Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPosturing over Protests and Protesting over Posture
For decades, bad posture was seen as everything from a moral failing, to a health risk, to a military vulnerability. In her new book, Slouch: Postur…
2 years, 1 month ago
Does $61 Billion For Ukraine Come Too Late?
Charles Kupchan, Georgetown Professor and former Obama National Security official, says that the funding for Ukraine is necessary for the desperate c…
2 years, 1 month ago
Cops On A Campus, Chaos On Another
The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA is attacked, and the police are no where to be found. A pro-Palestinian building takeover is thwarted at Colum…
2 years, 1 month ago
Divulge, Divest, Surely You Chant In Jest
Analyzing what the campus divestment movement is really asking for. Is it doable? It is. It is advisable? It isn't. What effect will it have on the w…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Dog Days Of American Politics
Kristi Noem, the Republican Governor of South Dakota, is out defending her shooting of her dog, which has us wondering why she brought it up in the f…
2 years, 1 month ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Harvey, Tossed Edition … Gross
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, a jumbo archival interview (originally a two-parter, combined to one) with Prison Consultant Craig Rothfeld,…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bezos Uber Alles
Dana Mattioli is the Wall Street Journal's "Amazon Reporter," and author The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Cor…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Caucasian Perquisite
In Tracie McMillan's new book, The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America, the author documents the lives and experience…
2 years, 1 month ago
What's Eating Uncle Bosie?
Joe Biden's uncle mostly likely wasn't eaten by cannibals, but he could have been, which is more than some members of the public can swallow. Germany…
2 years, 2 months ago
Immigration: A Story Both Inspiring And Whack
Ray Suarez is here to talk history, policy, and personal journeys as he discusses his book, “WE ARE HOME: Becoming American in the 21st Century: An O…
2 years, 2 months ago