Jan. 28, 2026
Nora Flanagan and Jarrett Dapier--The NRA Rolls Over
Worried about upsetting Boss Donnie, the NRA waters down its response to the public execution of Alex Pretti by agents of ICE. Ben riffs. And as Mayor Rahm tries to bamboozle Democratic voters into nominating him as their presidential candidate, Nora Flanagan and Jarrett Dapier revisit Persepolisgate—when Mayor Rahm’s flunkies ordered teachers to remove Persepolis from the classroom. A blast from his past that Mayor Rahm will not be talking about on the campaign trail. Nora is a former CPS English teacher and Jarrett is a librarian and co-author of Wake Now In The Fire, a graphic novel about the Persepolis book banning.
