastrophe Podcast

We discuss white privilege, racism, male privilege, and more. sources Instagram references-   @Feminist.yes, @florencegiven

We discuss the wealth tax and its implications. I apologize for the bad audio quality, I cleaned it up as much as I could. Sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI8cPCB-lBA&list=PLuoN0F1Xey52qhiLSYOMSad8NEu5MlTzp https://qz.com/1723454/this-is-how-long-an-average-us-worker-needs-to-become-a-billionaire/ https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/guide/billion.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/youre-just-disposable-new-accounts-from-former-amazon-employees-raise-questions-about-working-conditions/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/17/amazon-warehouse-worker-deaths https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/some-instacart-amazon-workers-strike-as-jobs-get-riskier https://www.newsweek.com/amazon-drivers-warehouse-conditions-workers-complains-jeff-bezos-bernie-1118849 https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/country-studies/united-states/ Outliers by Malcolm Gladewell

Trigger Warning: If addiction and drugs are not suitable topics for you and would negatively impact your mental health for any reason please skip this episode; your health comes first.  We discuss the impact of supervised injection clinics and the war on drugs in the United States. These opinions are wholly our own; we are not experts.  sources  https://www.livescience.com/33795-effective.html https://www.governing.com/columns/washington-watch/gov-dare-drug-programs.html https://www.americanexperiment.org/article/is-dare-doing-kids-more-harm/ https://www.history.com/news/americas-war-on-drugs-was-designed-to-fail-so-why-is-it-being-revived-now https://www.criminaljusticeprograms.com/articles/war-on-drugs-history-and-facts/ https://hrf.org/research_posts/the-human-rights-cost-of-the-war-on-drugs/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/21/canada-opioid-crisis-supervised-drug-injection-sites https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/07/645609248/whats-the-evidence-that-supervised-drug-injection-sites-save-lives https://alcoholrehab.com/addiction-recovery/beating-the-relapse-statistics/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/how-addiction-hijacks-the-brain https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/brain-and-addiction https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/brain-health/science-says-addiction-a-chronic-disease-not-a-moral-failing https://www.centeronaddiction.org/what-addiction/addiction-disease

We discuss whether churches should be held financially accountable for their non-profit status. sources  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M85DKl-nugw&t=545s - Nine-ninety forms and church exception https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh-KSscc6VM - more on the fair game policy