Defending Liberalism with Adam Gopnik
Liberalism is the ordering principal of American government, and yet liberalism is embattled. After the end of the Cold War, it was widely believed that liberal democracy would spread inexorably, but...
11 Jun 201955min
Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza
“Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter.” In July of 2013, Alicia Garza wrote these words in reaction to a jury’s acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. ...
4 Jun 20191h
The Anniversary #WITHpod Mailbag
We just celebrated our one year #WITHpod anniversary! What!? To mark the occasion, we put together a second mailbag episode with producer Tiffany Champion to answer your questions and reflect on the y...
28 Mai 201941min
A Family's Lost History During McCarthyism with David Maraniss
An era of paranoia, the pull of radical politics, the way in which an entire society can fall under the sway of a fever, and how that fever eventually breaks. These themes made up one of the darkest p...
21 Mai 201949min
The Roots of Anti-Semitism with Deborah Lipstadt
On the final day of Passover this year, a gunman walked into a synagogue outside of San Diego, killing one and injuring three more. Exactly six months earlier, a man entered the Tree of Life synagogue...
14 Mai 20191h 2min
Debunking the Deficit Hysteria with Stephanie Kelton
Should you be worried about the federal deficit? While campaigning, President Trump followed in the footsteps of his conservative predecessors by fear-mongering about the ballooning deficit but when h...
7 Mai 201955min
Breaking Government with Michael Lewis
What is the most devastating impact Donald Trump has had on the highest office? His lies and rhetoric and bigotry have all had a poisonous effect on our national discourse. But when it comes to his de...
30 Apr 201949min
China's Secret Internment Camps with Rian Thum
Did you know there are roughly one million people currently held in internment camps in China? One million people detained against their will, facing no criminal charges, cut off from the outside worl...
23 Apr 201945min
