Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDemocrats Chase Shiny Objects. Here's How to Build Real Power.
There’s good reason to worry about the future of democracy, and little reason to believe Democrats have a viable plan for protecting it. They built t…
4 years, 8 months ago
Learning to Listen to the Voices Only You Hear
The world has gotten louder, even when we’re alone. A day spent in isolation can still mean a day buffeted by the voices on social media and the news…
4 years, 8 months ago
The View From the White House
It’s been a year since Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. And what a roller coaster of a year it’s been.
The Biden adm…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Pandemic Lessons We Clearly Haven’t Learned
I remember thinking, as Covid ravaged the country in December 2020, that at least the holidays the next year would be better. There would be more vac…
4 years, 8 months ago
Chris Hayes on How Biden Can Have a Better 2022
Nothing like a newborn and paternity leave to leave you feeling a bit out of the loop. So for my first podcast back since October, I wanted to wander…
4 years, 8 months ago
Best Of: This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Thinking
For decades, our society’s dominant metaphor for the mind has been a computer. A machine that operates the exact same way whether it’s in a dark room…
4 years, 9 months ago
Best Of: Why Sci-Fi Legend Ted Chiang Fears Capitalism, Not A.I.
For years, I’ve kept a list of dream guests for this show. And as long as that list has existed, Ted Chiang has been atop it.
Chiang is a science fict…
4 years, 9 months ago
Best Of: Noam Chomsky's Theory of the Good Life
How do you introduce Noam Chomsky? Perhaps you start here: In 1979, The New York Times called him “arguably the most important intellectual alive tod…
4 years, 9 months ago
Timeless Wisdom for Leading a Life of Love, Friendship and Learning
“Today, we are supercompetent when it comes to efficiency, utility, speed, convenience, and getting ahead in the world; but we are at a loss concerni…
4 years, 9 months ago
Families Are Drowning in Care Costs. Here’s How To Change That.
Every day in the United States, more than 10,000 babies are born and 10,000 people turn 65. But America doesn’t have anything close to a comprehensiv…
4 years, 10 months ago