Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBrief: Yoga Teacher’s Survival Guide (w/Theo Wildcroft & Harriet McAtee)
Matthew is joined by Theo Wildcroft and Harriet McAtee, co-editors of The Yoga Teacher's Survival Guide: Social Justice, Science, Politics, and Power…
1 year, 10 months ago
202: Steve Hassan and the Trans Cult Conspiracy Theory
“Cult expert” Steve Hassan has been publicly concerned with the complex sociology of trans youth since 2020. We track that interest back to his commu…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bonus Sample: Long Haul Stories: Matthew Stillman
Following up on our Long COVID episode with Tara Haelle, Matthew will be expanding the Listener Stories portfolio with stories from listeners about n…
1 year, 11 months ago
Brief: A History of the Gay Right (w/Neil Young)
Matthew is joined by historian Neil J. Young, co-host of the excellent Past Present Podcast, to talk about his new book: Coming Out Republican: a His…
1 year, 11 months ago
201: Librarians Are Not Groomers (w/Heath Umbreit)
When Moms For Liberty attacks libraries with demands to ban books about MLK Jr and age-appropriate sex education, and claims that librarians are groo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bonus Sample: Project 2025's Disdain for Public Education
Project 2025 is the libertarian conservative Heritage Foundation’s systematic governance plan for the next Republican president. The 920-page plan ai…
1 year, 11 months ago
Brief: The High Cost of Wellness
A common sentiment in wellness spaces is that people turn to alt-med practices due to the exorbitant costs of American healthcare. While the latter i…
1 year, 11 months ago
200: Rogan-Rufo Reality Check
This week we take stock of the full entrenchment of the Mirror World, where conspirituality influencers bask in the rays of confident delusion. After…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bonus Sample: The GOP Thinks Food Stamps Are the Real Problem
Project 2025 is the libertarian conservative Heritage Foundation’s systematic governance plan for the next Republican president. The 920-page plan ai…
1 year, 11 months ago
Brief: Woman, Life, Freedom (w/Negin Shiraghaei)
The death of Mahsa Jina Amini at the hands of the Islamic Republic’s “morality police” in September 2022 lit a fuse on a fervent global protest movem…
1 year, 11 months ago