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RIP Fredric Jameson and some takes on the whole RFK - Nuzzi thing
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This week Tyler pays tribute to the great literary critic Fredric Jameson who tragically passed away recently. We talk about the importance of …
1 year, 8 months ago
Trump's Horrible Lies about Haitian Residents in Springfield, Ohio and More Assassination Talk
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A quick note before we start: We recorded this as we always do on Tuesday for an early Wednesday release. The last part of the show focuses on …
1 year, 8 months ago
Do We Like Living in DataWorld and iPhones and the End of History with Ben Recht and Leif Weatherby
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Today we have a fun conversation with recurring guest Ben Recht, a professor of computer science and machine learning at UC Berkeley and Leif W…
1 year, 9 months ago
BACK TO SCHOOL: MIT's disappearing Black student population, Affirmative Action, and sea changes in higher ed
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Welcome back to school everyone. This week, we talk about an article in the New York Times that asks whether we infantilize students and whethe…
1 year, 9 months ago
Kamala's Big Speech, RFK as Shadow Veep, and Panic at Pomona
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Today, we talk about Kamala’s big speech at the DNC, the cat-and-mouse game her campaign is playing with the media, why we’re probably fine wi…
1 year, 9 months ago
AOC, Convention Night 1, and the Future of the Left with Matt Karp
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We’re joined today by Matt Karp, a columnist for Harper’s, a professor of History at Princeton and one of the most intelligent and incisive wr…
1 year, 9 months ago
Can Harris and Walz Capture the Rural Vote? A conversation with Paolo Cremidis.
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Today, we talk about the rural vote and the positioning of Tim Walz as the rural whisperer. Will it work? Is there such a thing as a “rural ide…
1 year, 9 months ago
Walz Time, RFK's Bear Episode, and what Solidarity Means with Astra Taylor
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This week we’re extremely excited to have on Astra Taylor, a filmmaker, author, and organizer with the Debt Collective. We talk about Walz, whe…
1 year, 10 months ago
Two Black Dudes and a Korean Dude on White Dudes for Harris
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We brought back repeat guest and esteemed journalist Bradford William Davis to talk about White Dudes for Harris, “weird,” and Trump at the Nat…
1 year, 10 months ago
Joe Rogan for Veep and What's Going on with JD Vance
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Today we talk about the Kamala campaign, who she should pick as VP, speculate on where Joe Biden might be, and offer a spirited defense of AOC…
1 year, 10 months ago