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June 2026

Palantalk | E43 - Peter Runs to Argentina, The DOJ Seeks to End Disability Rights
Nick Paro and Shane Yirak join together for this week's Palantalk - where we touch on Peter Thiel running to Argentina and a call to action to go on…
 • Banner & Backbone Media, Shane Yirak, and Nick Paro
1:12:14
A Call to Action - Say No To Crip Crow
Join our coordinated efforts to contact legislators - local to federal - and ensure disability rights and freedoms are not stripped away. We oppose the…
Published on Sick of this Shit Publications • 
Palantalk | E42 - Robber Barons Robbing Us Blind
Elon Musk’s “trillionaire” status is an accounting illusion, trace Peter Thiel’s flight to Argentina, and laying out concrete ways to divest from…
 • Banner & Backbone Media, Nick Paro, and Shane Yirak
1:45:12
Palantalk | E41 - Move Fast and Break the World
SpaceX IPO, Anthropic’s report that Claude now writes 80% of its own code, and a simulation where AI committed genocide in four days — and argue “move…
 • Banner & Backbone Media, Shane Yirak, and Nick Paro
1:35:30
Palantalk | E40 - What’s Behind the AI Tech Boom
Back together after a few weeks, Nick Paro and Shane Yirak deliver a “state of the union” on the AI boom — arguing it’s a paper-economy bubble built on…
 • Banner & Backbone Media, Nick Paro, and Shane Yirak
1:40:55
Anti Fascist Book Club | Surviving Autocracy, Part 3 - Chapters 17-19
Nick Paro, Tara Devlin, and Kris Goldsmith open part three of Masha Gessen’s Surviving Autocracy, where white supremacy stops hiding and the regime’s…
 • Nick Paro, Kristofer Goldsmith, and Tara Devlin
1:00:05
Powerful Voices | Courage For New Hampshire CD-02 with Paige Beauchemin
New Hampshire state rep and registered nurse Paige Beauchemin tells Nick Paro why she is running a no-PAC, no-dark-money “working person’s campaign” for…
 • Banner & Backbone Media and Nick Paro
1:05:43
Anti Fascist Book Club | Surviving Autocracy, Part 2 - Chapters 11-13
Nick Paro and Tara Devlin open part two of Masha Gessen’s Surviving Autocracy, arguing that the autocrat attacks language first — and that reclaiming…
 • Nick Paro, Tara Devlin, and Banner & Backbone Media
1:11:01
Anti Fascist Book Club | Surviving Autocracy - Chapters 5-10
Nick Paro and Tara Devlin close out part one of Masha Gessen’s Surviving Autocracy, arguing the regime’s corruption isn’t hidden — it’s transparent, and…
 • Banner & Backbone Media, Tara Devlin, and Nick Paro
53:07

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