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Before Abe Was Lincoln: Jonathan Earle on the Most Important Election in American History
Episode 3016
“Seward had all the money and Seward had all the bullies. Lincoln didn’t have money or bullies, but by God, he had the people.” — Jonathan Earle
Yest…
1 month, 1 week ago
When America Broke Up: Kurt Andersen Looks Forward to the Divorce of the United States
Episode 3015
“We are the beginning of a bright and shiny dark age.” — Kurt Andersen, from The Breakup
It’s 2045 and America has got divorced. That’s the premise o…
1 month, 1 week ago
An Unknown American Hero: Katie S. Sanders on the Man Who Saved Her Grandfather's Life in WW2.
Episode 3014
Grandfathers, grandfathers. Yesterday, David Baerwald talked about his grandfather, Ernst Baerwald, an American spy in Second World War Japan. Today,…
1 month, 1 week ago
From Japan With(out) Love: David Baerwald on His Grandfather Spy Who Helped Flatten Tokyo
Episode 3013
“That’s how I would picture fascists: this never-satisfied, dissonant climb to nothing… to ruin.” — David Baerwald
Earlier this month, the historian …
1 month, 1 week ago
We Are (Not) the Champions: Why Silicon Valley Isn’t Providing an AI Human Dividend
Episode 3012
What’s the truth about our AI future? Our guests have different takes. On the one hand, Dave McClure and Aman Verjee predict a $7 trillion future for…
1 month, 1 week ago
The The Profitable Art of Dumb Meme Coins: Nicholas Anthony on Trump's $636M Gain & His Fans' $3.8B Loss
Episode 3011
“Just because I think something is dumb doesn’t mean I think it should be illegal.” — Nicholas Anthony on meme coins
Earlier this month, Elizabeth Wa…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Next Moonshot Won’t Come from Silicon Valley: ex-Google X’er Salima Bhimani on How to Invent Now
Episode 3010
“If we continue to build for people and not with people, we won’t have a say in what this technology will look like or do in ten or twenty years.” — …
1 month, 1 week ago
Apocalypse Past, Present and Future: James Crawford’s Dispatches from the Frontiers of Extraction
Episode 3009
“When will be the end of thus exhausting the earth, and how far will avarice finally penetrate?” the Roman natural historian Pliny the Elder asked in…
1 month, 1 week ago
Citizen Twain: Jeff Jarvis on Hot Type, the Magnificent Machine That Gave Birth to Mass Media
Episode 3008
“Our language is valuable, and we’ve gotta hold on to that. That’s the most human thing we have.” — Jeff Jarvis
Last week, to celebrate episode 3,000…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Yes, January 6 Was an Organized Religious Coup: Rep. Jared Huffman on the Christian Nationalist Menace
Episode 3007
“Most people do not understand that this attempted coup was a religious event.” — Congressman Jared Huffman on January 6
We’ve featured many stark wa…
1 month, 2 weeks ago