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The Crumbling

Sophia Florence

Four co-hosts combine their powers to discuss the people, events, and movements that caused our collective reality to crumble. Sophia Florence - Writer/comedian (horror movies and stand-up), policy advisor and copywriter, chemical engineer, and mathematician V - Sociologist and world"s best hype woman Damian - Activist, scientist, and journalist Davin DuBois - Man of mystery and leisure The podcast addresses disinformation and misinformation, as well as giving accurate histories, with context

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52:03

The Crumbling E27 - KATch Me Outside - An Interview...

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2025/10/22

The co-hosts are joined by journalist, researcher, and Congressional candidate for IL-09 (parts of Chicago and surrounding areas), Kat Abughazaleh. They talk about her history working for Media Matters and other outlets, why she's running, the term "influencer," ICE, and so much more. Check out Kat's links www.katforillinois.comKat Abughazaleh ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ show notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com www.thecrumbling.comThanks to our monthly supporters Bill

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47:43

The Crumbling E26 - Libertarianism - P7- Militias and...

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2025/10/08

The co-hosts are joined by journalist and podcaster Heath Druzin (Howl, Extremely American, Boise State Public Radio) American discuss the direct line from Ron Paul's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns to the rising popularity of the militia movements. V finally lets one of her special interests out of the bag (this exact topic), and Heath illuminates the story with deeper knowledge of these movements. Groups like the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters are discussed. We finally and

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38:39

The Crumbling E25 - Libertarianism - P6 - Milton...

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2025/09/24

The co-hosts continue to discuss the history of the Austrian and Chicago schools of economics. From Uncle Milty (Milton Friedman) to Murray Rothbard, all your least favorite economists of this era make appearances in episodes 24 and 25 part of the Libertarianism series. This episode shows how Rothbard especially built a coalition that spawned one of the bridges between normal Republicans who just kind of hated the government and virulent racists!support the

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32:36

The Crumbline E24 - Libertarianism - P5 - The Other...

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2025/09/10

The co-hosts start to discuss the history of the Austrian and Chicago schools of economics. From Uncle Milty (Milton Friedman) to Murray Rothbard, all your least favorite economists of this era make appearances in This and the Next few episodes Support the show ww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastshow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com www.thecrumbling.com★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Reply on Bluesky Thanks to our monthly supporters Bill Flarsheim Ghosty jason lev Josh

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49:07

The Crumbling E23 - Libertarianism - P4 -...

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2025/08/27

Sophia and V are joined by the talented journalist, Laura Jedeed, to talk about her upbringing in the Objectivist philosophy. This is part 2 of a 2 episode block with Laura, with episode 22 being on Ayn Rand's thought in general, and her cultural impact more broadly.Support the show ww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcastshow notes www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com www.thecrumbling.comLaura's site www.bannedinyourstate.com★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Reply on Bluesky Thanks to our monthly

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49:38

The Crumbling E22 - Libertarianism - P3 - Ayn Makes...

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2025/08/13

Sophia and V are joined by the talented journalist, Laura Jedeed, to discuss one of the right libertarian movements biggest contributors and haters: Ayn Rand. They discuss a bit of her history, but focus on her work and the impact it had. This is part 1 of a 2 episode block with Laura, with episode 23 being an interview with her on her family's adherence to the Objectivist movement. Check out Laura's sitehttps://www.bannedinyourstate.com/support the

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30:31

The Crumbling E21 - Libertarianism - P2 - Nock Nock...

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2025/07/30

Sophia and V move into talking about two proto-chuds whose admissions of elitism would make Anton LaVey blush: HL Mencken and Albert Jay Nock. Both were brutally critical of democracy, and Nock was one of the first figures on the right to refer to himself as "libertarian." This episode explores three of the main characteristics of all libertarian ideology that remain elusive unless you've had to read a lot of this nonsense.support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/TheCrumblingpodcastshow

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44:06

The Crumbling E20 - Libertarianism - P1 - Mercantile?...

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2025/07/16

Sophia, V, and Davin start a journey through the history of rightlibertarianism (libertarian capitalism), starting with its ideological forebears, and laying out some definitions. They discuss some of the greatest sh*t-talkers in philosophical and political history - French people in the 18th and 19th centuries. They discuss a bit of the history of socialism, and how that relates to the inception of the word "libertarian," as well as the birth of the word "capitalism." More importantly,

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2000 Downloads thank you!

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2025/07/06

Thank you Guys for pushing us to reach our 2000'th download , we hope you keep listening!

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44:45

The Crumbling E19 - Somehow Grim and Still Hopeful -...

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2025/07/02

Sophia and V continue the two part interview with Aly Wane, an immigrants' rights activist, about his history with the work, his thoughts about our current moment, how we got there, and where we can go next. The connections between this and the prior interview with David Livingstone Smith are discussed, as well as ideas on dehumanization. The parallels between the oppression of transgender people, immigrants, and Palestinians is discussed at length, and so is how to find solidarity among us

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49:02

The Crumbling E18 - Somehow Grim and Still Hopeful -...

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2025/06/18

Sophia, Davin, and V embark on the first episode of a two part interview with Aly Wane, an immigrants' rights activist, about his history with the work, his thoughts about our current moment, how we got there, and where we can go next. The "post-truth" moment is discussed, and how that informs the specific atrocities that we're all seeing laid out before us right now, in May www.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcast www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com https://immigrantjusticenetwork.org/

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47:55

The Crumbling E17 - It's Never the Time of Monsters -...

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2025/06/04

Sophia, V, and Davin interview David Livingstone Smith, a professor of philosophy at the University of New England. The crew take a deep dive with Professor Smith into his area of expertise - dehumanization. They talk about how he got started studying dehumanization, how it arises, how it leads to genocides and other atrocities, and how it relates to our ongoing epistemic crisis (or, as we like to call it, "our sense of collective reality crumbling"). This is an eye-opening interview about

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29:37

The Crumbling E16 Labor V2 The NCAA - Part 2 -...

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2025/05/21

Sophia and V are once again schooled by Davin on the court...the actual court, though, and not physically on it, and really it's other people that got schooled...but you get it! They talk about how a certain UConn athlete (!!!) accidentally revealed the truth of how student athletes were compensated (or not), and how things have changed since then. The connection between this kind of exploitation and past exploitations is shown clearly for the audience, and everyone is left wondering how

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34:57

The Crumbling E15 - Labor V2 The NCAA - P1 - Ball is...

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2025/05/07

Finally, Davin gets to tell a story! He fills the other co-hosts in on the story of the exploitation of NCAA athletes, prior to the push for some of them unionizing. He describes the conditions that led up to that movement, showing how the league continuously profited off of them, while denying them any chance at making money from their work. Also, two announcements: Tragically, Andrew has left the podcast, and so Davin and Sophia must search for a new third. In this episode, they try out a

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46:43

The Crumbling E14 - Solidarity Will Save Us All - P2...

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2025/04/23

Returning for Part 2 of their deep dive into labor history. with a (mostly) serious panel discussion, Sophia and Andrew explore where we stand today, the historical impact of labor movements, and how they can help us build a future rooted in trust, authenticity, and solidarity. Join the conversation on the past, present, and power of collective action.Featuring Kim Kelly ( Author, Journalist )https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kim-Kelly/178891913Steve Mooser ( Labor History),

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44:52

The Crumbling E13 - Solidarity Will Save Us All - P1...

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2025/04/09

T he co-hosts have a chance to chat with the journalist Kim Kelly, author of the book Fight Like Hell and the upcoming book Fight To Win, about how labor movements provide a way to build a society based on trust, where disinformation doesn't have a chance to flourish. They also ask her what killer metal records have been coming out lately.

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41:33

The Crumbling E12 - Climate Change P5 - A Climate of...

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2025/03/26

The co-hosts are rounding out the journey through showing how climate change disinformation has led us to where we are now. They discuss the second Trump administration, and how it has, through DOGE and its own actions, buried information on climate change in order to benefit the American kleptocracy. They discuss the details of grants and other funding from the federal government that would aid research and infrastructure investments to help dull the effects of climate change on vulnerable

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46:43

The Crumbling E11- Climate Change P4 - Cato is My...

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2025/03/12

Sophia , Andrew & Devon are joined by comedian and science educator Annam Choudhry https://www.instagram.com/annamlaughs. They all continue on the climate change journey, this time discussing the careers of two men who both worked for the Cato Institute (a right wing think tank co-founded by Murray Rothbard, one of the Koch brothers, and another person), and we're Fox News contributors. Those men have their work put into the context about faith in scientific institutions falling among

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1:58

First 1000! thank you!

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2025/03/12

Thank you Guys for pushing us to reach our first 1000 downloads , we hope you keep listening!

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38:34

The Crumbling E10 Climate Change P3 - A Tale of...

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2025/02/26

The co-hosts continue their series on climate change, this time discussing both the mechanics of damaged caused by climate change and the escalation of disinformation in the 1970's and 1980's. Perry Como comes up, but nothing about climate change is a magic moment. Sophia loses her mind thinking about the reproductive habits of the eastern cottontail. The group has launched a site on beehiiv where you can check out all of our show notes, informational graphics, articles we'll be writing,

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