Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNostalgia Trap - Episode 392: League of Morons w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
This week Justin and I talk about the 2008 Coen brothers film Burn After Reading, another "acid take" on American politics and culture with uncanny i…
1 year, 10 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 391: All for a Few Perfect Waves w/ David Rensin
David Rensin is the author of more than a dozen books, five of them New York Times bestsellers. I was lucky enough to meet David through the Osher Li…
1 year, 10 months ago
News Trap 5.17.24 w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
"Everyday carry" and "prepper" culture, unsold Teslas piling up at dealerships, AI as the future of global capitalism, AI does not in fact work, Bide…
1 year, 10 months ago
News Trap 5.14.24
We've been posting daily news wrap-ups/freakouts every morning over at the Nostalgia Trap Patreon page for our subscribers. I'm posting today's epis…
1 year, 10 months ago
News Trap 5.8.24 (PREVIEW)
Trump can't control himself in court, food prices are gonna decide the election, Tik Tok is gearing up for a Supreme Court battle, the U.S. can't mak…
1 year, 11 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 390: Impossible Wish, Part 2 w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
As campus protests against Israel's genocidal actions in Gaza continue, Justin and I pick up on our discussion from last week about the wider histori…
1 year, 11 months ago
News Trap 5.2.24
On today's News Trap I share some snippets about Chinese state capitalism, RFK's hilariously shitty presidential campaign, Elon Musk pulling the plug…
1 year, 11 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 389: Impossible Wish w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I attempt to put the latest round of campus protests into historical context, both in the wider view (19th century abolitionism,…
1 year, 11 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 388: Doom Loop w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
It's been a minute since Justin and I have shared our takes on "the news," so this week we have a typically dark, unhinged conversation about what's …
1 year, 11 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 387: Touching the Octopus w Justin Rogers-Cooper
Conspiracy theories are a hell of a drug. Justin and I know this from experience, so watching the new Netflix documentary American Conspiracy: The Oc…
2 years ago