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The TPM Social Club

The TPM Social Club, a show about what"s interesting hosted by TPM reporter Josh Kovensky and publisher Joe Ragazzo. Each week Josh and Joe will journey to where politics spills into culture.

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01:01:52

We're Here to Talk About The Plague

The TPM Social Club ·

2026/10/09

Josh and Joe are joined by Dr. Alex Washburne, a mathematical biologist who studies and writes about many things, most notably how pathogens can be manipulated and spread.

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00:47:40

Checking in On the House of Mouse

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2026/10/02

Josh is out on vacation, and producer Jackie is subbing in! This week the Social Club talks the 'House of Mouse', and we promise it's not as weird as you think. Are Joe and Jackie Disney Adults? Was Toy Story 5 any good? Why are the Bobs arguing? All that and more as we chat all things Disney. (We promise it's not that cringe)The Disney adult is a made-up problemBob Chapek says he discovered Josh D’Amaro, who also supported controversial theme park reservation systemBob vs. Bob: In a New Memoir, Bob

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01:00:00

Shadow Pod

The TPM Social Club ·

2026/09/25

Josh and Joe are joined by fellow TPMer Kate Riga who explains how the Supreme Court really works and why it can be so difficult for non-experts to follow cases as they wind through the court system.

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01:02:55

Ancient Wisdom with Dr. Massimo Pigliucci

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2026/09/18

Josh and Joe are joined by Dr. Massimo Pigliucci philosopher, evolutionary biologist, and the K. D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York to discuss the most fundamental of all questions

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00:47:39

Grab Bag

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2026/09/11

Josh and Joe have been doing the show for about a year now. In this episode they chat about a number of things that were on their mind. Why does the Trump admin want to sell off protected land? Why do New Yorkers seem to hate people from Ohio? What's going to happen in the midterms? and more.Comments, suggestions, ideas for future episodes? Email us hereTo watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page.We also have newsletters: subscribe here!Follow us on:Bluesky:

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00:58:20

Our Roman Empire

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2026/09/04

Josh and Joe are joined by Massimo Faggioli, a professor of historical theology at Villanova and author of Leo XIV and the Global Church. They discuss the Catholic Church in the U.S., how its split politically, what made it that way, and ancient and modern Rome.Comments, suggestions, ideas for future episodes? Email us hereTo watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page.We also have newsletters: subscribe here!Follow us on:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tpmsocialclub.bsky.socialFacebook:

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01:01:18

What Are the Philosophers up to?

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2026/08/28

Josh and Joe are joined by Dr. David Kyle Johnson, philosopher at King's College in Pennsylvania to discuss the role of a philosopher in contemporary society. We live in a time where philosophical subjects like what is a person? What is consciousness? and others are front and center in political discourse. But where are the philosophers themselves? We also talk about Artificial intelligence, and a lot of Star Trek.Comments, suggestions, ideas for future episodes? Email us hereTo watch this episode

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00:56:58

On Prairieland

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2026/08/21

Josh and Joe are joined by Liberal Currents' executive editor Samantha Hancox-Li to discuss Hanxcox-Li's analysis of the 2025 Prairieland ICE detention center protest and aftermath.

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01:07:50

Sports Talk Radio

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2026/08/14

Joe is joined by special guest host Derick Dirmaier to talk about the state of sports in America. They talk about the experience of being a sports fan, the state of youth sports, and the effect of money and private equity.To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page.We also have newsletters: subscribe here!Follow us on:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tpmsocialclub.bsky.socialFacebook: https://facebook.com/talkingpointsmemoTwitter: https://x.com/tpmsocialclubInstagram:

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00:57:00

A River Ran Through It

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2026/08/07

Josh and Joe are joined by Jake Bittle, a reporter covering climate change at Grist to discuss the state of the Colorado River Basin.

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01:01:12

Homer-pilled

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2026/07/31

Josh and Joe are joined by Joel Christensen, classics professor at CUNY Graduate School to discuss The Odyssey, both the Homerian epic and Christopher Nolan's recent adaptation.

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00:57:50

Computers, Capitalism, and Communism

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2026/07/24

Josh and Joe are joined by Devin Kennedy, history professor and author of the new book "Coding Capitalism: Computers and the Remaking of The Postwar US Economy".Buy the Book Coding Capitalism - Devin KennedyDuring our discussion on Soviet scientific management and American scientific management, Joe mistakenly says Goodwin's Law when he really means Goodhart's law.To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page.We also have newsletters: subscribe here!Follow us on:Bluesky:

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00:53:59

Sports and The Right

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2026/07/17

TPM's Kate Riga joins Josh and Joe to talk about sports and the right, specifically the tendency of the current administration to make itself the main character. We talk Kash Patel and the Olympics, Trump and FIFA, and everything Caitlin Clark/WNBA.Either/OrUS hockey player responds to White House AI videoInside the fallout of the SJSU volleyball scandal: ‘This is an obvious problem’Folarin Balogun: Ban reversal caused ‘a lot of outside noise, and that’s hard to avoid’To watch this episode on video,

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00:54:03

En Guarde!

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2026/07/10

Josh and Joe are joined by TPM congressional reporter and aspiring Olympic fencer, Emine Yücel about working on Capital hill, training to be an olympian, and how growing up in Turkey helps her as a journalist in the United States.

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00:53:02

Proud to be an American?

The TPM Social Club ·

2026/07/01

The TPM Show and TPM Social Club collide in their first ever crossover episode to chat about the end of the Supreme Court term, the pathetic state fair and how it feels to be American under the Trump regime.

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01:00:36

Cuba's Human Tragedy featuring Andrés Pertierra

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2026/06/26

Josh and Joe are joined by Andrés to discuss the current state of Cuba, how it got so bad, and what comes next.To watch this episode on video, go to our YouTube page.We also have newsletters: subscribe here!Follow us on:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tpmsocialclub.bsky.socialFacebook: https://facebook.com/talkingpointsmemoTwitter: https://x.com/tpmsocialclubInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tpmsocialclub/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at

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00:55:21

Who Wants to Be A Trillionaire? w/ Ryan Mac

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2026/06/19

Josh and Joe are joined by NYT tech reporter Ryan Mac to discuss all things Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire.

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00:40:34

Rolling Back the 20th Century: The American and...

The TPM Social Club ·

2026/06/12

Charles Davis, author of independent news outlet The Redoubt, joins the show today all the way from Vienna, Austria.

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01:13:27

Editor & Publisher

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2026/06/05

TPM Publisher Joe Ragazzo is joined by TPM Executive Editor John Light as they talk about The News, literally, figuratively, and even kind of spiritually.

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00:57:28

The Big World Cup Corruption Episode

The TPM Social Club ·

2026/05/29

Josh and Joe are joined by Tom Kludt, special correspondent at Vanity Fair and a former TPMer.

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