Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRFK Jr.: Sophist, Saboteur, Snake Oil Secretary
Historian Daniel Immerwahr eviscerates RFK Jr. as a master of glib misinformation—“profoundly informed,” yet wielding that knowledge in bad faith to …
1 year, 3 months ago
Live From America with Mike Pesca
On this Saturday we play some of Mikes conversation on the podcast Live From America
Hatem Gabr, one of the cohosts talks to Mike about NPR and the m…
1 year, 3 months ago
Funny You Should Mention: Trae Crowder
The self-proclaimed “Trash Daddy” riffs on meat-in-a-can cuisine, possum PR, and how his accent disarms blue-state crowds, Plus: white supremacist lo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jake Tapper: Original Sin, Ongoing Fracturing
Jake Tapper returns to dissect his book Original Sin and the failures of mainstream media to report on Joe Biden’s decline. He traces how social pre…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Great Lantern Fly Freakout: Is That BS?
Sadie Dingfelder returns to assess the national stomp-fest against lantern flies and asks: did it do anything, or was it all buggage and bluster? The…
1 year, 3 months ago
The War After the War: Hamas and Israel
Times of Israel analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses the next phase of the war in Gaza and Israel's many enemies. Also discussed are the ideological ro…
1 year, 3 months ago
Chris and Paul Weitz say Murderbot Doesn’t Want to Be a Real Boy
Murderbot showrunners Chris and Paul Weitz join to discuss their sci-fi series’ blend of chamber thriller, workplace satire, and reluctant hero tale—…
1 year, 3 months ago
Checking Bags and Attitudes
The TSA is finally starting to phase out its decades-old shoe removal policy. We take a look back at the post-9/11 panic that made bare feet in airpo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Poker Face Goes To Interesting Places
Tony Tost, now showrunning Poker Face, reflects on the show's expertly woven mysteries, genre roots, and why women who don’t want to pick up a gun ke…
1 year, 3 months ago
NEM: Carine Hajjar and Jeffrey Maurer
Boston Globe columnist Carine Hajjar and five-time Emmy-winning comedy writer and proprietor of the I Might Be Wrong Substack, Jeff Maurer, join to d…
1 year, 3 months ago