Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNews Trap 6.27.25 - Genocide's Ghost w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
Zohran Mamdani's win in NYC accelerates a civil war for the soul of the Democratic Party; ICE storm troopers refuse to take off their masks; Trump's …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 416 - America Eats Itself w/ Xaq Frohlich
Xaq Frohlich is Associate Professor of History of Technology at Auburn University. His work focuses on issues relating to food and risk at the inters…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
News Trap 6.13.25 - Scoreboard w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
Is the fight against Trump's rising authoritarianism in the streets? Or in the courts? Why not both? At the five month mark, Justin joins me to surve…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep 415 - Own the Libs w/ Nick Marx
What happened to the idea that "conservatives can't do comedy"? Much to the horror of liberals, the past decade has witnessed the rise of a right win…
10 months ago
Ep 414- Which Way, White Dude? w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
Dazed and Confused (dir. Richard Linklater. 1993) remains a timeless classic of American adolescence…or does it? This week Justin joins me for a deep…
10 months, 1 week ago
Ep 413 - Comanches in Gaza (PREVIEW)
What is "settler colonialism" and how is it different from other forms of imperialism? In this episode I share excerpts from S.C. Gwynne's bracing, c…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 412 - Nation of Swine w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas remains a classic of American drug literature, a haunting reflection on the cultural a…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep 411 - House on Fire (PREVIEW)
An explosive piece called "Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College" raises a few questions for me: What is the left's attitude toward tech? I…
11 months ago
News Trap 5.6.25 - Terminal Velocity
FAA failures creating realistic fears of looming airline disasters, Trump's cryptocurrency scam, quantum computing and financial apocalypse, Kanye's …
11 months ago
Ep 410 - Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam, We've All Been There
April 30, 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, so I'm marking the occasion by reflecting on the war's meaning all these decade…
11 months, 1 week ago