The Radio Derb transcript is up for February 22. Go here to read or listen.

Playlist:

00m43s  Empire of lies.  (Jussie and the media.)

04m42s  The other Smollett.  (The human vomedy.)

12m57s  A skirmish in the Cold Civil War.  (It's not really about what it's about.)

18m32s  The New York Times doubles down on race denialism.  (The embarrassing Ms Harmon.)

26m17s  Meeting a black mathematician.  (An institution in decay.)

29m55s  The Aurora shooting.  (Black shooter, nonblack victims.)

31m00s  De-platforming John Wayne.  (Can't we get rid of California?)

32m46s  Erratum: Learning to code.  (Not a suggestion, a taunt.)

34m18s  Erratum: Israel.  (My nits, and The Economist's.)

35m46s  Remembering higher math.  (I hit the wall.)

38m39s  Signoff.  (Stephen Foster, culturally appropriated.)