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The Other Side of the Story (w/ Michael Kazin)
Episode 53
Matt and Sam are joined by Georgetown University historian and co-editor emeritus of Dissent, Michael Kazin, to discuss his new book, What It Took to…
3 years, 10 months ago
TEASER: Compact with the Devil? (w/ John Ganz)
Matt and Sam are joined by KYE all-star John Ganz to discuss Compact: A Radical American Journal, a new publication founded by Sohrab Ahmari, Matthew…
3 years, 10 months ago
Red Diaper Baby (w/ Ari Brostoff)
Episode 52
Matt and Sam are joined by Ari Brostoff, author of Missing Time: Essays, to explore David Horowitz's 1996 memoir, Radical Son. Like a number of prom…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Anti-Trans Agenda (w/ Gillian Branstetter)
Episode 51
Matt and Sam talk to Gillian Branstetter, press secretary for the National Women’s Law Center, about the spate of anti-trans laws sweeping the count…
3 years, 11 months ago
TEASER: Disinformation, Peter Thiel, and the Vibe Shift (w/ Joe Bernstein)
In the first half of this conversation with Buzzfeed’s Joe Bernstein, Sam asks: What is “disinformation?” Who gets to decide? And does it explain wha…
3 years, 11 months ago
A Second Civil War? (w/ Jamelle Bouie)
Episode 50
The past few months have seen much talk of a "second Civil War" in the United States or a "national divorce" between red states and blue states. New …
3 years, 11 months ago
Mothers of Conservatism (w/ Michelle Nickerson)
Episode 49
Matt and Sam talk to Michelle Nickerson about her brilliant book, Mothers of Conservatism, which explores the lives and political activism of conserv…
4 years ago
TEASER: How To Be Normal (w/ Phil Christman)
Matt talks to writer Phil Christman about his new essay collection, How To Be Normal. They talk about the meaning of "normal" (especially in these pa…
4 years ago
School Wars (w/ Jennifer Berkshire)
Episode 48
It seems almost every big culture-war battle of the moment—from "Critical Race Theory" to COVID mandates—is being fought in America's schools. Meanw…
4 years, 1 month ago
TEASER: Cancel Jay Caspian Kang (w/ Jay Caspian Kang)
Author, podcaster, and New York Times Magazine staff writer Jay Caspian Kang joins Matt and Sam for a spirited discussion of some treacherous topics:…
4 years, 1 month ago