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Another train derails, with freight conductor Nick Wurst
Hello from an ongoing ecological disaster!
Our guest this week is Nick Wurst, a freight-rail conductor and a member of the SMART-TD union, who joined…
3 years, 3 months ago
“Tár,” a film for the chattering class, with Vinson Cunningham
Hello from Juilliard!
This week, our friend Vinson Cunningham, award-winning critic at The New Yorker, joins Tammy and Jay to discuss 2022’s wokest(?…
3 years, 4 months ago
How many cops is enough?
Hello from our culture of violence!
This week, Tammy and Jay talk through some painful questions following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by Memph…
3 years, 4 months ago
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…
3 years, 4 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…
3 years, 4 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months ago