How Can Socialists Get Things Done In State Government?
Today, in our last episode of the year, we present a hopeful discussion about what leftists can accomplish in power. Sam Bell is a Rhode Island state senator and Democratic Socialists of America membe...
3 Feb 202249min
Why Are Student Loans Such a Catastrophe?
Today Nathan is joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell, author of The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe. Under pressure from progressive Democrats, Joe Biden rec...
2 Feb 202241min
How Criminalization Destroys The Lives of Black Children
Kristin Henning directs the Juvenile Justice Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center. She has worked as a public defender for juveniles in Washington, D.C. and is the author of the book The Rage of...
2 Feb 202245min
Is Julian Assange Being Unjustly Persecuted By The U.S. Government?
A UK court recently ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States. Assange faces serious charges over violating the Espionage Act, based on WikiLeaks' publication ...
2 Feb 202256min
We Took Hillary Clinton's MasterClass So That You Don't Have To
Hillary Clinton has just released an online course on "The Power of Resilience" through the website MasterClass, where celebrities teach their skills. The course has made the news because in it, she d...
19 Jan 202256min
Have Feminists Been Too Quick To Embrace Criminal Punishment?
Prof. Aya Gruber teaches criminal law at the University of Colorado Law School. Her book The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women's Liberation in Mass Incarceration makes the case that ...
19 Jan 202258min
What's Useful and Correct About Critical Race Theory? (w/ Randall Kennedy)
Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy has been known for decades as a critic of Critical Race Theory, which was developed in part by his late colleague Derrick Bell. But Kennedy's critiques com...
19 Jan 20221h 9min
How Have Elon Musk and Tesla Gotten Away With So Much Lying and Fraudulence?
Today Nathan is joined by Edward Niedermeyer, an investigative journalist whose book Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors remains the definitive critical account of the rise of Elon Musk a...
19 Jan 20221h 13min
