19: Hurtling Into the Q-Hole (w/Mike Rains)

Naomi Klein’s Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World is a polymathic work that serves up new political heuristics with the firepower we’ve come to expect from the coiner of “disaster capitalism.” ...

14 Sep 20231h 20min

The Forrest Gump dandy of right-wing dirty tricks is in the news again. Strategizing from the Willard Hotel as January 6 unfolded; protected by a coterie of now convicted Oathkeepers; captured on vide...

11 Sep 202310min

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World is an exuberant, polymathic effort, in which Klein develops several new political heuristics that pack the punch we’ve come to expect from the originator of ...

9 Sep 202358min

Do you ever feel like American society is caught in limbo? The bardo-realm between two election cycles. The dial-up static between invasive social media and quarantine isolation. Stacking sandbags aga...

7 Sep 20231h 13min

Claiming your First Amendment rights are being violated is a sure way to have the spotlight shone on you. It's also an effective way to shut down criticism of whatever you're selling. From the 1940s-6...

4 Sep 20236min

One piece of connective tissue between the right and wellness influencers we cover is their liberal use of the language of Civl Rights to describe their completely incomparable grievances. Derek cover...

2 Sep 202321min

Several months ago, we received an email from Esme Providence Brown (a pseudonym, and we’ll discuss why she’s using it off the top of the interview). Esme asked if we would like to discuss the strange...

31 Aug 20231h 43min

They fell into a rabbit hole.  Matthew examines the blindspots thrown up by this common and unexamined phrase: — The assumption that we all know what the rabbit hole is. — The assumption that right up...

28 Aug 20238min