Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBest of: Why fascism in America isn't going away
Vox's Sean Illing talks to Yale professor and author Jason Stanley about why American democracy provides such fertile soil for fascism, how Donald Tr…
4 years, 2 months ago
Best of: Clint Smith III on confronting the legacy of slavery
Vox's Jamil Smith talks with author Clint Smith III about his book How the Word Is Passed, which documents the writer's personal journey visiting sit…
4 years, 2 months ago
Best of: We need to talk about UFOs. Seriously.
Vox's Sean Illing talks with international politics professor and amateur ufologist Alex Wendt about why it's time to start thinking more seriously a…
4 years, 2 months ago
Chris Bosh on winning (and losing everything)
Vox’s Jamil Smith talks with NBA legend Chris Bosh about his basketball career, his youth, and his legacy. They discuss Bosh’s transition to the NBA,…
4 years, 2 months ago
The cult of toughness
Sean Illing talks with political commentator and author David French about modern conservatism and masculinity. They discuss the divergence between t…
4 years, 2 months ago
Is ethical investing a scam?
Vox's Emily Stewart talks with Tariq Fancy about whether or not "socially responsible investment" is a scam. Fancy is a former executive who led sust…
4 years, 2 months ago
The good life is painful
Sean Illing talks with psychologist Paul Bloom about his new book The Sweet Spot, and whether it's necessary to experience suffering in order to live…
4 years, 2 months ago
The father of environmental justice
Vox's Jamil Smith talks with Dr, Robert Bullard, a pioneer in the crusade for environmental justice, about his more than four decades in the fight. T…
4 years, 2 months ago
Jill Lepore on Elon Musk's imaginary world
Sean Illing talks with historian Jill Lepore about her new podcast: The Evening Rocket explores Elon Musk and the new form of extravagant, extreme ca…
4 years, 2 months ago
E.O. Wilson's plan to save the world
Vox's Benji Jones talks with the celebrated entomologist, biologist, and naturalist E.O. Wilson. They talk about Wilson's sixty-plus years as a leadi…
4 years, 3 months ago