Native Land Pod

America Has a Corruption Problem: Politics, Sports, and Medicine

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Show Notes

Online “prediction markets” have become a multi-billion dollar industry in the U.S. As they grow, they threaten to swallow our institutions whole, from professional sports to the White House.

Do campaign ads HAVE to be unhinged to break through the noise? Our hosts play some of their favorite campaign ads, gaffs, and crash outs.

Join hosts Angela Rye, Bakari Sellers, and Andrew Gillum for episode 153 of Native Land Pod. We are 19 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all!

FYSA HEADLINES

–Trump appoints a new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia.

–Florida state attorney Monique Worrell is investigating Medicaid funds that were allegedly funneled to a Republican PAC.

–Cherise Doyle, a trained doula, was forced to appear in Zoom court after a Florida hospital filed a complaint against her as a means of forcing her to have a C-section.

–Curtis Flowers, wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, has died at the age of 56.

–Trump’s department of Housing and Urban Development is cracking down on race-based lending and efforts to boost Black home-ownership.

–Trump’s campaign to fire Lisa Cook, the federal reserve governor, continues.

–DHS agents raid the home of congresswoman Ilhan Omar as part of an ongoing immigration investigation.

LINKS AND RESOURCES

Cherise Doyley brought to court while in labor: https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section

AT DraftKings, AI Targets Gamblers Likeliest to Lose: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/draftkings-ai.html

IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00:00 Intro 00:03:17 FYSA 00:45:30 Prediction Markets, Betting on Everything 01:20:01 Campaign Ads Uncensored

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Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.

Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:

Angela Rye as host, executive producer, and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Andrew Gillum as host and producer, Bakari Sellers as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; LoLo Smith is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.

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