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Apocalypse in Nepal and the Media’s Laziness Problem

Hello! We’re back this week to talk about the horrific tragedy in Nepal, the visions of the apocalypse we all saw, and how climate can push its way back into the greater

ANDY LIU RETURNS to talk China Shock 2.0 and the Robot Olympics

Hello! Today, we have the emotional return of Andy Liu, one of the founding hosts of the podcast, fresh from his trip to China. We talk China Shock 2.0, how to think abo

Trump’s Korean War Games with Van Jackson

Hello! Today, we talk about Trump’s kinda weird and ultimately wishy-washy war games with South Korea, what it means about his relationship to the north and a whole lot

The Last Time We'll Ever Talk about College and the Rise of the Downwardly Mobile Middle Class

Hello! Today, we talk about Tyler’s big article in the Atlantic about his experiences as a college professor and why he left. A lot of talk about the economic precarity

Francesca Hong and the Media's Addiction to 2020 Tweet Narratives

Hello! Today, we talk about Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan, how the center probably won’t win it’s “but the margin of victory was smaller than the polls said it would

What's Happening with Abdul El-Sayed, How to Poll in Low Trust Times, and the Youth Vote with Adam Carlson

Hello! Today our guest is Adam Carlson, the founding partner of Zenith Research and a pollster who has worked for Democratic candidates and organizations for over a dec

World Cup as Politics, Who is Troy Jackson, and Tyler's Week on Twitter

Hello! Today we talk about the worldwide online hate for Argentina, the World Cup as politics in the online age, the new senate hopeful from Maine who might just be a be

How DSA Won with Grace Mausser

Today we talk to Grace Mausser is Co-Chair of New York City DSA, the largest chapter of DSA with over 15,000 members. She has worked on dozens of democratic socialists ca

The Left Tea Party wins again in Colorado and the right freaks out over birthright citizenship

Hello! Today we talk about Melat Kiros’s resounding win in Colorado over a 30 year incumbent, Israel as the wedge issue in places other than New York City, and the right

LET'S TALK WORLD CUP with Patrick Hultgren

Hello! This week, we have back on our World Cup and War Correspondent Patrick Hultgren to talk about sportswashing, why the USMNT hasn’t traditionally captured the publi

How Old People Got all the Power with Samuel Moyn

Hello! This week we have on Sam Moyn, a professor at Yale Law School and the author of the new book Gerontocracy in America: How the Old are Hoarding Power and What to do

Subaru Socialism in the LA Mayoral Election and Graham Platner's future

Hello! Today, we talk about the LA Mayoral election, what to think of the population of professional upper middle class voters who seem to be the new vanguard of left ec

The Corruption is the Point. Also, we talk Graham Platner's latest scandal

Hello! Today we talk about Trump’s endless and incorrigible corruption, the steady stealing of taxpayer dollars into weird slush funds, and we talk about Graham' Platner

Will the Robots take over College? And Why We Feel Bummed about A.I.

Hello! Today, we talk about A.I. (again) but mostly about what we feel might be lost in a future where everyone is writing A.I. papers and turning in A.I. work and email

An AI Bot (allegedly) wins a Literary Prize, Thomas Massie loses a race, and WaPo's new video stars

Hello! Today we’re talking about the controversy over at Granta, who published a story from the winner of the Commonwealth Prize that appears, at least right now, to be

The Big Fishing Episode

Hello! This week we have a fun, off-beat episode for you about fishing. Why does Tyler put on a wetsuit and go float around in rip currents to find some rock to squat on

The Big Data Center in the Sky with Aaron Regunberg

This week we are talking Data Centers, an intra-left fight in Jacobin over how to effectively harness or block AI from taking over everything, and the politics of physica

Another Assassination Attempt, Kang Ballroom Theory, and Kill Switches in Cars

Hello! Today, we talk about the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents Dinner, our continued descent into conspiracy world, and the amazing quickness wi

How Many Americans Believe the Trump Assassination Attempt was Fake?

Hello! Today, it’s just the two of us talking about Ivy Day, the online meme where kids share whether they got into Ivy League schools, the downfall of Eric Swalwell, a

The Rage of the Downwardly Mobile College Graduate with Noam Scheiber

Hello! Today we have on Noam Scheiber of the New York Times to talk about his new book, Mutiny: The Rise of Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class. We talk about th