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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, 3 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, 3 months ago
The Conservative and the Convict (w/ Sarah Weinman)
Episode 55
Sarah Weinman's new book—Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Right Kind of Worker (w/ Gabriel Winant)
Episode 54
Since Donald Trump was elected president — partially on the strength of white working class support in the Rust Belt — we've heard that the GOP is a …
4 years, 4 months ago
Macron vs. Le Pen (w/ Cole Stangler)
Did this week's one-on-one debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen change the race in any significant ways? Why is Le Pen drawing notably mo…
4 years, 4 months ago
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…
4 years, 4 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…
4 years, 4 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…
4 years, 5 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…
4 years, 5 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…
4 years, 5 months ago