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Dark Money Invades Social Media | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
On August 27, journalist Taylor Lorenz reported for Wired on a dark-money project funded by
anonymous Democratic Party donors to shape social media. H…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
AI and Drone Warfare in Ukraine, 'Trump Riviera' Gaza Plan, US Bombs Venezuelan Boat | American Prestige
Danny is in talks with the Kremlin to unfreeze his accounts, so Derek is joined instead by the Quincy Institute’s Alex Jordan to bring you the news. …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Will AI Kill Your Job? w/ Brian Merchant | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss whether the AI bubble is about to burst and how bosses are deploying AI tools to kill jobs and degr…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Here Comes the Sun, plus Our Fragile Freedoms | Start Making Sense
At a time when almost everything seems to be going wrong, Bill McKibben sees one thing that is suddenly going right – a really big thing: solar power…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Christianity and 20th Century European Politics w/ Udi Greenberg | American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome back to the program historian Udi Greenberg to discuss his reinterpretation of modern Christianity in The End of the Schism: …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Preparing for the Next War on Iran | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
The Iran-Israel conflict in June was terrifying but brief: it lasted 12 days. But that war is not
over. Trita Parsi, vice president and cofounder of t…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Nasser Hospital Bombing, Trump’s Eyes on Venezuela, India Tariffs | American Prestige
Danny and Derek get in one last news update before Danny moves to an undisclosed American Prestige satellite campus. This week: In Israel-Palestine, …
9 months ago
How China’s Renewable Push Upends Geopolitics | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay to discuss the geopolitics behind China’s investments in green tech and electrification, and how…
9 months ago
Trump’s National Guard Strategy—Plus, the Secret Behind ‘Huck Finn’ | Start Making Sense
What is Trump’s strategy in deploying the National Guard to L.A., then D.C., and now probably Chicago and New York? Does he want the military in the …
9 months ago
Columbia, Trump, and the Palestine Exception w/ Rashid Khalidi | American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome historian Rashid Khalidi back to the program, this time to talk about Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administ…
9 months ago