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Wellness frauds and James Harden, with Jennifer Wilson
Hello from a cruise ship!
This week, we welcome book critic and Philly basketball devotee Jennifer Wilson back to the show. We discuss [1:00] the epi…
3 years, 1 month ago
What Chicago can teach us, with Alex Han
Hello from a 90-degree day in New York!
This week, we’re joined by Alex Han, executive director of In These Times and a longtime organizer based in Ch…
3 years, 1 month ago
“The border itself is the crisis,” with Silky Shah
Hello from Jay’s COVID den!
Mai would like you to know that she begged Jay to skip recording and rest after he tested positive for COVID, and did the …
3 years, 2 months ago
Palo Alto’s ghosts, with Malcolm Harris
Hello from the Bay Area!
This week, it’s just Jay speaking with Malcolm Harris, the author of the recently published Palo Alto: A History of Californ…
3 years, 2 months ago
The kids (and parents) aren’t all right, with Bryce Covert
Hello from Jay’s flooded basement! (Apologies for our less-than-ideal audio.)
This week, our guest is Bryce Covert, a writer who covers the culture a…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ten long years of socialist politicking, with Kshama Sawant
Hello from Tammy’s COVID bunker!
This week, after a short tribute to Montana’s “dean of journalism,” Chuck Johnson, R.I.P., Tammy speaks with Kshama …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Asian Oscars, tradwives, and Korean feminists
Hello from Jay’s tradlife mancave!
It’s just us this week, dissecting all the ways our culture has gone too far. We begin with [0:20] a debrief of th…
3 years, 2 months ago
‘100% authentic fake:’ Corky Lee’s Asian America, with Ken Chen
Hello from a D.C. hotel!
This week, our guest is Ken Chen, writer, professor, and former director of the Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW). We …
3 years, 3 months ago
When the right wing co-opts identity politics
Hello from our normal, boring lives!
Tammy returns from her reporting trip out West, and Jay is back at work after taking half his parental leave. It…
3 years, 3 months ago
What can’t A.I. replace, with Ben Recht
Hello from a sci-fi future!
Tammy’s on a reporting trip this week, so it’s just Jay talking to our guest Ben Recht, a professor of computer science an…
3 years, 3 months ago