Positive Populism with Van Jones
Van Jones, host of the new podcast Uncommon Ground, returns to talk about positive populism, finding common ground, and why Democrats often end up having to defend the status quo. Watch this episode o...
22 Nov 202135min
Why Asian Americans hate politics, Kamala Harris' problem, & Beto is running for Governor of Texas
Asian Americans have the lowest rate of representation in elected office - but why? Andrew talks about the experience of engaging with politics as an Asian American. Watch this episode on YouTube: htt...
18 Nov 20211h 4min
The Loneliest Americans
In 1965, a new immigration law lifted a century of restrictions against Asian immigration to the United States. Over the next four decades, millions arrived, including Jay Caspian Kang’s family. Kang ...
15 Nov 20211h 20min
The Infrastructure Bill, The New University of Austin, and Why Zillow is the Poster Child for Capitalism in 2021
Democrats finally pass the infrastructure bill, Bari Weiss launches a university, and Zillow's home-buying algorithm gets them into trouble. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cHdTxCOgIjw...
11 Nov 20211h 15min
All Politics Is Tribal
Lee Drutman is a political scientist and the author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop and The Business of America is Lobbying. In this episode, Lee explains why we need proportional representation, ...
8 Nov 20211h 7min
Virginia Governor Election Breakdown, San Francisco Homelessness, and Elon Musk Solves World Hunger?
Tuesday night, the political world was stunned by the victory of Glenn Youngkin as the next governor of Virginia. Youngkin is a Republican who won a state that Joe Biden had won by 10 points just 12 m...
4 Nov 20211h 2min
Have universities lost their way?
In 2018, professor Peter Boghossian and his team wrote 20 fake papers arguing for ridiculous conclusions using fashionable jargon, and submitted them to reputable academic journals. The result? Seven ...
1 Nov 20211h 1min
Constructive Institutionalism, Trump's new company, and what's wrong with our media today
Andrew and Zach discuss Trump's SPAC, constructive institutionalism and the lies that keep society going, and why much of media today is missing the mark. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu....
28 Okt 20211h 6min
