Podcast Episodes

Health is not possible, with Beatrice Adler-Bolton

Hello from Tammy’s dark apartment! 

This week, Jay and Tammy are joined by Beatrice Adler-Bolton, co-host of the podcast Death Panel, with Artie Vierk…

2 years, 11 months ago

Capital vs. capital in today’s housing crisis, with Ritti Singh and Navneet Grewal

Hello from rental hell! 

This week, Tammy is joined by two friends of the pod who work in housing: Ritti Singh, a tenant organizer in Rochester for Ho…

2 years, 11 months ago

Jay’s back! + GOP dysfunction and Biden on immigration

Hello from a Berkeley basement! 

This week, Jay takes a break from being his daughter’s personal helper to catch up with Tammy. 

[5:25] We start by dis…

3 years ago

The OG podsquad reflects on 2022

Hello from what feels like the distant past! 

This week, erstwhile co-host Andy Liu joins Jay and Tammy to look back on 2022. (A note from Mai, our pr…

3 years ago

LIVE with Hua Hsu: Writing in grief’s minor key

Hello from somewhere other than Jay’s basement! 

This week, we’re excited to release the episode we recorded in New York with Hua Hsu, as part of Tamm…

3 years, 1 month ago

A reckoning and sparkle of hope in China, with Ting Guo

Hello from South Korea’s sad World Cup cheering section! 

This week, we talk about the unrest in China with Dr. Ting Guo, a scholar at the University …

3 years, 1 month ago

Is it finally Strikevember?!

Hello from the picket lines! 

This week, Jay and Tammy report on labor actions on the streets of Berkeley and Seoul. 

[4:30] First, Jay tells us what h…

3 years, 1 month ago

Crypto fraudsters with Max Read

Hello from the Matt Levine fan club! 

This week, the writer and editor Max Read returns to discuss the disintegration of the tech world. 

2:45 – First,…

3 years, 1 month ago

Fast fashion and racialized labor with Minh-Ha T. Pham

Hello from the decline of the West! 

This week’s episode features a wonderful conversation with Minh-Ha T. Pham, a professor at Pratt who researches f…

3 years, 2 months ago

Mike Davis’s hopeful rage and grief in Itaewon

Hello from Jay’s trick-or-treating route! 

This week, Jay listened to hours of affirmative-action arguments from the Supreme Court so that you (and we…

3 years, 2 months ago