3 chapters across the catalog
Psychiatrist Dr. Todd Grande provides a background profile of Ashley Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran with multiple deployments to Iraq. He details the final moments of her life in the Speaker's Lobby of the Capitol, where she was shot while attempting to climb through a broken window. The hosts use this profile to contrast her military service with the "militant" label later applied to her by the media.
A news report from San Diego features Fasika Tafara, a mother who found evidence of intruders in her home, including open cabinets and a camera in her son's bedroom. She recorded audio of people rummaging in her house and discovered a hole cut into her attic. The hosts use this as evidence that "gang stalking" claims may have a basis in physical reality rather than just hallucination.
Local news reports from San Diego highlight concerns that Opportunity Zones are driving up home prices by 20% in a single year, pricing out residents. In Austin, Texas, the hosts note that zones are concentrated east of I-35, an area undergoing rapid gentrification. They conclude that these government programs, often backed by think tanks like the Brookings Institute, serve the "talented tenth" rather than the working class.
