How to Spot Pseudoscience About Sex Differences (w/ Cordelia Fine)
Cordelia Fine is a psychologist and philosopher of science whose work brilliantly demolishes myths about the "nature" of differences between men and women. Prof. Fine has written three books, A Mind o...
8 Nov 202350min
How to Respond to The Right—Introducing Nathan's New Book!
Today on the podcast: Nathan takes a turn as the guest, to discuss his new book Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments. Get your copy now! Responding to the Right goes thr...
6 Nov 20231h
What Living Under Jim Crow Was Like In New Orleans (w/ Adolph Reed)
“What I didn’t realize at the time was that what I was living through was the death paroxysms of the Jim Crow order.” — Adolph ReedProf. Adolph Reed Jr. has been called (by Cornel West) “the towering ...
3 Nov 202348min
Why Is The Internet So Broken? What Would a "People's Internet" Look Like? (w/ Ben Tarnoff)
Ben Tarnoff is the author of Internet For The People: The Fight For Our Digital Future. Today he joins to discuss what's wrong with the internet and how we fix it. Ben helps us to think more clearly a...
1 Nov 202341min
Exposing the Corporate "Mindfulness" Racket (w/ Ronald Purser)
"When the individualized self bears sole responsibility for its happiness and emotional wellbeing, failure is synonymous with failure of the self, not external conditions.” — Ron PurserRonald Purser i...
30 Okt 202342min
Understanding The Right's Never-Ending War to Destroy Social Security (w/ Alex Lawson)
Alex Lawson is the Executive Director of Social Security Works and the convening member of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition. He has spent his career working to try to save Social Security from...
26 Okt 202346min
How To Hold The New York Times Accountable (w/ Margaret Sullivan)
How To Hold The New York Times Accountable (w/ Margaret Sullivan)Margaret Sullivan is one of the country’s most astute media critics. During her time as Public Editor of the New York Times (essentiall...
2 Maj 202340min
The Pseudoscience and Faux Feminism of Sobriety Memoirs (w/ Jennifer Dines)
“It’s not that hard to let yourself be led by something that doesn’t match up with your morals, when you’re desperate.” — Jennifer DinesJennifer Dines is a Boston-based schoolteacher, poet, and essayi...
24 Apr 202342min
