Why Comedy Became Toothless
Are late night comedy and political satire as free wheeling and funny as they used to be? Or has comedy become simultaneously tame yet partisan? Jeff Maurer is former senior writer for "Last Week ...
14 Jul 20211h 8min
Los Angeles is Hideous
I have a new book out! Los Angeles is Hideous: Poems About An Ugly City. Arguably the funniest book ever written about the horribleness which is LA. Here are two quick readings from what is about to ...
13 Jul 20216min
Michael Malice on Anarchism
Michael Malice is the best-selling author of "The Anarchist Handbook". He joins to discuss the legitimacy of government action, and what society might look like in the absence of a state. "The Anarchi...
7 Jul 20211h 4min
Authoritarianism On the Rise
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Anne Applebaum is the author of "Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism." She joins the show to discuss the rise of authoritarianism around the ...
30 Jun 202147min
Don't Give Energy to Political Bullies
Brian Brushwood joins the show to discuss why people get their jollies from political bullying, and how to sidestep fruitless fights instead of getting drawn into them. Past bonus episodes: "How to ...
23 Jun 20211h 10min
How Weighted Voting Could Actually Work
What if instead of one vote per person, you had a whole bag of votes to distribute however you liked along the ballot? What if all property was up for auction, permanently? Glen Weyl is the author of ...
16 Jun 202153min
The Difference Between Liberals and Leftists
Adam Gopnik is the author of "A Thousand Points of Sanity: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism" and joins the show to discuss what constitutes the temperament and foundations of liberalism. Want to dis...
9 Jun 20211h 11min
Why You Can't Drop Student Loans through Bankruptcy
Student loan debt is at a cool $1.7 trillion and growing. Should we forgive all the debt? Why can't we discharge it through bankruptcy? Policy deep dive episode!
3 Jun 202124min
