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Episode 262 PREVIEW - Marianne Williamson on the...

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2023/01/27

In this excerpt Marianne talks about the bad and good sides of the Biden administration. Subscribe here to listen to the whole thing!

01:15:43

Episode 261 - Casablanca and Inside Llewyn Davis

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2023/01/15

This time we're doing a movie review episode talking about two classics: Casablanca and Inside Llewyn Davis, discussing both their politics and their merits as films. Enjoy! (And pardon Ryan for repeatedly pronouncing it "Llewelyn".)

01:14:23

Episode 236 UNLOCKED - Towards a Better Identity...

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2023/01/09

This time we've got Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on to discuss his book Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else). We talk about how this cooption process has happened, how to counter it without falling victim to irritable knee-jerk anti-"wokeness," what identity politics originally meant, and more. Enjoy!

06:23

Episode 260 PREVIEW - Opening the Mailbag

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2022/12/31

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01:17:24

Episode 170 RERUN - America Is Pottersville

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2022/12/24

We're off this week for vacation, so we're reposting one of our favorite episodes about one of our favorite movies. Happy holidays everyone! The essay by Clare Coffey about Mary Bailey that we mention can be found here.

15:05

Episode 259 PREVIEW - America’s Lithium Bonanza?

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2022/12/15

In this preview of our latest bonus episode, David Dayen talks about the Sam-Bankman Fried prosecution. Subscribe now to hear the whole thing!

01:05:17

Episode 258 - The Crypto Shill Brigade

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2022/12/06

Today we've got Marshall Steinbaum, professor of economics at the University of Utah, and The Nation's Jeet Heer on to talk about crypto shills--who they are, how they got like that, why there are so many of them among cultural and political elites, and more. Enjoy!

09:42

Episode 257 PREVIEW - Alaska, Iran, and Freight Rail

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2022/11/29

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01:09:02

Episode 256 - Capital’s Terrorists

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2022/11/19

Today we've got historian Chad Pearson on to talk about his book Capital's Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century. We discuss how racism is heavily rooted in the need to control Black labor in the South before and after the Civil War, how the KKK was a kind of employer's association, how the civil liberties of workers were systematically violated by corporations and the government in the Gilded Age, and more. Enjoy!

05:35

Episode 255 PREVIEW - The 2022 Midterms

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2022/11/12

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01:09:01

Episode 243 UNLOCKED - Stealing America Back from the...

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2022/11/02

This time we've got New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie on to talk about reclaiming American traditions and institutions from conservative Republicans who want to destroy them. Items mentioned in the discussion: Jamelle's columns on the Supreme Court, the Senate, and Andrew Yang's dumb third party; his newsletter and podcast; and Ryan's article "Will no one defend the American Republic?"

08:24

Episode 254 PREVIEW - Ukraine, the Midterms, and Brazil

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2022/10/26

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01:20:12

Episode 253 - The British Marxist Historians

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2022/10/19

Today we've got Professor Harvey Kaye back on to talk about a new edition of his book The British Marxist Historians, which tells the story of Maurice Dobb, Rodney Hilton, Christopher Hill, E.P. Thompson, and Eric Hobsbawm. We discuss how these guys used Marxism in their work, what light it sheds on politics today, why they still matter, and more. Enjoy!

07:12

Episode 252 PREVIEW: Pining for the Fjords

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2022/10/14

This time Ryan calls in to tell Alexi about the Faroe Islands. Subscribe now to hear the whole thing!

01:06:38

Episode 251 - UBI and a Socialist Work Ethic

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2022/10/04

This time we are talking utopian futures. Somewhat by accident we ended up reading two different Catalyst articles by Alex Gourevitch: Alexi read "Post-Work Socialism?" while Ryan read "The Basic Income Illusion" (co-authored with Lucas Stanczyk). We discuss the practicalities of UBI, the case for collective ownership of all national wealth, and how to get the crummy jobs done without relying on the threat of poverty. Enjoy!

07:06

Episode 250 PREVIEW - DeSantis, the Queen, and...

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2022/09/26

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58:28

Episode 249 - The State of the War in Ukraine

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2022/09/22

Today we've got Volodymyr Artiukh, a postdoc at the University of Oxford and native of Ukraine, on to talk about what's going on in his country. We discuss the balance of forces on the ground, why the war happened, why the left has struggled to analyze the situation, what effect Western support has had on the conflict, and what Ukraine needs in the future.

21:43

Episode 248 EXCERPT - Lessons from American Labor...

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2022/09/12

In this preview of our latest bonus episode, Harold Meyerson talks about the state of the union movement in 2022. Subscribe now to hear the whole thing!

01:29:36

Episode 247 - Working in a Pandemic

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2022/09/05

Happy Labor Day! Today we've got Maximillian Alvarez and Rebecca Garelli on to talk about Max's new book The Work of Living: Working People Talk About Their Lives and the Year the World Broke. It's a collection of interviews of various working-class folks, from a gravedigger, to a sheet metal worker, to a nurse, and many more. Rebecca is one of those interviewees; she speaks about her work as a teacher and organizer in the Phoenix area, and how they've fought to keep themselves and their students

11:22

Episode 246 PREVIEW - Dark Brandon Rises

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2022/08/29

In this preview, we review the Democrats' record of accomplishments over the last few weeks. Subscribe now to hear the whole thing!

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