Bonus Sample: Hasan, Contrapoints, Ezra Klein, & The Dem Civil War

Bonus Sample: Hasan, Contrapoints, Ezra Klein, & The Dem Civil War

Listen to the full episode The Democratic Party is in free fall. Still suffering the aftershocks of the 2024 election, a civil war is brewing internally between those who want to build coalitions that can win elections and those who see radicalization as the only way forward. In April, debate about whether Dems should embrace hugely popular leftist streamer Hasan Piker,or distance themselves from him dominated the discourse. A week later, two popular online personalities of the left—acclaimed transgender video essayist, Contrapoints, and artist/author Josh Citarella—sat down for an episode of his Doomscroll podcast. Contrapoints made the case for coalition building and pragmatic Democratic electoral politics. Their frank mutual criticisms of the online left outraged some. Meanwhile, NYT writer and podcaster, Ezra Klein's controversial comments on Charlie Kirk and highly-charged interviews with Ta Na-Hesi Coates and Sarah McBride (the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress) hovered in the background. Julian clips key moments from these interactions and offers his thoughts on a way forward for Democrats as we approach the midterms and looming presidential race in 2028. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Brief: Women 3, Manosphere 0

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306: Antifascist Wellness

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30 Apr 1h 10min

Bonus Sample: Leo and Restless Hearts in Algeria

Bonus Sample: Leo and Restless Hearts in Algeria

In April 2026, Pope Leo XIV, deep in a public feud with President Trump over the Iran war, made his first trip to Africa. He chose Algeria: the birthplace of Augustine, the spiritual founder of his or...

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Brief: Well Enough (Book Excerpt)

Brief: Well Enough (Book Excerpt)

Derek reads two chapters from his recently published memoir, Well Enough: Finding Health Despite the Wellness Industry. In Chapters 3 & 4, he discusses his work as a patient monitor looking after suic...

25 Apr 22min

305: AI’s Cultish Leader

305: AI’s Cultish Leader

Ronan Farrow is at it again. The reporter has a new feature in The New Yorker, written alongside staff writer Andrew Marantz, about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In many ways, the 16,000-word investigation i...

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Bonus Sample: How the Self is Made...and Unmade

Bonus Sample: How the Self is Made...and Unmade

Derek looks into behavioral economics to better understand the fluidity of the "self," finding that recent research aligns with a very old Buddhist concept. Show Notes What Does Extreme Wealth Do To...

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Brief: Pope Leo vs AI Slop Jesus Trump

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Donald Trump's shitpost attack on Pope Leo XIV, followed within the hour by an AI slop icon of himself as Jesus, has cracked open the evangelical-Catholic coalition that has anchored American conserva...

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