Podcast Episodes

The Language of Emergency

Season 2 Episode 112

Everything is an emergency! There's genocide(s), environmental collapse, capitalism, patriarchy -- and it all has to be taken care of now! Revolution…

1 day, 4 hours ago

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The Politics of Dignity

Season 2 Episode 111

We all agree that identity politics need to die, yes? They've been infiltrated and exploited by the wealthy and the elites, they led to years of scam…

1 week, 1 day ago

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Are People Lonely or Just Alone?

Season 2 Episode 110

Lately social media has been inundated with the loneliness influencer, the people (mostly women) who glamorize and romanticize a cozy little life alo…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

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The Pope Declares Holy War Against the Robots

Season 2 Episode 109

The Pope's encyclical on the subject of AI inspired a flurry of headlines and quick takes, but then people got distracted. But did the Pope really sa…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

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How to Be an Anti-Authoritarianism Grifter

Season 2 Episode 108

With new books like "How to Be a Dissident," "Read This When Things Fall Apart," "How to Save Democracy," "Beyond Molotovs" and others flooding the s…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

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Let's All Go to Church

Season 2 Episode 107

While America's religious revival is being a bit overblown, the fact is that the long decline in church attendance and religious belief is over and a…

1 month ago

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The Most Beautiful Job in the World

Season 2 Episode 106

So we made a mistake. We thought, based on the reviews and interviews and podcasts and think pieces we saw, that the Devil Wears Prada sequel would b…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Men's Media

Season 2 Episode 105

If we didn't have manfluencers and bro podcasts and a mass media owned and operated by billionaires, what would a supportive media environment for me…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Why Are All of Our Communists Millionaires?

Season 2 Episode 104

Yes, we are doing Hasan Piker/Jia Tolentino microlooting discourse. Microlooting is one of those cursed words -- like latinx, like unhoused -- that a…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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AI Losers

Season 2 Episode 103

The New York Times recently cut ties with a freelancer after it was revealed he had used AI to assist in the writing of a book review. What is the so…

2 months ago

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