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Why Do We Read Dystopian Fiction in Dark Times? with Sarah Skwire
Episode 18
When every headline feels like bad news, dystopian fiction can offer catharsis, a warning, or a little of both. Host Aaron Ross Powell welcomes back …
1 day, 14 hours ago
The Hidden Costs of Political Alliances (with Janet Bufton)
Episode 17
Every political alliance asks its members to set some disagreements aside, but what happens to our ideas when we stop raising them? Host Aaron Ross P…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Gender Gap Is Really a Diploma Divide (with Josh Zingher)
Episode 16
Young men are drifting right and young women are drifting left, but the more revealing divide may be who is sitting in the college classroom and who …
4 weeks, 1 day ago
The Proslavery Thirteenth Amendment That Almost Was (with Damon Root)
Episode 15
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln endorsed the Corwin Amendment, which would have permanently barred the federal government from interf…
1 month, 1 week ago
From Permission to Freedom in Healthcare (with Lauren K. Hall and Alicia Plemmons)
Episode 14
Most of us assume the rules governing American healthcare were written for our safety — and that the system, whatever its flaws, basically works. In …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
What Conservatives Actually Believe About Democracy (with Scott Warren and Morgan Ramsey-Elliot)
Episode 13
Most conservatives don't see themselves as opponents of democracy — they see a democracy that has drifted from the values that make it legitimate. On…
2 months, 1 week ago
Rebuilding a Liberal Majority (with Jamelle Bouie, David French, and Danielle Allen)
Episode 12
Institutions of bigotry, racism, and social control were supposed to be decades into retreat. Instead they have come roaring back from the top-down. …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Rebuilding a Liberal Majority (with Jamelle Bouie, David French, and Danielle Allen)
Episode 12
Institutions of bigotry, racism, and social control were supposed to be decades into retreat. Instead they have come roaring back from the top-down. …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Why We Keep Fighting About New Technology (with Troy Cross and Karim Farhat)
Episode 11
Why does every new technology spark the same recurring fight, with utopian boosters on one side and doomers on the other, and what would a more produ…
3 months ago
Why We Keep Fighting About New Technology (with Troy Cross and Karim Farhat)
Episode 11
Why does every new technology spark the same recurring fight, with utopian boosters on one side and doomers on the other, and what would a more produ…
3 months ago