The Daily Blast: Trump Rages over Reflecting Pool Fiasco as Arrests over it Grow Darker
Donald Trump’s renovation of the Reflecting Pool is a major fiasco, and it’s getting him angrier. In Truth Social posts, he raged at a journalist for covering the story. He fulminated that vandals had...
23 Juni 25min
NTK: Killing Baby Hitler: A Conversation with Mike Tomasky
In his new novel Killing Baby Hitler, editor of The New Republic Mike Tomasky uses humor and satire to explore themes of responsibility and evil. But when our President does things like hosting a UFC ...
22 Juni 40min
The DSR Daily for June 22: This UN Nuclear Inspection Agreement Looks Awfully Familiar
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we discuss JD Vance announcing Iran has agreed to UN Nuclear inspections, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announcing his resignation, Jeanine Pirro announcing her offi...
22 Juni 21min
The Daily Blast: Krugman: Trump’s Unnerving Mental Breakdown Signals Nation in Decline
Donald Trump’s war with Iran is making it clear this presidency could have much worse long-term consequences than we expected. Yet Trump is spending his nights indulging his crazed obsessions. In one ...
22 Juni 29min
DSR Weekly Wrap-up: Trump and Vance Piss Off Israel
On the DSR Weekly Wrap-up for June 19th, we break down Israeli anger over the memorandum of understanding, a huge flu outbreak at a military base in Texas, a signal of the coming end of Keir Starmer’s...
21 Juni 23min
Siliconsciousness: AI & Group Chats of the Apocalypse
Twists of recent history have led to deep distrust of the AI sector and political decisions about AI—and with good reason for both. With expert Dave Karpf, we discuss how we got to this point and how ...
19 Juni 44min
Words Matter: Breaking News: It Matters if the President is a Psychopath
The indecency and sociopathy of Donald Trump’s presidency is in sharp contrast with the leadership of past presidents. While Clinton, Obama and Bush all had their faults that have led us to our curren...
19 Juni 52min
NTK: The Urgent Need for an Insurgent Media
We officially have a peace deal! At least, according to the mainstream media. Traditional outlets are taking the administration at its word, and frankly, that’s never a good idea. Why does the “presti...
18 Juni 53min
