Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow to Manipulate The Public Into Believing Corporate Lies (w/ Jennifer Jacquet)
Episode 222
Jennifer Jacquet is not actually an evil corporate consultant. She's a professor in NYU's Department of Environmental Studies and deputy director of …
2 years, 7 months ago
How U.S. Foreign Policy Is Making War With China More Likely (w/ Van Jackson)
Episode 221
Van Jackson is a dissident among foreign policy intellectuals, a harsh critic of the infamous "Blob." His Un-Diplomatic newsletter is essential readi…
2 years, 7 months ago
How to Spot Pseudoscience About Sex Differences (w/ Cordelia Fine)
Episode 220
Cordelia Fine is a psychologist and philosopher of science whose work brilliantly demolishes myths about the "nature" of differences between men and …
2 years, 7 months ago
How to Respond to The Right—Introducing Nathan's New Book!
Episode 219
Today on the podcast: Nathan takes a turn as the guest, to discuss his new book Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments. …
2 years, 7 months ago
What Living Under Jim Crow Was Like In New Orleans (w/ Adolph Reed)
Episode 218
“What I didn’t realize at the time was that what I was living through was the death paroxysms of the Jim Crow order.” — Adolph Reed
Prof. Adolph Reed …
2 years, 8 months ago
Why Is The Internet So Broken? What Would a "People's Internet" Look Like? (w/ Ben Tarnoff)
Episode 217
Ben Tarnoff is the author of Internet For The People: The Fight For Our Digital Future. Today he joins to discuss what's wrong with the internet and …
2 years, 8 months ago
Exposing the Corporate "Mindfulness" Racket (w/ Ronald Purser)
Episode 216
"When the individualized self bears sole responsibility for its happiness and emotional wellbeing, failure is synonymous with failure of the self, no…
2 years, 8 months ago
Understanding The Right's Never-Ending War to Destroy Social Security (w/ Alex Lawson)
Episode 215
Alex Lawson is the Executive Director of Social Security Works and the convening member of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition. He has spent his…
2 years, 8 months ago
How To Hold The New York Times Accountable (w/ Margaret Sullivan)
Episode 202
How To Hold The New York Times Accountable (w/ Margaret Sullivan)
Margaret Sullivan is one of the country’s most astute media critics. During her time…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Pseudoscience and Faux Feminism of Sobriety Memoirs (w/ Jennifer Dines)
Episode 201
“It’s not that hard to let yourself be led by something that doesn’t match up with your morals, when you’re desperate.” — Jennifer Dines
Jennifer Dine…
3 years, 2 months ago