S9, Ep. 40 Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Bund and Here Where We Live Is Our Country
Artist and writer Molly Crabapple joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about the Jewish Labor Bund and its socialist, secular, anti-Zionist principles. Crabapple, whose artis...
23 Heinä 0s
S9 Ep. 39 Nate Bukaty on World Cup 2026 and the Heart of American Soccer
MLS commentator Nate Bukaty joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about Kansas City’s influence on American soccer and how the city came to host the World Cup. Bukaty is the c...
16 Heinä 54min
S9 Ep. 38 Peter Hessler on the Implications of a Chinese Education
Acclaimed nonfiction writer Peter Hessler joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new memoir, Other Rivers: A Chinese Education. Hessler, a New Yorker staff writer who...
9 Heinä 50min
S9 Ep. 37 Soman Chainani on the Dream of a Young President
Young adult novelist Soman Chainani joins co-hosts Christian Barter and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss the impact of age on politics. Chainani, the author of a new novel called Young World that featur...
2 Heinä 37min
S9 Ep. 36 Matthew Wolfe on the Secret History of Radical Environmentalism
Journalist Matthew Wolfe joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage. W...
25 Kesä 43min
S9 Ep. 35 Deb Olin Unferth on Our Apocalypse Now World
Writer Deb Olin Unferth joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and Christian Barter to discuss the enduring power of apocalyptic narratives and her new novel Earth 7. The novel follows the life of Dylan, the ...
18 Kesä 39min
S9 Ep. 34 Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term
Novelist Ben Fountain joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book, Rasputin Swims the Potomac. Fountain's satire, set in the not-to-distant future, describes the fur...
11 Kesä 44min
S9 Ep. 33 Sarah Pearsall on the Worldwide Scope of the American Revolution
Historian Sarah Pearsall joins co-hosts Jennifer Maritza McCauley and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new book, Freedom Round the Globe: a World History of the American Revolution. As we approach the 2...
4 Kesä 48min
