Original air date: January 2, 2017
Host Taylor Weech (pardon the sick voice!) shares a rundown of the stories that characterized this year, both positive and negative, and prepares us for what’s ahead in the coming year. Between the poles of Standing Rock–a rich movement of resistance and life–and Trump’s election–a reveling in the most toxic aspects of our culture–there was fake news hysteria, calls for empathy that were more complex than expected, and much more weirdness.
Includes reference to or portions of the following:
http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/trump-played-to-anger-but-we-dont-have-to-fall-for-divide-and-conquer-20161214
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/21/13642606/trump-voters-empathy-racism
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_we_need_empathy_in_the_age_of_trump
http://qz.com/768122/facebook-fires-human-editors-moves-to-algorithm-for-trending-topics/
http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/08/facebook-fires-human-editors-algorithm-immediately-posts-fake-news/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38168792
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/dec/13/2016-lie-year-fake-news/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/video/2016-word-of-the-year-behind-the-scenes?utm_source=mwsite&utm_medium=recirctop&utm_campaign=ppv