Podcast Episodes

News Trap 4.10.26 - Summoning Aliens w Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

This week we check out the explosive Ronan Farrow piece on Sam Altman and consider the intersection of AI, climate crises, and sociopathic personalit…

14 hours ago

Enshittification Hits the Left (PREVIEW)

Did Bernie's loss break the left's brain?

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4 days, 14 hours ago

News Trap 3.26.26 - Kill Box w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

By joining Israel in a reckless attack on Iran, Trump has put the entire global system in the kill box, which begs the question, what's more dangerou…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

News Trap 3.5.26 - The Iran Wormhole w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

This week Justin and I game out scenarios unfolding from the U.S./Israel attack on Iran. Is it all about Epstein? (LOL) Or might China and Russia hav…

1 month ago

Ep 425 - Cultural Inappropriation w/ Alan Burgess and Monte Montgomery

My late night adventures into the local jazz underworld have introduced me to some fascinating new friends, and I wanted to bring two of them into th…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

News Trap 2.6.26 - Brain Damage w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

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On this week's News Trap Justin and I talk abo…

2 months ago

Ep 424 - How Does It Feel? w/ Charles L. Ponce de Leon

When I was growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, Rolling Stone magazine was an indispensable resource for discovering the hip edge of American pop cultu…

2 months ago

News Trap 1.23.26 - Taking It to the Limit w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

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This week Justin joins me to consider what would…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep 423 - High School Students Unite! w/ Aaron G. Fountain, Jr.

This week we're talking with Aaron G. Fountain, Jr. about his new book High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveilla…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

News Trap 1.16.26 - Flood the Zone w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

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2026 is leapin…

2 months, 3 weeks ago