Blame Capitalism: The 99%

1. Noelle King, host of the podcast
2. Dr. Rachel Bloom, assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma
3. Bill Hennessey, design engineer and Tea Party activist
4. Braden King, professor of management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management
5. David Meyer, professor of sociology and political science at the University of California, Irvine
6. Sonny Singh, musician and activist
7. Ruth Melkman, professor of sociology and labor studies at the City University of New York
8. Yota Maron, group facilitator for social movement organizations
9. Sandy Nurse, city council member for the 37th district in Brooklyn

Takeaways:

1. The 2008 financial crisis created a sense of disillusionment with the existing economic system and led to the emergence of two different responses: the Tea Party movement and the Occupy Wall Street movement.
2. The Tea Party movement was a right-wing movement that used the language of capitalism and free markets to criticize the government's actions, but was actually funded by billionaires like the Koch brothers.
3. The Occupy Wall Street movement was a grassroots, progressive movement that criticized capitalism and the concentration of wealth among the 1%.
4. Both movements contributed to a sense of disillusionment with the existing economic system and helped to create a space for new ideas and movements to emerge.
5. The legacy of the Occupy Wall Street movement can be seen in the rise of organizations like Democratic Socialists of America and the popularity of politicians like Bernie Sanders.