
Bonus Sample: The Dark Sun, The Red Cow, and The End of Days
Tensions between Israel and Iran escalated as supernaturally-charged conspiracy theories about the solar eclipse flooded the internet. And so Julian searched for answers about the mysterious “red heif...
22 Huhti 20246min

Brief: Yoga Teacher’s Survival Guide (w/Theo Wildcroft & Harriet McAtee)
Matthew is joined by Theo Wildcroft and Harriet McAtee, co-editors of The Yoga Teacher's Survival Guide: Social Justice, Science, Politics, and Power (Singing Dragon Publications), a volume of essays ...
20 Huhti 202442min

202: Steve Hassan and the Trans Cult Conspiracy Theory
“Cult expert” Steve Hassan has been publicly concerned with the complex sociology of trans youth since 2020. We track that interest back to his communications with gender critical activists in 2017, w...
18 Huhti 20241h 22min

Bonus Sample: Long Haul Stories: Matthew Stillman
Following up on our Long COVID episode with Tara Haelle, Matthew will be expanding the Listener Stories portfolio with stories from listeners about navigating Long COVID. Why? Because there’s nothing ...
15 Huhti 20247min

Brief: A History of the Gay Right (w/Neil Young)
Matthew is joined by historian Neil J. Young, co-host of the excellent Past Present Podcast, to talk about his new book: Coming Out Republican: a History of the Gay Right. Young’s riveting storytellin...
13 Huhti 202443min

201: Librarians Are Not Groomers (w/Heath Umbreit)
When Moms For Liberty attacks libraries with demands to ban books about MLK Jr and age-appropriate sex education, and claims that librarians are grooming their children into the trans agenda, they’re ...
11 Huhti 20241h 17min

Bonus Sample: Project 2025's Disdain for Public Education
Project 2025 is the libertarian conservative Heritage Foundation’s systematic governance plan for the next Republican president. The 920-page plan aims to implement the "unitary executive theory," whi...
8 Huhti 20246min

Brief: The High Cost of Wellness
A common sentiment in wellness spaces is that people turn to alt-med practices due to the exorbitant costs of American healthcare. While the latter is certainly true, Derek and Julian discuss why a lo...
6 Huhti 202444min




















