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Episode 79 - Chris Arnade on American Poverty
Episode 68
This time we've got Jeff Spross filling in as guest host to chat with Chris Arnade, author of Dignity, a Studs Terkel-style ethnography of American p…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 78 preview - Robert Manduca on 1940s Business Propaganda
Episode 67
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6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 77 - David Sessions on Milquetoast Liberalism
Episode 66
This time we've got David Sessions on to talk about the extraordinarily weak tea contained in Adam Gopnik's new book A Thousand Small Sanities. Are l…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 76 UNLOCKED - Maximillian Alvarez on the Politics of Higher Ed
Episode 65
Max Alvarez joins us again to talk about his experience navigating the treacherous waters of higher education this time. We discuss how he came to en…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 75 - Carl Beijer on the Global Green New Deal
Episode 64
For once we've got a timely episode! Today we're talking with Carl Beijer, whose People's Policy Project paper on the international financing of clim…
6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 74 Preview - The Neocons
Episode 63
Here we discuss a section of Jeane Kirkpatrick's famous essay on why America should support right-wing dictatorships. Subscribe now to hear the full …
6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 73 - Greg Grandin on the American Frontier
Episode 62
This time we've got historian Greg Grandin on to talk about his new book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of Ame…
6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 72 - Elizabeth Warren Policypalooza Preview
Episode 61
In this excerpt we talk about some strengths and blind spots in Warren's foreign policy ideas. Subscribe here to hear the full episode!
6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 71 - Astra Taylor on Democracy
Episode 60
We bring on Astra Taylor to talk about her twinned book and documentary on democracy (What Is Democracy and Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss I…
6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 70 Preview - Karl vs. Karl
Episode 59
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6 years, 9 months ago