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Jonathan Rauch on “America’s purest experiment in true totalitarianism”
Episode 200
Some might be inclined to believe recent discussions about totalitarianism are hyperbolic. In fact, the U.S. has a long history in which law, culture…
2 years, 2 months ago
A Trump supporter took a victory lap after October 7th. It hasn’t gone well with us since.
Episode 199
If the goal here is to reach across our differences and at least to try and understand each other better, this was an epic FAIL!
This edition recou…
2 years, 2 months ago
THE MAGA DIARIES: Tina Nguyen's Surreal Adventures Inside the Right Wing and How She Got Out
Episode 198
Gotta admit: This was fun! Tina Nguyen, national correspondent for Puck and author of THE MAGA DIARIES, gives us an inside look at the complexities w…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Perniciousness of "Them"
Episode 197
In this episode we discuss the problem of vilifying and generalizing political and social groups. You know: “Them” or “those people.” Just as an exer…
2 years, 2 months ago
Dr. Jonathan Haidt | After Babel: The Fragmentation of Everything, a special presentation of The Village Square
Episode 196
*What if, at a pinnacle of our civilization’s technological achievement, everything just broke — the institutions we’ve come to rely upon in navigat…
2 years, 2 months ago
That's completely WRONG! Oh wait, I think I agree with you.
Episode 195
Have you ever posted something on social media only to have someone drop in to completely disagree with you? Well, that sort of thing is the genesis …
2 years, 2 months ago
Nancy French, GHOSTED: AN AMERICAN STORY - NY Times best selling author, investigative journalist, storyteller... yet still gloriously feral!
Episode 194
We’re joined by author, essayist, investigative journalist and the gloriously feral Nancy French. We discuss Nancy's new memoir, GHOSTED: AN AMERICAN…
2 years, 2 months ago
"I'm the bad guy?"
Episode 193
"I'm the bad guy?" This is about the whole idea of being part of group - the word "tribe" is often used - that thinks of itself as the good guys and …
2 years, 3 months ago
Lt. Col. ALEXANDER VINDMAN understands what's happening around the world and WHY IT MATTERS
Episode 192
Donald Trump's supposedly "perfect call" was the furthest thing from perfect. In this episode, Alexander Vindman tells us what was so dangerously wro…
2 years, 3 months ago
It's gonna be okay. Even if it's not okay. It'll be okay.
Episode 191
I know, I know! Not everything’s okay. And yeah, there’s so much we can worry about. But, seriously. It’s gonna be okay.
In this episode, we take s…
2 years, 3 months ago