The War in Ukraine with Cathy Young (S3 Ep.9)
My guest today is Cathy Young. Cathy is one of my favorite journalists around today. She is a writer at The Bulwark and also a cultural studies fellow at the Cato Institute, a columnist for Newsday, a...
2 Apr 20221h 43min
The Case for Overpopulation with Matthew Yglesias (S3 Ep.8)
My guest today is Matthew Yglesias. As many of you may know, Matt was the co-founder of Vox, along with Ezra Klein, who I had on the show last year. Matt is also a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and ...
26 Mar 20221h 16min
The Failures of the NY Times with Ashley Rindsberg (S3 Ep.7)
My guest today is Ashley Rindsberg. Ashley is an American novelist and journalist now based in Israel. His book is The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabricat...
18 Mar 202258min
The Birth and Death of Political Comedy with Jeff Maurer (S3 Ep.6)
My guest today is Jeffrey Maurer. Jeffrey has been a comedy writer, a speechwriter, and a stand-up comic. He was the senior writer for John Oliver's show Last Week Tonight. Jeffrey is now a substack w...
11 Mar 20221h 38min
COVID: The Conversation We’ve Been Waiting For with Dr. Zubin Damania (S3 Ep.5)
My guest today is Dr. Zubin Damania aka ZDoggMD. Zubin is a USCF Stanford-trained internal medicine doctor and founder of Turntable Health, an innovative primary care clinic. He was also a hospitalist...
4 Mar 20221h 32min
Is Matt Taibbi a Right-Winger? (S3 Ep.4)
My guest today is Matt Taibbi. Matt is a writer, journalist, and podcaster. He's a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and co-host of the "Useful Idiots" Podcast. He won the National Magazine Award i...
25 Feb 20221h
Propaganda, Misinformation, and Woke Math with Renee DiResta (S3 Ep.3)
My guest today is Renee DiResta. Renee is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. She led a multi-year investigation into the IRA, Russia's fake news factory, and she's ad...
19 Feb 202256min
A New Way of Teaching in Disruptive Times with Rob Reich (S3 Ep.2)
My guest today is Rob Reich. Rob is a political science and philosophy professor at Stanford University. He is the Director of Stanford's McCoy Centre for Ethics and Society and Associate Director of ...
11 Feb 202246min
