Podcast Episodes

The Imperial Presidency and the Iran War w/ Matt Duss | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer

Writing in Foreign Policy, Matt Duss argues that Donald Trump’s rush to war is both

stupid and illegal. It is also wildly unpopular with the public. B…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Deeply Heterosexual: Jamie Hood on Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook | Reading Writers

Jo takes us on a whirlwind tour of their recent reading, including Mary Helen Washington’s Paule Marshall: A Writer’s Life, and Charlotte explains wh…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Iran Talks Under Strike Threat, Mexico Cartel Killed, Pakistan Attack in Afghanistan | American Prestige

Warner Brothers shamefully won’t consider Danny and Derek’s aggressive offer. In this week’s news: U.S.-Iran nuclear talks resume in Geneva amid repo…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Luddite Club is For Everyone w/ Amanda Hanna-McLeer & Lucy Jackson | Tech Won't Save Us

Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Hanna-McLeer and Lucy Jackson to discuss the story of The Luddite Club, from its beginnings as a high school organizat…

6 months ago

State of the Union: Not Good; plus Jackie Robinson v. Paul Robeson / Start Making Sense

Trump’s State of the Union speech was predictable, but nevertheless revealing of his state of mind. John Nichols has our analysis.

Also: In 1949 when …

6 months ago

On the Brink with Iran w/ Dalia Dassa Kaye | American Prestige

Derek and Danny are joined by Dalia Dassa Kaye to talk about the decades-long hostility between the U.S. and Iran and the current escalation between …

6 months ago

Uncategorizable Interactions: Brittany Newell on Samuel R. Delany’s Times Square Red, Times Square Blue | Reading Writers

Charlotte and Jo revisit Rebecca Novack’s Murder Bimbo before taking a quick tour of the Russian Civil War and comrade crushes through Nikolai Ostrov…

6 months ago

What’s Driving the Push For Humanoid Robots w/ James Vincent | Tech Won't Save Us

Paris Marx is joined by James Vincent to discuss why we’re seeing humanoid robots everywhere, the motivations to pursue an all-purpose robot, how clo…

6 months ago

Election Protection in the Midterms, plus Slaves Escaping by Sea / Start Making Sense

Trump, facing the wave of popular opposition to pretty much everything he’s doing, is working to block Democrats from voting in the midterms, and “el…

6 months, 1 week ago

Inside the American War Machine w/ Ben Freeman and William Hartung | American Prestige

Derek and Danny are joined by Bill Hartung and Ben Freeman to discuss the system that drives permanent war for the United States. They talk about the…

6 months, 1 week ago