Welcome to Gun Country
On this episode of American Prestige, Drew McKevitt on how America’s postwar gun culture was shaped by surplus arms, consumerism, and the National Rifle Association.
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Europe is Gutting Its Tech Regulations w/ Aline Blankertz | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing.
Aline Blankertz is a cofounder of Structural Integrity.
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On this episode of American Prestige, we welcome Drew McKevitt, the John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University, about his new book, Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America.
You can pick up a copy of Drew’s book here.
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The Political Economy of Porn w/ Molly Lambert | American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome to the show Molly Lambert, creator of the JENNAWORLD podcast, to talk about the rise of the modern porn industry and its roots in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. They discuss the medium’s origins in underground stag films and the porno chic era; the shift to home video and the corporate studio model; breakout stars like Ginger Lynn Allen and Jenna Jameson; porn as an outsider industry mirroring Hollywood; gender, labor, and power in late-20th-century media; the relationship between pornography and evolving feminist politics; porn’s role in the VHS–Betamax war; and how the internet, OnlyFans, and content platforms have affected a formerly professionalized industry.
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