Copaganda
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Search complete. 17 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Copaganda".
Sep 11, 2026
Geoff TateHOST
Yeah.
Bjorn Ryan GormanPANELIST
Really good way to compete the whole copaganda-
Arlo WeierhauserGUEST
Yeah
Bjorn Ryan GormanPANELIST
... thing.
Telly SavalasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Put a zipper on your mouth and shut up.
Jason MoonHOST
Kojak and a thousand other shows like it do their own kind of myth-making, what some today might call copaganda.
Jason MoonHOST
Sure, Kojak skirts the line, he roughs up suspects, but in the show, he's always the good guy.
Jason MoonHOST
The ends always justify the means.
ErnieHOST
Tango and Cash, goaded movie.
ErnieHOST
Copaganda of the highest
RoboHOST
order.
ErnieHOST
Copaganda of the highest order.
ErnieHOST
I love that movie, though.
ErnieHOST
I don't give a fuck what nobody says.
RoboHOST
Right.
ErnieHOST
It's like, that's...
Katie HalperHOST
We have two guests coming on, but one of them is already here, and because we respect his time so much, we're just gonna bring him onto the show, and I'm speaking of Alec Karakatsanis.
Katie HalperHOST
We'll be joined shortly by Nathan Robinson, and Alec Karakatsanis is a civil rights lawyer and author of books including Usual Cruelty, and his most recent book is Copaganda, and he's the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps.
Katie HalperHOST
So welcome to the show.
Katie HalperHOST
Oh, and we have Nathan Robinson here too.
Alec KarakatsanisGUEST
That's why I have a free newsletter.
Alec KarakatsanisGUEST
That's why I wrote the book.
Alec KarakatsanisGUEST
Um, so if you wanna see my thoughts in a more, you know, uh, evolved and rigorous way, you can read my Copaganda newsletter, where I have all kinds of links to, to, to studies and, and data and, and analysis, and I can link to the great work other people are doing.
Alec KarakatsanisGUEST
So, um, but I'll try to, to make it really concise because it's also important to be able to convey these ideas really clearly and really simply.
Justin DavisHOST
It showed... a snapshot into a world that we did not know anything or at least a lot of people did not know anything about in a city that a lot of people didn't know anything about just because the creator and I'm stealing this from Pat but like just because the creator of the show is a little annoying on Twitter does not mean the show is bad because that's literally all it's about at this point is the creator of the show be on Twitter saying bad takes and that's why people are saying it.
Justin DavisHOST
Copaganda here's the thing man here's the thing look at it from this perspective Mm-hmm.
Justin DavisHOST
They framed everything in The Wire as a necessary evil.
Justin DavisHOST
The Barksdale, necessary evil.
TroyHOST
Yeah, exactly.
CandiceGUEST
No, copaganda.
MitchGUEST
Copaganda.
TroyHOST
Popaganda.
TroyHOST
No,
CandiceGUEST
cop.
MitchGUEST
Cop.
CandiceGUEST
Copaganda.
Kara SwisherHOST
...
Kara SwisherHOST
Dino Island, which I am so glad I didn't have to see PAW Patrol, which I call copaganda, um, is...
Kara SwisherHOST
Uh, they just make a mess.
Kara SwisherHOST
The, the PAW Patrol people make a mess and then clean it up and declare themselves heroes.
Kara SwisherHOST
I hate them.
Kara SwisherHOST
Oh my God, I'm gonna say-
Adam MocklerHOST
PAW Patrol's cop- copaganda?
Kara SwisherHOST
Copaganda.