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Back to SearchWe Took Hillary Clinton's MasterClass So That You Don't Have To
Episode 105
Hillary Clinton has just released an online course on "The Power of Resilience" through the website MasterClass, where celebrities teach their skills…
4 years, 2 months ago
Have Feminists Been Too Quick To Embrace Criminal Punishment?
Episode 104
Prof. Aya Gruber teaches criminal law at the University of Colorado Law School. Her book The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women's Li…
4 years, 2 months ago
What's Useful and Correct About Critical Race Theory? (w/ Randall Kennedy)
Episode 103
Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy has been known for decades as a critic of Critical Race Theory, which was developed in part by his late …
4 years, 2 months ago
How Have Elon Musk and Tesla Gotten Away With So Much Lying and Fraudulence?
Episode 102
Today Nathan is joined by Edward Niedermeyer, an investigative journalist whose book Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors remains the def…
4 years, 2 months ago
Has "Wokeness" Become a "Religion"?
Episode 101
In this contentious conversation, Nathan speaks to Prof. John McWhorter about his book Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America. Pr…
4 years, 2 months ago
How Did The COVID-19 Pandemic Actually Start? (w/ Alina Chan)
Episode 100
Today's guest is molecular biologist Dr. Alina Chan, a fellow at the Broad Institute and co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19. S…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why We Should Reclaim Thomas Paine and FDR (w/ Harvey Kaye)
Episode 99
Prof. Harvey J. Kaye is the author of books like Thomas Paine and the Promise of America, The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Grea…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why Is the Pursuit of Money Such an American Obsession? (w/ Lewis Lapham)
Episode 98
Today Nathan is joined by legendary former Harper's editor Lewis Lapham. Lapham is the author of numerous books including Money and Class in America,…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why All The Anti-Trans Arguments Are Ignorant Nonsense (w/ Julia Serano)
Episode 97
Julia Serano is a PhD molecular biologist, writer, and musician whose books include Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating…
4 years, 2 months ago
When YIMBYs Attack: Democratic Socialist Dean Preston on the San Francisco Housing Crisis
Episode 96
Dean Preston represents District 5 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. A tenants' rights attorney and member of the Democratic Socialists of A…
4 years, 2 months ago