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Why Can't Kids Read Anymore with Susannah Grossman
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This week we are discussing the state of reading in America and the big Atlantic article that said that college kids can’t really make it thro…
1 year, 4 months ago
Kamala's Plan for Black Men and We Try to Be Positive
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Today we’re talking about Kamala Harris’s plan for Black men, crypto, one million loans for $20,000, and Trump’s 30 minute spotify playlist pa…
1 year, 4 months ago
Black Quarterbacks and the Meritocracy with Louis Moore
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Today’s episode is about THE GREAT BLACK HOPE, a new book by the historian Louis Moore. We talk about the history of Black quarterbacks, both i…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates and What Writing is For with Jazmine Hughes
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Apologies for the slight delay in getting this episode out but we have a great show today with the writer Jazmine Hughes. We talk about Ta-Nehi…
1 year, 4 months ago
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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 months ago