Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRevolution and Ruin: Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education
It's France in the mid-19th century, and here we have a group of young men who can't decide how to get along. They waste time and money, they go to n…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Suicidal Empathy
Season 2 Episode 92
Rightwing men have been accusing liberal women of having "suicidal empathy" for the immigrants they claim are trying to murder them. But the only peo…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Die, DEI
Season 2 Episode 91
Much like the girlboss, no matter how many times the culture tries to eulogize DEI we find it once again, walking around, making a nuisance of itself…
5 months ago
Predictions for an Unpredictable 2026
Season 2 Episode 90
Nico was in Colombia when the United States abducted Venezuelan president Maduro, and he has some thoughts on what people in the United States common…
5 months, 1 week ago
Obligatory Best and Worst of the Year Episode
Season 2 Episode 89
2025 may be over, but its cultural production lives on in our hearts. Nico and Jessa debate the best and worst movies, TV shows, books, and museum ex…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Revolution and Ruin: George Eliot's Felix Holt: The Radical
A very special Christmas treat for our listeners. Joseph and Jessa discuss George Eliot's Felix Holt: The Radical, which asks the very important ques…
6 months ago
The Art Goes Home
Season 2 Episode 88
For the last five years, museums around the world have been struggling to answer the question of, who owns cultural heritage? Certain objects, from t…
6 months, 1 week ago
United Ireland (Take Two)
Season 2 Episode 87
Jessa and Nico return from their visit to Ireland. All along the way, the subject of whether or not Ireland should be united kept coming up. But beyo…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
United Ireland!
Season 2 Episode 87
Jessa and Nico return from their visit to Ireland. All along the way, the subject of whether or not Ireland should be united kept coming up. But beyo…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Crisis of Darkness
Season 2 Episode 86
Our pop culture has become insipid. What is the difference between Tom Cruise and Glen Powell? Tom Cruise has darkness within him. Watching him is th…
7 months ago