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Episode 234 - Shortages and Inflation with David Dayen

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2022/05/18

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01:00:14

Episode 209 UNLOCKED - On Popularism, with Alex Pareene

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2022/05/09

In this episode from the archive, we've got Alex Pareene on to discuss the recent controversy and articles about political theoretician David Shor and his "popularist" dogma. Then we move on to talk about subscription media, and the promises and pitfalls thereof for the left. Enjoy! Make sure to subscribe to Alex's newsletter. He's pretty much the best lefty writer in the business.

01:19:13

Episode 233 - The Politics and Culture of Video Games

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2022/05/02

Today we've got Trevor Strunk, host of the No Cartridge podcast, on to talk about his book Story Mode: Video Games and the Interplay Between Consoles and Culture. We discuss the political subtext of game genres, why Japanese games can be so different from American ones, how multiplayer games can build different kinds of community, and more. Enjoy!

01:05:07

Episode 232 UNLOCKED - The Amazon Union Struggle

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2022/04/27

We've got Labor Notes staff writer Luis Feliz Leon on to talk about his coverage of the Amazon Labor Union there and at The American Prospect. We discuss the union's wildly unorthodox tactics, what leadership really means in a left-wing context, and what their prospects are for the future. Enjoy!

18:48

Episode 232 PREVIEW - The Union Struggle at Amazon

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2022/04/23

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01:39:07

Episode 231 - Minneapolis Justice Reform with Mary...

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2022/04/16

Mary Moriarty is running to be county attorney of Hennepin County, where she was formerly chief public defender. We talk about her history in the area, what's been going in Minneapolis since the George Floyd protests, the general state of criminal justice reform, and more. Enjoy!

10:25

Episode 230 PREVIEW - Jeff Bezos, Welfare Queen

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2022/04/11

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01:11:37

Episode 229 - The Broken American Legal System, with...

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2022/04/02

We've got attorney and podcaster Sparky Abraham on to talk about the latest Supreme Court news, why many liberals are foolish to prioritize court cases, and how utterly despotic courts can be at the local level -- it turns out in some county courts, fully half of cases are about small-dollar debt collection. Things mentioned in the episode: our episode with Brian Fallon, the Debt Collective, and "Do Courts Matter" by Stephen Carter.

23:56

Episode 228 - The Hapless Merrick Garland, with Jeff...

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2022/03/25

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01:11:42

Episode 63 REVENGEANCE: Corey Robin on Clarence Thomas

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2022/03/24

Clarence Thomas is apparently in the hospital, so we thought we'd return to our old episode with political scientist Corey Robin. We first talked about how most workers experience a severe lack of freedom in the workplace, and then move on to discuss Clarence Thomas's history and peculiar brand of black nationalism. Check out Corey's book: The Enigma of Clarence Thomas.

09:27

Episode 227 - Lessons from Putin’s War on Ukraine,...

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2022/03/17

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59:39

Episode 226 - Giorgio Agamben’s Antivax Ravings

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2022/03/05

Today we pose the question: how the heck did famed Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben turn into an anti-vaccine conspiracy nutcase? We've got Adam Kotsko, a leading Agamben scholar and translator of many of his works, on to discuss to what extent his goofball pandemic views emerge from his actual serious work. Enjoy! Check out Adam's Slate article on the topic here, as well as his books Neoliberalism's Demons and Agamben's Philosophical Trajectory.

37:19

Episode 225 EXCERPT: Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine,...

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2022/02/24

This is the first half of our episode with journalist David Klion on the background of the Ukraine crisis. Check out the full episode here!

08:45

Episode 224 PREVIEW - Normal World Much?? with Phil...

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2022/02/23

In this excerpt Phil talks about the weirdness of the norms of chivalry. Subscribe here to hear the whole thing! Also don't miss his book How to Be Normal.

01:10:24

Episode 223 - The Economy Is Wilding Out, with Rob...

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2022/02/13

Today we've got economics professor Rob Larson back on the pod (see his previous episode here) to talk about the bizarre state of the economy. The labor market is red hot, inflation is higher than in almost 40 years, and there are calls from the capitalist class to strangle the boom. We discuss whether Jerome Powell is going to pull a Paul Volcker on the labor market and what might be done to ease price pressure. Then we discuss Facebook's hilarious "metaverse" faceplant in the context of Rob's

23:31

Episode 222 PREVIEW: How Are You Going to Pay for...

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2022/02/10

You can find the first part of the discussion with Jeff Spross here, or subscribe to hear the rest here, or check out Ryan's book here!

01:22:02

Episode 89 RERUN - Brian Fallon on Stomping out...

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2022/01/30

With the news of Justice Stephen Breyer retiring (and Ryan on vacation for the next week), we thought it would be a good opportunity to post this 2019 interview of Brian Fallon about his organization Demand Justice. Fallon is a longtime Democratic Party operative who nevertheless has become a pretty heated critic of the liberal legal establishment and an ardent advocate of Supreme Court reform. The current troubles the Biden administration is having with the courts proves much of what he said to be

54:58

Episode 221 - How Are You Going to Pay for That?

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2022/01/23

Ryan's book is finally out on January 25!! Called How Are You Going to Pay for That? Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics, it's a book about political economy, how to break free of the mental stranglehold of neoliberalism, and how to fix up this jalopy country. (And then we've got a special guest at the end as well.) Ryan's doing a book launch event with David Dayen that you can check out here, and you can pre-order the book if you like here.

25:42

Episode 220 PREVIEW - The Power of Propaganda with...

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2022/01/15

Subscribe now to hear the whole episode! Or you can pre-order Ryan's book here, or check out the launch event on January 25 here.

01:15:30

Episode 219 - One Year After the Trump Putsch

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2022/01/08

Today we are taking a look back at the January 6 putsch -- the total failure to prosecute any of the top organizers, above all Trump, how that has emboldened them to further extremism, how a segment of the left is weirdly naive about all this, and more. God help us all. Check out Osita Nwanevu's article here and Corey Robin's article here.

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