Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDemocracy in crisis, part 2: The two-party problem
Just how worried should we be about the future of American democracy? This is the question at the center of a two-part series from Vox Conversations …
4 years ago
Why we can't pay attention anymore
Sean Illing talks with the author Johann Hari about his new book Stolen Focus, which explores what's happening — and what's already happened — to our…
4 years ago
Democracy in crisis, part 1: Ross Douthat isn't too worried
Just how worried should we be about the future of American democracy? This is the question at the center of a two-part series from Vox Conversations …
4 years, 1 month ago
Pod Save the Democrats
Sean Illing talks with Dan Pfeiffer, former senior advisor to President Obama and co-host of the Pod Save America podcast, about what is wrong with t…
4 years, 1 month ago
A Yellowjackets creator spills his guts
Vox's Constance Grady talks with Bart Nickerson, the co-creator of new TV show Yellowjackets, which airs on Showtime. Yellowjackets follows a girls' …
4 years, 1 month ago
A scientist's case for "woo-woo"
Sean Illing talks with David Hamilton, a scientist and former research chemist turned author, about his new book Why Woo-Woo Works, in which he offer…
4 years, 1 month ago
Imagine a future with no police
Vox's Fabiola Cineas talks with author, lawyer, and organizer Derecka Purnell about her recent book Becoming Abolitionists. They discuss Derecka's jo…
4 years, 1 month ago
Novelist Lauren Groff on the other Matrix
Vox's Constance Grady talks with novelist Lauren Groff about her latest book, the National Book Award finalist Matrix, before a virtual audience for …
4 years, 1 month ago
Are we living in a simulation?
Sean Illing talks with philosopher David Chalmers about virtual worlds and the nature of reality, and other topics that stem from Chalmers's new book…
4 years, 1 month ago
Rep. Jamie Raskin on living through the unthinkable, twice
Vox's Dylan Matthews talks with Congressman Jamie Raskin about the tragic loss of his son Tommy, who was twenty-five years old when he died at the en…
4 years, 1 month ago