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America's Heart of Moral Darkness: Peter Wehner on Trump's Apocalyptic Assault on African AIDS Victims
The last time Peter Wehner, who I’ve always imagined as America’s conscience, appeared on the show to talk about the “ethical darkness” that has fall…
1 year, 3 months ago
Breaking Down America's Everyday Walls: From Swimming Pools and SUVs to White Lives Matter Rallies
From suburban swimming pools and SUVs to White Lives Matter rallies, the Johns Hopkins anthropologist Anand Pandian has been exploring the everyday w…
1 year, 3 months ago
The AI Wedge: It's as Painful as it Sounds
So what, exactly, is the AI wedge? According to Ewan Morrison, author of For Emma, an already acclaimed novel about our dystopian biotech future, it …
1 year, 3 months ago
Scale or Die: Why 2025 really is the Inflection Point That Changes Everything
You've heard it before and you'll hear it again. AI is a gold rush. It will change everything. But 2025 is different, That Was The Week tech newslett…
1 year, 3 months ago
249 Years Later: Is America Still Worth the Fireworks?
On July 4, 2025, is America still worth the fireworks? For Paul Orgel, producer of America 250, C-SPAN's upcoming celebration of 250 years of indepen…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings from History
Few people have spent more of their lives thinking about the Nazis than the English filmmaker and writer Laurence Rees. In his new book, The Nazi Min…
1 year, 3 months ago
Death of the American Dream: Terrence McCauley on why the Mob was behind the JFK Assassination
If the American dream died in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963, then who killed it? According to the crime novelist Terrence McCauley, the JFK assas…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why Everything is Propaganda: Connor Boyack's Libertarian Manifesto for July 4
If everything is propaganda (even this show), then we are forever engaged in a war to control other people's minds. That, at least, is the view of th…
1 year, 3 months ago
From the Internet of Trolls to the Internet of Tolls: Has the Publishing Apocalypse Finally Arrived?
As we transition from the social media age (the internet of trolls) to the AI epoch (the internet of tolls), has the publishing apocalypse finally ar…
1 year, 3 months ago
From Ghana to Goldman Sachs: Rachel Laryea on a Blueprint for Black Capitalism
Yesterday’s show was on the Great White Hoax of manufactured racism in America. Today’s is on Black Capitalists, the title of a provocative new book …
1 year, 3 months ago