Podcast Episodes

Taking Up Arms

Season 2 Episode 69

With the expansion of ICE and the flood of untrained, unprepared, un-uniformed officers on the street, things are likely to get confusing and potenti…

11 months, 1 week ago

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Touristification

Season 2 Episode 68

It's summer, the time of year each nation flings its most obnoxious and provincial citizenry into the rest of the world on cruise ships and discount …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Antichrist Has Risen

Season 2 Episode 67

Why is everyone so worried about the Antichrist again? After 9/11, the Evangelicals were afraid the Antichrist would take over the United Nations. No…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Corrosion of Character

Season 2 Episode 66

America doesn't really make things. Even in its financial system, the highest rewards go to those who speculate, making bets on things that other peo…

1 year ago

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Revolution and Ruin Book Club: George Sand's Indiana

Indiana is married to a brutish man who bullies and abuses her. She is followed around by her cousin Ralph, who loves her but remains a loyal friend …

1 year ago

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A Lack of Vision

Season 2 Episode 65

Greg Grandin, author of the new book America, América, said in an interview this week, "You don't beat fascists by calling fascists, fascists. You be…

1 year ago

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Do I Have to Have Empathy for Men?

Season 2 Episode 64

The day that Nico arrived in Colombia this week a presidential candidate was shot, reigniting old fears of perpetual chaos and instability. Meanwhile…

1 year ago

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How to Do Good

Season 2 Episode 63

Dutch historian and author Rutger Bregman wants to start a new brain drain -- starve industries like finance and consulting from the world's genius b…

1 year ago

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Revolution and Ruin Book Club: Stendhal's The Red and the Black

The story of a young man, filled with fiery ambition, twisted political ideology, and resentment toward everyone and everything and utterly lacking a…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Panic Merchants

Season 2 Episode 62

AI is hallucinating whole genocides now, our influencers are at war with the bots, and the only beacon of truth and ethical journalism is.... Jake Ta…

1 year, 1 month ago

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