A Critique of Government That Liberals Need to Hear
Government is a bureaucratic, slow-moving institution. It’s too easily captured by special interests. It’s often incapable of acting at the speed and scale our problems demand. And when it does act, i...
18 Feb 20221h 16min
Relationships Are Hard. This Unusual Parenting Theory Can Help.
This is one of those episodes I feel I need to sell. Because on one level, it’s about an unusual theory of parenting known by the acronym RIE — for the nonprofit group Resources for Infant Educarers, ...
15 Feb 20221h
It's Not Your Fault You Can't Pay Attention. Here's Why.
“The sensation of being alive in the early 21st century consisted of the sense that our ability to pay attention — to focus — was cracking and breaking,” writes Johann Hari in his new book, “Stolen Fo...
11 Feb 20221h 6min
What the Heck Is Going on With the U.S. Economy?
Should we be celebrating a Biden boom? Lamenting inflation and its consequences? Both?We know how to talk about booms, like the ’90s. We know how to talk about busts, like after the financial crisis. ...
8 Feb 20221h
Let’s Talk About How Truly Bizarre Our Supreme Court Is
“Getting race wrong early has led courts to get everything else wrong since,” writes Jamal Greene. But he probably doesn’t mean what you think he means.Greene is a professor at Columbia Law School, an...
4 Feb 20221h 6min
Democrats Chase Shiny Objects. Here's How to Build Real Power.
There’s good reason to worry about the future of democracy, and little reason to believe Democrats have a viable plan for protecting it. They built their strategy around passing a major suite of votin...
1 Feb 20221h 5min
Learning to Listen to the Voices Only You Hear
The world has gotten louder, even when we’re alone. A day spent in isolation can still mean a day buffeted by the voices on social media and the news, on podcasts, in emails and text messages. Objects...
25 Jan 202259min
The View From the White House
It’s been a year since Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. And what a roller coaster of a year it’s been.The Biden administration blew past its Covid vaccination goal of...
21 Jan 202245min
