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Christopher Lasch's Critique of Progress (w/ Chris Lehmann)
Episode 59
Christopher Lasch, the late historian and social critic, can be difficult to pin down. Despite writing with startling clarity and verve, Lasch frust…
4 years, 2 months ago
TEASER: Far-Right Vanguard (w/ John S. Huntington)
Matt is joined by John Huntington, author of Far-Right Vanguard, which chronicles the history of what he calls the "ultraconservative" movement, its …
4 years, 3 months ago
Up From Straussianism (w/ Matt McManus & Victor Bruzzone)
Here's something fun and a little different: your beloved cohost Matt Sitman was recently interviewed by Victor Bruzzone and Matt McManus on their po…
4 years, 3 months ago
How They Did It, Pt. 3: The End of the Beginning
Episode 58
In the third and final episode in their series on the overturning of Roe v. Wade—recorded on the day it happened—Matt and Sam pick up with 1990s, the…
4 years, 4 months ago
The State of the American Right (w/ Daniel Denvir)
Today we're sharing a special "Dig Your Enemy" crossover event, as Daniel Denvir of Jacobin magazine's The Dig podcast puts Matt and Sam in the hot s…
4 years, 4 months ago
How They Did It, Pt. 2: The Christian Right and Roe
Episode 57
At long last, Matt and Sam dive into the origins of the Christian right—a complicated tale often flattened by contemporary debates. What was the hist…
4 years, 4 months ago
How They Did It: Overturning Roe, Pt. 1 (w/ the 5-4 podcast)
Episode 56
On May 5, Politico published a leaked draft of the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, written by Justice Samuel Alito, that would o…
4 years, 5 months ago
UNLOCKED: A New Pink Tide? (w/ Thea Riofrancos & David Adler)
A conversation with David Adler and Thea Riofrancos about the return of the Latin American left — unlocked from Patreon in advance of hugely conseque…
4 years, 5 months ago
TEASER: Yinzer Country
In this bonus episode, Matt takes Sam on a tour of his native state, Pennsylvania, where a number of key primaries were held this week. The results b…
4 years, 5 months ago
TEASER: A New Pink Tide? (w/ Thea Riofrancos & David Adler)
Hope for the American left is at a fairly low ebb, at the moment, but our counterparts in Latin America are on the march and succeeding at beating ba…
4 years, 5 months ago