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Inflated burritos and SCOTUS race quotas
Hi from a Korean hot-stone bed!
It’s Jay and Tammy this week, talking trash about Andy.
Plus:
* Pandemic alcoholism and human bonds: We read and discus…
3 years, 11 months ago
Racism, speech, and tenure + "we Americans" on China
Greetings from the Philly planetarium!
This week, we discuss academic tenure, “disgusting” ideas, and left foreign policy.
0:00 – A troll-y tenured la…
3 years, 11 months ago
Blaming teachers' unions for Covid
Hello from pandemic year 3!
There seems to be a panic over school closures—and a backlash against teachers and their unions. But how many US public sc…
4 years ago
RIP 2021 and "Don't Look Up"
New year, new pod!
“Same pod, though…”
0:00 – We discuss various New Year’s Day soups and East Asian black beans.
7:50 – Many influential writers died …
4 years ago
Gary Shteyngart, our country friend
Hello from a pandemic bungalow!
This week, we are joined by Gary Shteyngart, creator of the brilliant new novel, Our Country Friends. We talk about i…
4 years ago
Democrat dilemmas with Brian Stryker
Hello from the Quiz Bowl room!
Today we’re talking with Democratic pollster and Andy’s high school friend Brian Stryker of ALG research.
Recently, the…
4 years, 1 month ago
Crypto leftism? With Alex Rivera
Hello from a blockchain!
This week, Jay and Tammy talk with Alex Rivera, a filmmaker, media artist, immigrant rights activist, and MacArthur genius, a…
4 years, 1 month ago
'History is not a straight line': on the Chinese Question with Prof. Mae Ngai
Hello from the 19th century!
Today’s episode features Andy in conversation with Prof. Mae Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Pr…
4 years, 1 month ago
Nothing to lose but your supply chains
Hello from both sides of the Pacific!
This week, a reunited, international podsquad talks K-quarantine, Enes Kanter’s Sinopportunism, and how the lef…
4 years, 1 month ago
"Taiwan?" with New Bloom: Brian Hioe and Wen Liu
Hello!
Guest episode this week with Andy talking to Brian Hioe and Wen Liu, writers and academics based in Taipei, with the online magazine New Bloom.…
4 years, 1 month ago