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The Failures of the Foreign Policy Elite | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Matt Duss, vice-president of the Center for International Policy, wrote an excellent review for The Nation of Bob Woodward’s book War, which is a cel…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Israel Bombs Qatar, Nepal Protests, Russian Drones Enter Polish Airspace | American Prestige
While Danny remains in talks with Russia, Alex Jordan again helps Derek bring you the headlines. This week: Israel targets Hamas negotiators in a Doh…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology w/ Aaron Benanav | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society c…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump’s Really Bad Week in Court—Plus, the New Film by China’s Top Director | Start Making Sense
Trump had four major court decisions against him in a single week last week: on tariffs, defunding Harvard, sending troops to LA, and deporting Venez…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
From The Gilded Age to American Decline w/ Morgan Spector | American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome actor Morgan Spector (The Gilded Age, The Plot Against America) to the show for a conversation on politics, Hollywood, and ca…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
11 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. …
11 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…
11 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…
11 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: …
11 months, 3 weeks ago