Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNostalgia Trap - Livestream 3.17.23: Watch the World Die w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I take on the US/China Tik Tok fight and consider the wider implications of social media technology weaponized by states in a ne…
3 years ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 356: Her Cold War w/ Tanya L. Roth
Tanya L. Roth is a historian and teacher whose new book, Her Cold War: Women in the U.S. Military, 1945-1980, details the experiences of American wom…
3 years ago
Nostalgia Trap Livestream 3.10.23 - Home is Where the Cops Live w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
Is there property without police? This week Justin and I talk about the "bottom up" appeal of Fox News and Tucker Carlson, as we consider how concep…
3 years, 1 month ago
Mr. Trap Ep 2 - Deep Nonsense (PREVIEW)
What is "alt comedy" anyway? On this episode of Mr. Trap, we take you back to the mid-1990s, when finding hip comedy with an intelligent perspective …
3 years, 1 month ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 355: The Most Magical Place on Earth w/ Avi Garelick
Our friend Avi Garelick joins us to discuss his recent piece on the war between Ron DeSantis and the Disney Corporation in Florida, as we explore th…
3 years, 1 month ago
Nostalgia Trap Livestream 3.3.23 - Shiver the Whole Night Through w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I watch the documentary Missing 411: The Hunted and contemplate cryptids, bigfoots, and mysterious disappearances in American fo…
3 years, 1 month ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 354: Everything Was Better in the 90s w/ Freddie deBoer (PREVIEW)
Freddie deBoer joins me to discuss his viral piece on 90s nostalgia, "It's So Sad When Old People Romanticize Their Heydays, Also the 90s Were Objec…
3 years, 1 month ago
Nostalgia Trap Livestream 2.24.23 - Gang Wars w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I talk about the Great Chatbot Panic of 2023, leftists in love with Trump's "brilliant" visit to Ohio, and the alleged moral aut…
3 years, 1 month ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 353: The Trivial Sublime, Part Two w/ Sean Nelson (PREVIEW)
In Part Two of my conversation with writer and musician Sean Nelson, we talk about the origins of his band Harvey Danger in the 1990s Seattle music s…
3 years, 1 month ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 352: The Trivial Sublime, Part One w/ Sean Nelson
Sean Nelson is a writer and musician, known widely as the lead singer of the band Harvey Danger, whose 1998 single "Flagpole Sitta" became a staple o…
3 years, 1 month ago