What Does the ‘Post-Liberal Right’ Actually Want?
“It begun to dawn on many conservatives that in spite of apparent electoral victories that have occurred regularly since the Reagan years, they have consistently lost, and lost overwhelmingly to progr...
13 Maj 20221h 37min
Sway: 'Fear and Panic Are Bedfellows' in Ukraine
Today we're bringing you an episode from our friends at Sway about the war in Ukraine and the challenges of conflict-zone reporting. Clarissa Ward has had, as she puts it, a “long and very complicated...
10 Maj 202242min
Donald Trump Didn’t Hijack the G.O.P. He Understood It.
Right now, Republicans of all stripes — Ron DeSantis, J.D. Vance, Mike Pence, Glenn Youngkin — are trying to figure out how to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump into a winning political me...
6 Maj 20221h 22min
The Argument: Why the G.O.P. Can't Stop Saying 'Gay'
Today we're bringing you an episode from our friends at The Argument about Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill and the broader wave of anti-L.G.B.T.Q. legislation, spurred by the political right, that is s...
3 Maj 202239min
Elon Musk Might Break Twitter. Maybe That's a Good Thing.
If Elon Musk’s bid to purchase Twitter comes to fruition, the world’s richest person will own one of its most important communications platforms. Twitter might have a smaller user base than Facebook, ...
29 Apr 20221h 5min
Putin May Not Like How He’s Changed Europe
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed Europe within a matter of weeks. A continent once fractured by the refugee crisis is now taking in millions of refugees. Countries such as Germany ...
26 Apr 20221h 9min
Emily St. John Mandel on Time Travel, Parenting and the Apocalypse
“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel was published in 2014. That book imagined the world after a pandemic had wiped out, well, almost everyone. It’s a gorgeous novel with a particular emotional p...
22 Apr 202259min
Can Democrats Turn Their 2022 Around?
With the midterms just over six months away, the electoral prospects for Democrats are looking bleak. President Biden’s approval rating is at 42 percent, around where Donald Trump’s was at this point ...
19 Apr 20221h 7min
