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Armed and Dangerous: RLSH or Vigilante? - Heroes 101 Radio

Armed and Dangerous: RLSH or Vigilante? - Heroes 101 Radio

 

 

 

Thanks again to this week's guests, callers and chatroom participants for a great, thought-provoking show! We hope it proves useful for some of you.
 
Treesong, Olde School, Sky Knight, Discordia, Dark Defender, Proteus, Ferryman, and anyone we missed, thanks for all of your input to the discussion. Here are a few of the links we discussed:
 
De-escalation Video with Mike Esmailzadeh:
 
American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness (by Tea Krulos):
 
The Rise of Real-Life Superheroes (and the Fall of Everything Else) (by Peter Nowak):
 
 
 
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