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Back to SearchNostalgia Trap - Episode 306: A People's History of Howard Zinn, Part Two w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (TEASER)
Our series on the life, work, and legacy of Howard Zinn continues with a detailed conversation about the book that made Zinn famous, A People's Histo…
4 years, 4 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 305: A People's History of Howard Zinn, Part One w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
In Part One of our series on the life, work, and legacy of Howard Zinn, Justin Rogers-Cooper and I read Zinn's 1994 memoir You Can't Be Neutral on a…
4 years, 4 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 304: With Arms Wide Open w/ Rax King
Rax King returns to the Trap to tell us all about her new book Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer, which surveys the wreckage…
4 years, 4 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 303: Too Damn High w/ Sam Stein
Sam Stein is a housing policy analyst and advocate in New York City; his book Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State reveals the hor…
4 years, 4 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 302: Trauma Porn w/ Yasmin Nair
What is "trauma porn" and what role does it play on the left? Yasmin Nair joins us to discuss her recent piece, "AOC and the Weaponization of Trauma,…
4 years, 5 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 301: Drunk History w/ Peter Sabatino (TEASER)
As he approaches a major personal milestone, our good friend and Nostalgia Trap producer Peter Sabatino joins me for an honest conversation about the…
4 years, 5 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 299: The Man Who Sold the World w/ Max Chafkin (TEASER)
Max Chafkin, author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power (see Episode 294), returns for a conversation all about Spac…
4 years, 5 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 300: Californication w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
Could a Red Hot Chili Peppers song from 1999 hold the key to understanding the political economy of 21st century tech culture and the globalization o…
4 years, 5 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 298: Reefer Sadness w/ Freddie deBoer (TEASER)
This week Freddie deBoer joins me to talk about his recent Substack piece "Smoking Weed Doesn't Feel Good for Me Anymore, and It Hasn't for a Long Ti…
4 years, 5 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 296: Good Grief, Part Two w/ Yasmin Nair (TEASER)
Part Two of our conversation with Yasmin Nair on death and grief in the COVID era. Check out Yasmin's incredible archive of writing, including many o…
4 years, 5 months ago