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068: Navigating the Chaos of Trump's Second Term (w/ Anthony L. Fisher)
In this conversation, Aaron Ross Powell and Anthony L. Fisher (Senior Editor at MSNBC Daily) discuss the political landscape following Trump's second inauguration, focusing on the rapid changes in go…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
067: Illiberalism is a Story of Gender (w/ Samantha Hancox-Li)
We've talked a lot about gender on this show, in the context of transgender rights, the way declining relative status drives men to the political right, and the broader role gender plays in the polit…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
066: What Do We Do Now? An Election Postmortem (w/ Walter Olson)
For this first episode to be recorded after the results of the presidential election, I've brought on my friend and former colleague Walter Olson. Walter is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a…
Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago
065: "Liberal" Socialism? (w/ Matthew McManus)
Today's episode was recorded a few weeks before the results of the November presidential election, and before an unrelated change I've made to this podcast. So before we jump into my conversation wit…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
064: How Much Politics is Enough? (w/ Kevin J. Elliot)
Unless you're an early access supporter of the show, this is the last episode you'll hear before the presidential election, which will profoundly shape the state, or looming absence, of American demo…
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago
063: How the Media Downplays the Far-Right Threat (w/ Parker Molloy)
An important theme of this show is the role of rhetoric in politics. It's not just the arguments we make that matter, but when we choose to make them, and how we talk about political issues. And we c…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
062: The Ethics of Democratic Participation (w/ Andy Craig)
We're staring down the barrel of a presidential election, one that highlights deep questions about democracy and political participation. If our goal is radically more freedom, how should we think ab…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
061: The Democrats’ New Rhetoric of Freedom (w/ Joshua Eakle)
When Biden dropped out of the presidential race and Harris took over, we witnessed not just a change in candidate, but a change in rhetoric. Harris's campaign began talking in the language of "freedo…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
060: Liberalism versus Progressivism (w/ Samantha Hancox-Li)
This, as it says on the tin, is a show about liberalism. But teasing out what that term means can be challenging. Not just because it's philosophically complex, but because common usage of terms does…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
059: Pluralism and Liberalism (w/ Jacob T. Levy)
A liberal society is necessarily an open and diverse one. When people are free to move and free to choose, a country's population and culture will reflect all those differences in tastes, preferences…
Published on 1 year ago