Podcast Episodes

Behind the News: A Social History of the Internet w/ Taylor Lorenz

Lisa Corrigan, author of a recent Nation article, explains what the savage cuts at West Virginia University mean for higher ed. Taylor Lorenz, author of Extremely Online, discusses the social history…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Dig: Emergent Terrain w/ Akbar, Winant, & Riofrancos

Featuring Amna Akbar, Gabriel Winant, and Thea Riofrancos on the emerging terrain of struggle. Is American liberalism exhausted or revitalized? What are the successes and limits of the new US left el…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Michael and Us: Arrested Development

We've been talking about a lot of soulless, big-budget IP movies that represent a rot in our culture... so how about a how about a hand-crafted, achingly personal movie that exists as a wart on the b…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Behind the News: The State of Trans Politics w/ Erin Reed

Sohrab Ahmari, author of Tyranny, Inc., talks about the dictatorship of capital. Erin Reed, aka Erin in the Morning, discusses the state of trans politics.

Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, cov…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Michael and Us: Long Live the New Flesh

After years of hearing from censors that violent media images cause harm, David Cronenberg made a movie... in which violent media images cause harm. We discuss VIDEODROME (1983) - its media satire, i…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Behind the News: US Interests in Niger w/ Caitlin Chandler

Francisco Pérez of the University of Utah talks about the CFA franc. Caitlin Chandler, author of a 2022 Harper's article about "the next frontier in the war on terror," discusses US interests in Nige…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Dig: Conjuncture w/ Akbar, Winant, & Riofrancos

Featuring Amna Akbar, Gabriel Winant, and Thea Riofrancos on the American conjuncture. Did an era that began with Occupy and Ferguson—marked by teachers strikes, two Bernie campaigns, the explosive g…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Long Reads: Simone de Beauvoir's Socialist Feminism w/ Emma McNicol

When Simone de Beauvoir died in 1986, French TV news described her as a “symbol of women’s liberation,” but they couldn’t resist bracketing her name with that of Jean-Paul Sartre, her lifelong partne…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Michael and Us: The Sound of Freedom Episode

Unfortunately, there was no avoiding it. We finally went to see the right-wing human-trafficking blockbuster SOUND OF FREEDOM (2023) and had one of our more unpleasant viewing experiences. We discuss…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Behind the News: Student Hunger & Insecurity w/ Sara Goldrick-Rab

Sara Goldrick-Rab talks about rampant food and housing insecurity among undergrad and grad students. David Broder, author of Mussolini's Grandchildren and a recent article in the New York Times, disc…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago