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Nordic Socialism - 367 EXCERPT
Episode 378
Today we have Danish MP Pelle Dragsted on to talk about his book Nordic Socialism: The Path Toward a Democratic Economy. We discuss what is distinctive about the Nordic socialist tradition, how much …
Published on 10 hours ago
Why Christians Should Be Leftists - 366 PREVIEW
Episode 377
Today we have Phil Christman on to talk about his book Why Christians Should Be Leftists. Is there a model of Christianity aside from right-wing fundamentalism--something more in like with the teachi…
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Covid Doctors of Doubt - 365
Episode 376
Today we have Dr. Jonathan Howard, who writes at Science Based Medicine, on to discuss his new book Everyone Else Is Lying to You: How the medical establishment weaponized doubt to spread COVID, norm…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Case for Democracy - 364
Episode 375
Today we have writer and friend of the pod Osita Nwanevu on to talk about his new book The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding. He goes back to political brass tac…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Greenland Report - 363 EXCERPT
Episode 374
Ryan recently visited Greenland to report on their public sector, which turns out to be extremely large and critical to the local economy. How and why did this develop? Then we discuss some recent ge…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Katie Brennan Beat the New Jersey Machine - 362 EXCERPT
Episode 373
Today we're interviewing Katie Brennan, who just won the primary for the New Jersey state Assembly in Hudson County. She explains how the state Democratic machine de facto abolished democracy with a …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
A Turning Point for Gaza? - 361
Episode 372
Today we've got Layla Al-Sheik on to discuss recent events in Gaza, where an onrushing famine has suddenly become widely acknowledged, even among parts of the Israeli far right. Is it because reality…
Published on 2 months ago
Transphobia Is Based on Lies - 360
Episode 371
Alexi is still on vacation, so this time we are replaying a recent American Prospect Weekly Roundup show, in which Evan Urquhart of Assigned Media helps Ryan dig into the Supreme Court's latest trans…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Worst Law in 175 Years - 359 PREVIEW
Episode 370
Today we've got David Dayen on to discuss the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: massive tax cuts for the rich, massive cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, evisceration of Joe Biden's climate program, and huge s…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Four Futures Revisited - 353 UNLOCKED
Episode 369
Back in 2011 Peter Frase wrote an article for Jacobin called "Four Futures," later turned into a book, speculating about how politics and the economy might evolve in the future as automation progress…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago