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Cancel Culture Comes For Ballet: Choreographer Lincoln Jones's Problematic Journey
Lincoln Jones is the director of the American Contemporary Ballet Company in Los Angeles, which he co-founded in 2011. Lincoln took an unusual path t…
3 years, 6 months ago
How To Land In A Psych Ward: A Conversation With Freddie deBoer
Freddie deBoer has a very popular Substack newsletter and is the author of the 2020 book, The Cult of Smart. He writes about culture and social polit…
3 years, 6 months ago
How Are We Feeling About Policing These Days? Peter Moskos Files A Report
Peter Moskos is a criminologist and sociologist who teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He is also a former Baltimore C…
3 years, 7 months ago
They're Coming To Take You Away: Rob Wipond On The Ongoing Scourge Of Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment
Most people associate forcible detentions in psychiatric wards with barbaric practices of the past. But as Canadian investigative journalist Rob Wip…
3 years, 7 months ago
Armie Hammer's Blunt Force Trauma: Jamie Kirchick On The Story No One Will Tell
This week Meghan welcomes back journalist Jamie Kirchick. Jamie was on The Unspeakable last fall with Mike Pesca and Virginia Heffernan, his co-hosts…
3 years, 7 months ago
Should We Teach Porn Literacy? Richie Hardcore Shares His Lesson Plans
Richie Hardcore is an educator and public speaker based in New Zealand, where his work explores mental health and wellness, masculinity, and issues a…
3 years, 7 months ago
Everyone's Crazy: Paul Gilmartin's Mental Illness Happy Hour
Comedian Paul Gilmartin is the host of the long running podcast The Mental Illness Happy Hour, where he interviews all kinds of people–from celebriti…
3 years, 7 months ago
"Field" Is Now A Forbidden Word! Rhetorician Erec Smith On How To Make Everything Racist
Erec Smith is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania and a prominent voice in the effort to bring greater nuance to conve…
3 years, 8 months ago
Leaning Out And Looking Up: Journalist Tara Henley's Next Phase
Tara Henley is a journalist and podcaster based in Canada who has become one of the most celebrated figures in the heterodox space there. She is the …
3 years, 8 months ago
Why We Are The Way We Are. Bridget Phetasy and Jeren Montgomery on Our "Factory Settings"
Bridget Phetasy is a prominent podcaster, YouTuber and writer in the heterodox (or, as she likes to call it, politically homeless) space. Jeren Mont…
3 years, 8 months ago