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We're back to discuss why police reform should start in the classroom and what Johnny Depp taught us about colonisation.

This month we look look into the surprisingly horrifying origins of the police force, the proposed reforms in Minneapolis, and how to properly cure dick leather. Sources: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2817-the-end-of-policing https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-reform/minneapolis-city-council-resolves-to-replace-police-with-community-led-model-idUSKBN23J2W5 https://www.inverse.com/innovation/minneapolis-police-automation-real-time-data https://www.dailysentinel.com/apna/us/image_4dbd35f9-311d-51a0-b1f5-14c14f626c18.html https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/i-know-why-police-reforms-fail/613189 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/i-know-why-police-reforms-fail/613189 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/politics/police-military-gear.html https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145/subject-content/shaping-the-nation https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/number-of-arrests/latest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/52890363 https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/stop-and-search/latest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44214748 https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/research-and-learning/statistics/annual-deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-statistics https://fullfact.org/crime/police-funding-england-and-wales/ https://fortune.com/2020/06/09/defund-the-police-budget-spending-state-local-dismantle-protests-george-floyd-how-much-spent/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639625.2020.1741775?scroll=top&needAccess=true https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-48885846 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/report-documents-us-recid_b_9542312?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANIwv0zIOvVRAhpRYOn6qUVrJIZi9N5bsr8BBzziscqGxflj3Kt8rIfzI2F6efIlcqBRfC63O9obIlN2Ndta3uaOdEHX3aTtoVZsVTVDNn-USJ1rRQrN8dYtK4dJedGyJp3DiDQAI9cmUytgrCrk83lHVK-6YHT3yyrv013UKSZA https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04334/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/300986/incarceration-rates-in-oecd-countries/ https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html intro by: Bubamara Brass Band "Manea Romi" outro by: 4bstr4ck3r "Soundboy" Thumbnail art by: Tito Belgrave https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Xy19l

We take a break from the more emotionally ravaging news of late and focus on the peculiar saga of the billionaire Barclay brothers and their influence in the UK. We also uncover the strange world of Sark, a feudal island in the modern era and how you can help us set up a utopia on its secluded shores. Help us invade Sark: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/sacksark?utm_term=xe9gW9YN6 Article link: https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2020/03/02/barclays-1-end-of-empire/content.html

If the accusations of avocado binges causing your inability to accrue capital still ring in your ear, this is the episode for you. A lot of us already have a sense about the advantages gen x and prior received when it comes to economic circumstances, but do you know the full story? We summarise some of the policies that lead us here and talk about some ways to solve them. The full policy proposal document mentioned: https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/12081_19-Land-for-the-Many.pdf

Since the coverage has been sparse at best, we are still talking about the Labour Leaks. We're reading you an abridged version so you don't miss any of the gory details, (and more importantly you don't have to sift through 860 pages) as part of our new mini-series Bile-cast.

We're here to help you imagine a world beyond the party political ghouls and hellish wage slavery, with optimism, comedy and some minor mockery of capitalists.

If you were paying attention, you may have seen a rather terrifying report about an internal Labour inquiry. The contents are staggering, though perhaps not for the reasons you may have read about. We read sections of the report so you don't have to and analyse the media coverage around this shattering news.

Are you terrified of the covid19 pandemic? Is your future uncertain? Are you considering mounting your first road warrior raiding party? Good. Its important to be prepared. But in the meantime let us paint you an alternative history, yet to be written, of the chill-topia we are soon to experience.

This week we invite Physicist Dr Jack Morphew on to discuss how to convince your cousin that scientists know more about reality than the facebook posts he links you from troothfiles.net, and why the future is in Robert Downey Jr's hands.

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Utopia for Dirtbags is a hopeful new show that will solve all of the worlds most pressing and difficult challenges with pragmatic proletariat prognostication. This time we discuss why Britain needs its own Space Force in order to save the Labour party and British socialism, the concept of 'progressive patriotism', as well as the sick English death drive that compels us to desire subjugation from a Hugh Grant-esque God Emperor.