Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBest Of: Why Housing Is So Expensive — Particularly in Blue States
Ezra is out sick, so today, we’re sharing one of our favorite conversations — with Jenny Schuetz, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution whose …
3 years, 3 months ago
First Person: How the Left Is Cannibalizing Its Own Power
Ezra is out sick, so today, we're sharing an episode from the New York Times Opinion podcast, “First Person.” Each week, the host Lulu Garcia-Navarro…
3 years, 3 months ago
Is This How a Cold War With China Begins?
There are few issues on which the dominant consensus in Washington has changed as rapidly in recent years as it has on China. Donald Trump made takin…
3 years, 3 months ago
There’s Been a Revolution in How China Is Governed
There are few stories that are more crucial to the world’s future than what’s happening in China. Take any of the most important issues of our time —…
3 years, 3 months ago
How Right-Wing Media Ate the Republican Party
In recent weeks, America got a preview of how the new Republican House majority would wield its power. In attempting to perform a basic function of g…
3 years, 3 months ago
A Revelatory Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Forgotten Teachings
It’s hard to think of a more celebrated figure of the 20th century than Martin Luther King Jr.
He has a national memorial in Washington, D.C. His birt…
3 years, 4 months ago
A Guide to the ‘Legal Fictions’ That Create Wealth, Inequality and Economic Crises
“Capitalism, it turns out, is more than just the exchange of goods in a market economy,” Katharina Pistor writes. “It is a market economy in which so…
3 years, 4 months ago
Dan Savage on Polyamory, Chosen Family and Better Sex
Even if you don’t recognize the advice columnist Dan Savage by name, it’s possible that his ideas have influenced how you think about sex and relatio…
3 years, 4 months ago
A Skeptical Take on the A.I. Revolution
The year 2022 was jam-packed with advances in artificial intelligence, from the release of image generators like DALL-E 2 and text generators like Ci…
3 years, 4 months ago
Sabbath and the Art of Rest
Do we know how to truly rest? Who would we be if we did?
I’ve been wrestling with these questions since I read Abraham Joshua Heschel’s stunning book …
3 years, 4 months ago