The Myth of the Supreme Court
Author and professor Eric J. Segall joins Adam to explode the myth that the Supreme Court makes decisions by a dispassionate evaluation of the law. In reality, he argues, the Justices actually just “m...
11 Nov 20201h 12min
The Shocking Decline in Child Mortality with Dr. Perri Klass
Just a century and change ago, it wasn’t a given that children would actually survive childhood. Dr. Perri Klass and Adam discuss the shocking decline in child mortality since, what life was like in a...
4 Nov 20201h 1min
Everything Boomers Told You about the 60s Was Wrong with Rick Perlstein
In the final episode before the American election, Adam explores the history of conservative reactionary politics in America with acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein, who explains where the false narra...
28 Okt 20201h 8min
The Fight for the Right to Vote with Daryl Atkinson
Daryl Atkinson joins Adam to break down a recent partial-victory in voter rights in North Carolina, the historic disenfranchisement of black voters, why it is unconstitutional to connect someone’s rig...
21 Okt 202054min
How to Think Like A Feminist with Carol Hay
Philosopher and author, Carol Hay, joins Adam to discuss the intellectual history of feminism, its challenges (including what she calls its historic “PR problem”), and how it’s evolved as a system of ...
14 Okt 20201h 29min
America’s Other Epidemic with Vikram Krishnasamy, M.D.
Physician Vikram Krishnasamy joins Adam to discuss his work fighting the opioid epidemic at the CDC, for which he won the 2020 Service to America Medal, and why he decided to devote himself to public ...
7 Okt 20201h 4min
Why Local Elections Really, Really Matter with Nithya Raman
While the national election hogs the spotlight, the low-turnout, little-covered local election in your city or county can have just as big an impact on your life. Nithya Raman, candidate for Los Angel...
30 Sep 20201h 6min
The Economic Fallout of COVID-19
What’s worse than a pandemic? The economic consequences on the poorest Americans. Indi Dutta-Gupta of the Georgetown Center on Poverty & Inequality talks with Adam this week about how the pandemic has...
23 Sep 20201h 1min
