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The War with Iran Has No End
Season 2 Episode 92
In this episode of Neon Liberalism, Samantha Hancox-Li argues that Donald Trump's "raids" on Iran and Venezuela reflect structural factors that are d…
14 hours ago
Let's Impeach Pete Hegseth (with Keira Havens)
Season 2 Episode 91
Samantha and guest Keira Havens talk Thomas Massie's recent attempt to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. They discuss the mechanics and poli…
1 week ago
The Midterms Will Be a Referendum on MAGA (with Greg Sargent)
Season 2 Episode 90
In this podcast, host Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Greg Sargent, staff writer for The New Republic and host of the Daily Blast podcast, discuss Trump…
2 weeks ago
Labor Economist Explains: To Fix Inequality, Start Young (with Kathryn Anne Edwards)
Season 2 Episode 89
Samantha Hancox-Li interviews labor economist Kathryn Edwards on the fundamentals of a healthy economy. They talk housing, childcare, and the politic…
3 weeks ago
How Taylor Sheridan's Fever Dreams Explain MAGA Foreign Policy (with SecDef Rock)
Season 2 Episode 88
Samantha and the pseudonymous commentator Secretary of Defense Rock talk "Lioness," "Sicario," and the broader Taylor Sheridan-verse as a Rosetta sto…
4 weeks ago
How the Court Built Trump's Imperial Presidency (with Josh Chafetz)
Season 2 Episode 87
Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Josh Chafetz, professor at Georgetown Law, discuss how Supreme Court rulings around the "legislative veto" laid the grou…
1 month ago
The Moral Case for Dynamism (with Sonja Trauss)
Season 2 Episode 86
Samantha is joined by Sonja Trauss, president and founder of YIMBY Law, to discuss the state of the housing movement. They discuss the tension betwee…
1 month, 1 week ago
Red in Tooth and Claw
Season 2 Episode 85
Samantha Hancox-Li talks about the return of international competition in our increasingly unsettled age. In historical perspective, far from being a…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sovereign Citizens with Badges? (with Jessica Pishko)
Season 2 Episode 84
So-called "constitutional sheriffs" are spreading across the country, declaring that they have the right to nullify federal law based on their interp…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Gender and Gender Anxiety (with Katherine Cross)
Season 2 Episode 83
So much of our politics today is driven by gender, from Graham Platner's rise and fall to Pete Hegseth's testosterone testing to various anti-trans c…
2 months ago