Has Polling Broken Politics?
Election Day is just three weeks away — and that means it’s peak polling season. For political hobbyists, polling is the new sports betting: gamifying elections to predict outcomes that haven’t always...
19 Okt 202230min
Is America Headed for Another Civil War?
America is divided and battling many different internal “wars” — over politics, culture, language, religion. Is it possible all this internal division could culminate in a civil war? Today’s episode o...
12 Okt 202238min
Are You ‘Third-Party-Curious’? Andrew Yang and David Jolly Would Like a Word.
For years, hopeful reformers have touted the promise of third parties as an antidote to our political polarization. But when so many of the issues that voters care about most — like abortion, or clima...
5 Okt 202230min
After Dobbs: What Is Feminist Sex?
What is good sex? It’s a complicated question that feminists have wrestled with for decades. From destigmatizing premarital sex to embracing no-strings-attached hookup culture of more recent decades, ...
28 Sep 202230min
After Dobbs: Feminism Beyond the Gender Binary
As the feminist movement has regrouped in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one of the more surprising debates that has emerged has been one about...
21 Sep 202231min
After Dobbs: Does ‘Big Tent’ Feminism Exist? Should It?
For decades, the story of the American feminist movement seemed like a progression of hard-won gains: Title IX, Roe v. Wade, the Violence Against Women Act, #MeToo. But in a post-“lean in” and post-Ro...
14 Sep 202244min
What Should High Schoolers Read?
Book banning has surged in America’s classrooms. The free speech advocacy organization PEN America has compiled a list of more than 1,500 reported instances of books being banned in public schools and...
7 Sep 202234min
Best of: Does the Supreme Court Need More Justices?
Today, we're re-airing one of our most timely debates from earlier this year: Reforming the Supreme Court. This episode originally aired before the Dobbs decision was released this summer.2022 is a bi...
31 Aug 202242min
