Dispatches from the Metaverse feat. Jathan Sadowski

UK newspapers are desperate to convince you that the future of politics in the country is a weird 19-year-old Reform council leader in Warwick. It doesn't matter that Warwick doesn't have a cathedral ...

21 Apr 1h 8min

Riley, Hussein, and November speak with friends of the show Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff about their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. We discuss the political ethos of Musk and his pee...

17 Apr 10min

There's been a recent profile of Sam Altman that gives a lot of chances for analysis, mostly due to the fact that the man loves lying more than anything any one of us could ever love in this world. We...

14 Apr 1h 20min

Luke returns to discuss Mark KKKarney’s failure to reform the Canadian state in the face of a global crisis for middle powers, and the emergence of a new leader on the left with a few ideas about groc...

10 Apr 9min

We're unlocking a bonus episode this week due to every possible scheduling conflict happening at the same time! Lauren from Batting Around joins Riley, Nova, and Hussein to talk sports - what’s Banana...

7 Apr 1h 3min

Friend of the show Ed Zitron returns to discuss some of the recent developments in AI "profitability," or rather the fact that, while the economy doesn't hinge on AI in any meaningful way, the capital...

3 Apr 9min

Friend of the show and returning guest Séamus Malekafzali joins us to discuss Events in West Asia, specifically as regards Israel’s ground invasion of southern Lebanon, and Trump’s seeming gestures to...

31 Mar 1h 7min

In this week's bonus episode, friend of the show Brian Merchant joins Riley, Hussein, and Nate to discuss an ed-tech security firm selling digital hall passes for anti-vaping counterinsurgency. We als...

27 Mar 11min