Podcast Episodes

Episode 64: Whither the Preachers? With Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Season 5 Episode 57

Moira and Adrian welcome historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Jesus and John Wayne) to talk about what happens to conservative "preacher" masculinity in the age of swaggering, crass and often libertine se…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 62: AI Slop and the New Fascist Aesthetic with Roland Meyer

Season 5 Episode 56

Why have our new right-wing overlords taken such a shine to chintzy, shiny AI slop? What is persuasive about these phony, artless, slightly desperate images? How do they originate, and how do they ci…

Published on 6 months ago

Episode 60: Emergency Episode: The German Elections

Season 5 Episode 55

Germany voted for a new parliament last Sunday, and if you weren't ready for the words "far right" "Germany" and "20% of the vote" to pop up on your doom bingo, well, then you don't know 2025. Journa…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 58: The Pelicot Trial with Manon Garcia

Season 5 Episode 54

TW: This episode is almost entirely about a horrifying case of sustained and organized rape.

On December 19, 2024 a court in Avignon, France convicted Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men of rape. It …

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 57: Mark Zuckerberg

Season 5 Episode 53

Moira and Adrian delve into the career and political trajectory of Mark Zuckerberg. From Facemash to The Facebook to the Metaverse to putting on an absurd amount of sunscreen, they trace Mark Zuckerb…

Published on 7 months ago

Episode 55: Emergency Episode: Mark Joseph Stern on Executive Action

Season 5 Episode 52

Donald Trump is issuing executive orders faster than people seem to be able to metabolize what's happening. And many of them have to do with gender, sexuality and wokeness! So Moira and Adrian turn t…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 53: The Moynihan Report

Season 5 Episode 51

The Moynihan Report (1965) written by later New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) is an important document in the backlash against the Civil Rights era, but it constitutes an important…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 50: The Second Annual Cursties, Part II

Season 5 Episode 50

In what is already being described as a Festivus miracle, we present you -- at long last! -- the second part of the Second Annual Cursties! It's Moira, Adrian and special guest Michael Hobbes doing t…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 49: The Second Annual Cursties, Part I

Season 5 Episode 49

2024's hottest awards show is THE SECOND ANNUAL CURSTIES. Conjured up by Adrian, Moira and special returning guest Michael Hobbes, this all-gay gabfest has everything. Rapid onset transphobia! How to…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 47: Trans Kids

Season 5 Episode 47

Moira walks Adrian through the right wing fixation on trans kids and the way it is reshaping our politics. In early December, the US Supreme Court heard US v. Skrmetti, and is almost certain to uphol…

Published on 9 months ago