Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAre bosses dictators? (with Elizabeth Anderson)
Episode 249
Imagine a society whose rulers suppress free speech, free association, even bathroom breaks. Where the government owns the means of production. Where…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Constitution is a progressive document
Episode 248
“The Constitution must be adapted to the problems of each generation,” writes Erwin Chemerisnky, “we are not living in the world of 1787 and should n…
6 years, 6 months ago
Matt Bruenig’s case for single-payer health care
Episode 248
The Democratic primary has been unexpectedly dominated by a single question: Will you abolish private health insurance?
Wrapped in that question are d…
6 years, 7 months ago
Can Raj Chetty save the American dream?
Episode 247
I don’t ordinarily find myself scrambling to write down article ideas during these conversations, but almost everything Raj Chetty says is worth a fe…
6 years, 7 months ago
Astra Taylor will change how you think about democracy
Episode 246
Astra Taylor’s new book has the best title I’ve seen in a long time: Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone.
I talk a lot about dem…
6 years, 7 months ago
Is big tech addictive? Nir Eyal and I debate.
Episode 244
“How do successful companies create products people can’t put down?”
That’s the opening line of the description for Nir Eyal’s bestselling 2014 book H…
6 years, 7 months ago
Generation Climate Change
Episode 243
This is one of those episodes I want to put the hard sell on. It’s one of the most important conversations I’ve had on the show. The fact that it lef…
6 years, 7 months ago
Is the media amplifying Trump’s racism? (with Whitney Phillips)
Episode 242
Some podcasts I do are easy. There’s a problem and, hey look, here’s a great answer! Some are hard. There’s a problem and, well, there may not be a g…
6 years, 7 months ago
Rutger Bregman’s utopias, and mine
Episode 241
Universal basic income. A 15-hour work week. Open borders.
These ideas may strike you as crazy, fantastical, maybe even utopian... but that’s exactly …
6 years, 7 months ago
How white identity politics won the Republican civil war
Episode 240
Tim Alberta’s new book American Carnage documents “the Republican Civil War”: a decade-plus struggle over whether the Republican Party would build it…
6 years, 7 months ago