Episode 93: 100 Years of U.S. Media Fueling Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Real Estate sections are mostly breezy, fun profiles of the super rich buying up houses and remodeling the ones they already own. Harmless escapist fun? Maybe. But how we write about real estate revea...

8 Nov 201749min

We are told time and again from Republicans and nominal liberals alike that Iran desperately wants to acquire nuclear weapons, was "racing toward the bomb" before the implementation of the multilatera...

1 Nov 201753min

"Stumbling", "sliding", "drawn into" war––the media frequently assumes the US is bumbling its way around the world. The idea that the United States operates in "good faith" is taken for granted for mo...

25 Okt 20171h 4min

Since the mid-2000's, a specific breed of liberalism has emerged broadly called "New Atheism". While the movement is hardly a monolith, it has at its core features of liberal chauvinism, anti-"politic...

11 Okt 20171h 14min

If broad government programs are so popular why don't we just vote them into existence? One of the primary barriers to democratic socialism--or spending in general--is racist media coverage and racist...

4 Okt 20171h 5min

The idea that we're "running out of money" and have to "tighten our belts" is a common trope in US media; the premise that the US government is like a household that must balance its books, largely ta...

27 Sep 20171h 3min

"Insane", "crazy", "totally fucking nuts"–Trump's mental capacity is the subject of much speculation, joke-making, and earnest concern. But how should the subject be approached by the media? On this ...

20 Sep 201756min

The #Resistance warms up to rightwing ghouls David Frum and Evan McMullin while ignoring anti-Trump protesters facing 80 years in federal prison. With guest Sam Menefee-Libey.

13 Sep 20171h 7min