Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPeace Can Happen in Korea with Tim Shorrock
The prospect of nuclear war with North Korea sits near the top of the list of things that have been unthinkably bad about Donald Trump’s presidency. …
8 years, 9 months ago
Clintonism’s Dreadful Legacy with Robert Reich
Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s Labor Secretary, explains one of Clintonism’s most dreadful results: President Trump. The new film Saving Capitalism, av…
8 years, 9 months ago
The Origins of the Opioid Crisis with Leo Beletsky
The drug war is a cause of, not solution to, the overdose crisis. Law and public health scholar @LeoBeletsky explains the origins of the opioid overd…
8 years, 9 months ago
Bonus: Alex Vitale v. Heather MacDonald
We’ve got a bonus episode for you today, which is audio from a debate between Alex Vitale—a recent guest on this show, sociologist and author of The …
8 years, 9 months ago
A Monstrous Tax Plan That Might Fail with Arthur Delaney
The GOP tax plan is a monstrous giveaway to corporate America but it might not pass thanks to the same contradictions within the Republican coalition…
8 years, 9 months ago
The Reality of Central American Migration with Noelle Brigden
Trump's demagogic rhetoric on MS-13 is designed to obscure the truth about the reality and origins of mass Central American migration: the roots of m…
8 years, 10 months ago
DSA Kicking Ass with Lee Carter and David Duhalde
Last week was a bad week for Republicans and a good week for Democrats—and for Democratic Socialists. It’s now pretty clear that Republicans will pay…
8 years, 10 months ago
A History of Human Caging with Kelly Lytle Hernández
Historian Kelly Lytle Hernández tells the story of human caging in Los Angeles, from the Spanish Conquest to the mid-twentieth century, in her new bo…
8 years, 10 months ago
Don’t Criminalize Sex Work with Melissa Gira Grant
Journalist @melissagira eviscerates a newspaper investigation that conflates sex work with trafficking. She examines how reporters unwittingly fall i…
8 years, 10 months ago
The Hollow Center with Molly Ball and Eric Levitz
Centrist business elites believe in an America that doesn't exist. Two guests this episode: first, @mollyesque talks about her piece "On Safari in Tr…
8 years, 10 months ago