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A Second American Midnight?
Season 1 Episode 30
Trent and Caitlin talk with author, journalist and historian Adam Hochschild about the historical periods that most inform his view of today's distur…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The American Anti-Vaxx Movement: Past, Present, and Future
Season 1 Episode 29
Trent and Caitlin ask Steven Monacelli about his recent work documenting the history and present of the American anti-vaccination movement. Who is dr…
1 year ago
Are We Liberated Yet?
Season 1 Episode 28
Trent and Caitlin chat with James Palmer about China, the current state of America's relationship with China, and what it means for the U.S. to be co…
1 year ago
AI as a Political Project
Season 1 Episode 27
Caitlin and Trent check in with Hagen Blix about the ways we talk about AI, the most prominent angle its critics take, and the angle that’s often mis…
1 year ago
Chasing Opinion Polls or Shaping Opinions?
Season 1 Episode 26
Trent and Caitlin talk with communications strategist Lexi Koren about the Democratic Party obsession with blaming wokeness and “the groups.” Should …
1 year ago
Still Talking About Epstein
Season 1 Episode 25
Trent and Caitlin talk to Greg Sargent, journalist and podcaster with The New Republic, about recent stories including the striking failure of the pr…
1 year ago
Civil Rights Under Trump
Season 1 Episode 24
Caitlin and Trent chat with civil rights lawyer Joshua Erlich about the state of civil rights under Trump. What civil rights has this administration …
1 year ago
Far-Right Perspectives on Israel
Season 1 Episode 23
Trent and Caitlin check in with Maureen Kosse, linguist and researcher of far-right ideologies, about the various strains on the right when it comes …
1 year ago
Being Weird About Zohran
Season 1 Episode 22
Caitlin and Trent speak with Eiynah about how people simply cannot be normal about NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the way the New York Times k…
1 year, 1 month ago
Racist Pseudoscience in Academia and Beyond
Season 1 Episode 21
Caitlin and Trent talk to anthropologist Rebecca Sear about the troubling trend in academia of allowing scientific racism, or the pseudoscientific be…
1 year, 1 month ago