Podcast Episodes

How Masayoshi Son Shaped the Tech Industry w/ Laleh Khalili | Tech Won't Save Us

Paris Marx is joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, the structural factors that allowed him to build an empire, and the many…

1 year, 4 months ago

Universities Resisting Trump, and the President Who Was Worse than Trump | Start Making Sense

J D Vance said it most clearly: for the Trump people, “The universities are the enemy.” That’s why Trump is cutting billions of federal funding and m…

1 year, 4 months ago

Israel Ramps Up its Campaigns in Gaza and the West Bank w/ Mohammad Alsaafin | American Prestige

On this episode of American Prestige, we once again speak with Mohammad Alsaafin, journalist at AJ+, this time to talk about where things stand in Ga…

1 year, 4 months ago

John Ganz on The Books of Donald Trump | The Nation Podcast

On this episode of The Nation Podcast, D.D. Guttenplan and John Ganz discuss the hype, hustle, and collapse embedded in Trump’s ghostwritten canon. "…

1 year, 4 months ago

Trump Upturns Canadian Politics w/ Luke Savage | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer

Even as he imposes authoritarianism on the United States, Donald Trump has given a new lease on life to the center left in many other countries. Cana…

1 year, 4 months ago

Sudan Rival Government, US Pushing Ukraine-Russia Deal, US-Saudi Nuclear Tech Talks | American Prestige

One last news roundup without Derek, but Danny and Alex Jordan of the Quincy Institute are on the case!

This week: the RSF announces plans to form a p…

1 year, 4 months ago

Digital Sovereignty in a Time of Rising Fascism | Tech Won't Save Us

Paris Marx is doing a solo episode this week to bring together some important issues that have been on his mind lately. This is a recording of a talk…

1 year, 4 months ago

Harvard Takes a Stand; plus Musk and the Technocrats | Start Making Sense

While Trump’s attacks on the universities have broadened, and while Columbia is submitting to his requirements, Harvard’s president has declared that…

1 year, 4 months ago

The Sino-Soviet Split, Pt. 1 w/ Jeremy Friedman | American Prestige

Please listen to our Sino-Soviet primer episode for some background!

On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek welcome back Jeremy Friedma…

1 year, 4 months ago

Bryce Covert on Empty Promises From McDonald’s | The Nation Podcast

On this episode of The Nation Podcast, D.D. Guttenplan is joined by Bryce Covert to discuss her investigation in the May 2025 issue of The Nation, “M…

1 year, 4 months ago