Podcast Episodes

Educating the Ruling Class w/ Nathan Tankus

Season 2 Episode 201

Since his first appearance on the Nostalgia Trap in 2016, Nathan Tankus has gained a devoted following for his ideas on politics, economics, and glob…

5 years, 9 months ago

View Episode

Wild Card w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper

Season 2 Episode 200

This week Justin Rogers-Cooper joins us to celebrate our 200th episode with a deep dive into the political, economic, and cultural significance of th…

5 years, 9 months ago

View Episode

We Cannot Live Without Our Lives w/ Asad Haider

Season 2 Episode 199

Asad Haider is a founding editor at Viewpoint Magazine and the author of Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump. In this conversation…

5 years, 9 months ago

View Episode

Most Wanted w/ Paul Renfro

Season 2 Episode 198

Paul Renfro is a professor of history at Florida State University and the author of Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carc…

5 years, 10 months ago

View Episode

Where the Wave Broke w/ Ken Layne

Season 2 Episode 197

Ken Layne is the creator of Desert Oracle, a magazine and radio show/podcast all about the strange inhabitants and culture of the Mojave Desert. Layn…

5 years, 10 months ago

View Episode

Or Does It Explode? w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper

Season 2 Episode 195

Our series on the rapidly evolving politics of COVID-19 continues this week, with Justin Rogers-Cooper warning that the logic of finance capital may …

5 years, 10 months ago

View Episode

Toward a Global Left w/ Arash Azizi

Season 2 Episode 193

Arash Azizi is a writer and scholar currently completing a Ph.D. in History and Middle Eastern Studies at NYU; his work focuses on the left in Iran a…

5 years, 11 months ago

View Episode

Cinema in Transition w/ Drew Morton

Season 2 Episode 192

Drew Morton is an Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. He is the co-editor and co-founder of [in]Transition: …

5 years, 11 months ago

View Episode

Aping Revolution w/ Yasmin Nair

Season 2 Episode 191

Yasmin Nair returns to the Trap for a deep dive into the film Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), a conversation that helps us frame ideas about p…

5 years, 11 months ago

View Episode

Thank You for Your Service w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper

Season 2 Episode 189

As we continue our series on the politics of COVID-19, Justin Rogers-Cooper takes aim at the absurd ideology of "sacrifice," as we explore how Americ…

6 years ago

View Episode