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Episode 2476: William Deresiewicz on American Boys & Men
Few observers are more insightful than the critic William Deresiewicz at identifying the changing landscape of American culture. In my latest convers…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2475: Gregory Walton on how to achieve BIG change with small acts
How to achieve BIG change with small acts? According to the Stanford psychologist Gregory Walton, this requires what, in his new book, he dubs Ordina…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2474: What Thomas Mann can teach America about how to save its democracy
On Thursday, we featured a conversation with Red Scare author Clay Risen about Joe McCarthy, Donald Trump and the Paranoid Style of American History.…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2473: Is Europe about to become the World's 3rd Tech Superpower?
Is Europe about to become the World's Third Tech Superpower? In our regular That Was The Week round-up of tech news, Keith Teare says NO!, arguing th…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2472: Clay Risen on Joe McCarthy, Donald Trump and the Paranoid Style of American History
American history, Clay Risen reminds us, has an uncanny knack of repeating itself. In Red Scare, his important new book about blacklists, McCarthyism…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2471: Dan Brooks reveals the MAGA aesthetic
What is the MAGA movement’s aesthetic? According to the New York Times’ Dan Brooks, it’s an aesthetic captured by the generative AI video “Trump Gaza…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2470: Andrew Keen on the current state of American journalism
Andrew Checchia, a young journalist at NewsJunkie.net, requested an interview with me about the current state of American journalism. So here are my …
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2469: Daryl Davis on His Life with the Klu Klux Klan
The musician and actor Daryl Davis probably knows more about the Klu Klux Klan than any other living African-American. As the author of Klan-Destine …
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2468: David Masciotra on Trump's ravenous bigotry toward the trans community
Long-time views of the show know that I’ve always been skeptical of equating Trump/MAGA with European fascism. I’ve always thought it historically fa…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2467: Will AI kill Apple?
Will AI kill Apple? That’s the (absurd) question with which Keith Teare and I begin our THAT WAS THE WEEK tech summary. We conclude that their failur…
1 year, 7 months ago