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The United States of Protest: Gloria Browne-Marshall on the Engine Room of American Democracy
Episode 2996
“Democracy didn’t fall out of the sky. It was earned. It was created, and it was made manifest through protest.” — Gloria Browne-Marshall
Yesterday, …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Banality of the Deal: Casey Michel on the United States of Oligarchy
Episode 2995
“Jared Kushner is one of the most powerful American diplomats of the twenty-first century — and he has no skill set to speak of that I can see.” — Ca…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Is Google Evil? Claire Stapleton on Bad Bosses, Bullshit Jobs, and Her Great Escape from Big Tech
Episode 2994
“We were still trying to change the world from the inside… and the empire struck back.” — Claire Stapleton on the Google Walkout
Earlier this week, t…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty: Stuart Firestein on Science in the Age of Tony Fauci
Episode 2993
“Uncertainty is what tells you that science is reliable. It’s the people who are absolutely certain that you have to watch out for.” — Stuart Fireste…
2 months ago
How to Say No to Fascism: Curtis White’s Anti-Manifesto of Resistance
Episode 2992
“Misbehave, make something beautiful, and try to win.” — Curtis White’s motto for resistance
How to say no to fascism? Curtis White, the literary thi…
2 months ago
Who’s Afraid of the AI-Enabled Author? On “Real” Creativity & Cheating in Our Age of AI Slop
Episode 2991
“The human part is 99 percent. The AI part is maybe 1 percent — even if 100 percent of the manuscript was dumped onto the page by AI.” — Keith Teare …
2 months ago
No, Not Everybody Needs a Therapist: Amy Morin on America's Epidemic of Mental Weakness
Episode 2990
“Not everybody needs therapy. I’m a therapist and I’ll tell you first.” — Amy Morin
Is an epidemic of mental weakness sweeping America? Readers of th…
2 months ago
The Robin Hood of the Book Biz: How Andy Hunter's Bookshop.org Is Standing Up to Amazon.
Episode 2989
“Evil is reductive. But the impact of the business is evil, even if the intent isn’t.” — Andy Hunter on Amazon
Network effects transformed Amazon fro…
2 months ago
Should the American Pope Debate the American President? Jack Hanson on the Radical Reformation of the Catholic Church
Episode 2988
Should the American Pope debate the American president about good and evil? The shameless Trump, one suspects, would relish a noisy cage match with a…
2 months ago
Why Volodymyr Zelensky Is the World’s Only Living Statesman: Steven B. Smith on the Leadership America Lacks
Episode 2987
“The statesman is an educator who leads through language — who gives a people the language they need to think about themselves.” — Steven B. Smith on…
2 months ago