Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRide the Snake w/ Geoff Johnson
Season 2 Episode 155
Geoff Johnson has been teaching American history since we were both graduate students at CUNY in the George W. Bush years. In this conversation, we t…
6 years, 8 months ago
Generation Gump w/ Bill Black
Season 2 Episode 154
Bill Black is a historian whose project Contingent Magazine (begun with previous Nostalgia Trap guest Erin Bartram) this month features a 25th annive…
6 years, 9 months ago
Concentration Camp USA w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
Season 2 Episode 152
Justin Rogers-Cooper returns to the show to begin a series of episodes this summer tracking the global flashpoints of our historical moment. In this …
6 years, 9 months ago
It's the Endless War, Stupid w/ Danny Haiphong
Season 2 Episode 151
Danny Haiphong is a socialist writer whose work frequently appears on Black Agenda Report. His new book (with Roberto Sirvent), American Exceptional…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Tenured Radical w/ Daniel Bessner
Season 2 Episode 150
Daniel Bessner is a professor and writer and frequent Nostalgia Trap contributor. He joins us to talk about his controversial recent Chronicle piece…
6 years, 10 months ago
Me vs We w/ Thom Hartmann
Season 2 Episode 149
Thom Hartmann is a radio personality, best-selling author, and political commentator whose work in progressive media has spanned decades. He joins us…
6 years, 10 months ago
Unlearning Capitalism w/ Astra Taylor
Season 2 Episode 148
Astra Taylor is a writer and filmmaker whose work explores the radical contours of contemporary politics and philosophy. Her latest film, What is Dem…
6 years, 10 months ago
Anti-Capitalist in Appalachia w/ Tanya Turner
Season 2 Episode 147
Tanya Turner is one of the hosts of the Trillbilly Worker's Party podcast, a smart, funny take on left politics in Whitesburg, Kentucky. In this conv…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Other Side of Going Viral w/ Linda Tirado
Season 2 Episode 146
Linda Tirado is a writer who catapulted to online fame after a casual, righteously enraged message board comment went mega-viral. Within weeks she ha…
6 years, 10 months ago
Money vs Wealth w/ Yasmin Nair
Season 2 Episode 145
Yasmin Nair is a Chicago-based writer, activist, and founder of Against Equality, an anti-capitalist collective of radical queer and trans writers, t…
6 years, 11 months ago