Everything is Reagan's Fault
Binchtopia
Reagan's enduring legacy and Overton shift
Hosts argue Reagan normalized smaller government, weakened safety nets, and reshaped political narratives.
Julia and Eliza finally confront the question: is Ronald Reagan responsible for all the world's evils? To investigate, the girlies delve into Reaganomics, the groundbreaking idea to give rich people more money, and trace how its legacy has trickled down into the capitalist swamp we all wade through today. The girlies also examine Reagan's abysmal impact on human life including his murderously indifferent AIDS response, his systematic defunding of welfare, his IDGAF environmental policies, and many other evils. Digressions include Eliza's upcoming consultation with a pet psychic, Australians getting mad at vowels, and a callback to Nancy the throat goat.
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This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.
ADDITIONAL READINGS
Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan's Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon
Killing Asylum: How Decades of U.S. Policy Ravaged Central America
Ronald Reagan Made Central America a Killing Field
The Cold War 's Last Battlefield: Reagan, the Soviets and Central America
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
When Oliver North avoided prison time for his role in the Iran-contra scandal
You're Wrong About Podcast: Iran-Contra
SOURCES
A troublesome legacy: The Reagan Administration's conservation and renewable energy policy
A Snapshot of Federal Student Loan Debt
Actor's Illness Helped Reagan To Grasp AIDS, Doctor Says
Aid To Dependent Children: The Legal History
Conservative Transition in American Social Policy
Decades of Distortion: The Right's 30-year Assault on Welfare
FAIRNESS OF REAGAN'S CUTOFFS OF DISABILITY AID QUESTIONED
How Ronald Reagan's Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism
How Ronald Reagan Tried to Shrink Government Spending
Looking Back On When President Reagan Fired The Air Traffic Controllers
Presidential Approval Ratings — Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends
Proposed cuts to public housing threaten a repeat of the 1980s' housing crisis
Reaganomics and the Welfare State
Reagan Administration's Chilling Response to the AIDS Crisis
Ronald Reagan and the Commitment of the Mentally Ill
REAGAN DEFENDS FINANCING FOR AIDS
Reagan, Deregulation and America's Exceptional Rise in Health Care Costs
Reagan Order Defines Drug Trade as Security Threat, Widens Military Role
Reagan Was a Disaster for the Labor Movement. A Second Trump Term Could Be Worse.
Republicans view Reagan, Trump as best recent presidents
Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Declining Union Organization
Ronald Reagan From the People's Perspective: A Gallup Poll Review
Ronald Reagan Has Shaped U.S. Labor Law for Decades
Ronald Reagan's Legacy: The Rise of Student Loan Debt in America
Ronald Reagan: Life Before the Presidency
Ronald Reagan on economics and political parties, 1962
Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness
The ideas in Project 2025? Reagan tried them, and the nation suffered
The Reagan Administration's Budget Cuts: Their Impact on the Poor
The Shadow of Ronald Reagan Is Costing Us Dearly
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