Finally, Davin gets to tell a story! He fills the other co-hosts in on the
story of the exploitation of NCAA athletes, prior to the push for
some of them unionizing. He describes the conditions that led up to
that movement, showing how the league continuously profited off
of them, while denying them any chance at making money from
their work.
Also, two announcements:
Tragically, Andrew has left the podcast, and so Davin and Sophia
must search for a new third. In this episode, they try out a new co
host, V., in this episode.
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Creators and Guests
Davin DuBois
Davin (he/him) is an international man of leisure, and prefers to remain a mystery to the audience. He likes anime and football, and hates racists.
Sophia Florence
Sophia (she/her) is a comedian from Connecticut, who also works as a chemical engineer in the (small) pharmaceutical industry during the day. She also provides policy advice and copywriting for political campaigns, writes horror and comedy screenplays, and is in grad school for mathematics.
V
V (she/her) is a sociologist who studies The Torment Nexus - basically, factors that lead to conflict online and offline. There’s not really a word for the general field she’s in yet, but it spans a lot of different subjects such as: epistemology, eschatology, technology, conflict/war/terror studies, religious studies, privacy/cybersecurity and internet studies.
Damian
Damian (he/him) has roots in activism and organizing in California and at his workplace. For work he has been everything from a lab monkey to a professional hiker to a local journalist. His hobbies include tabletop RPGs and pretending to be a frog on the internet. If his voice is familiar congrats on being part of either a niche RP podcast fandom or a lefty furry political podcast fandom.
What is The Crumbling?
Four co-hosts combine their powers to discuss the people,
events, and movements that caused our collective reality to
crumble.
Sophia Florence - Writer/comedian (horror movies and
stand-up), policy advisor and copywriter, chemical
engineer, and mathematician
V - Sociologist and world's best hype woman
Damian - Activist, scientist, and journalist
Davin DuBois - Man of mystery and leisure
The podcast addresses disinformation and misinformation,
as well as giving accurate histories, with context important
to modern politics. The show focuses on topics like
conspiracy theories, disinformation, political movements,
harassment campaigns, and dehumanization itself. New
episodes every 2 weeks