Podcast Episodes

Nostalgia Trap - Episode 297: Cure-Pilled w/ Andrew Schustek

Andrew Schustek joins us to discuss the extraordinary Japanese horror film Cure (1997), one of a number of unbelievably prescient works directed by K…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Nostalgia Trap - Episode 295: Good Grief, Part One w/ Yasmin Nair

The one and only Yasmin Nair joins us this week for a wide-ranging discussion on a topic near and dear to all of us: death. In Part One of our conver…

4 years, 6 months ago

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The Contrarian w/ Max Chafkin

Max Chafkin is an editor at Bloomberg Businessweek whose new book, The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power tells the unbel…

4 years, 6 months ago

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Nostalgia Trap - Episode 293: Cuomosexuality w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (TEASER)

Justin joins us to talk about Ross Barkan's incredible book The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York, as we discuss some of th…

4 years, 6 months ago

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The Prince w/ Ross Barkan

Ross Barkan is a journalist who has been covering New York state politics, in particular the governorship of Andrew Cuomo, for the last eight years. …

4 years, 6 months ago

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9 Theses on 9/11, Part Three w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (TEASER)

Episode 291

For the conclusion of our 9/11 trilogy, Justin Rogers-Cooper and I watch Alfonso Cuarón's 2006 cinematic masterpiece Children of Men, a work that has…

4 years, 7 months ago

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9 Theses on 9/11, Part Two w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (TEASER)

Season 3 Episode 290

For Part Two of our 9/11 trilogy, Justin Rogers-Cooper helps us untangle the world of 9/11 truthers and related conspiracy theories, as we explore ho…

4 years, 7 months ago

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9 Theses on 9/11, Part One w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper

Season 3 Episode 289

To mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Justin Rogers-Cooper joins us for a trilogy of episodes considering the event's legacy and long-ter…

4 years, 7 months ago

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We? What the Fuck We? w/ Bertrand Cooper (TEASER)

Season 3 Episode 288

Bertrand Cooper joins us to discuss his latest incendiary piece in Current Affairs, "Who Actually Gets to Create Black Pop Culture?," which argues th…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Along the Royal Road w/ Jenni Olson

Season 3 Episode 287

Jenni Olson is a historian, archivist, and experimental filmmaker whose two feature-length films The Joy of Life (2005) and The Royal Road (2015) com…

4 years, 7 months ago

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