Episode 23: RFK Jr.
Moira walks Adrian through the strange, tragic, enraging life of RFK Jr.—vaccine skeptic, presidential candidate, and literal brain worm survivor. Along the way, your hosts touch on Kennedy masculinit...
28 Maj 20241h 8min
Episode 22: Richard Wagner: Act I
Adrian leads Moira through the life and career of composer Richard Wagner—a not-so-great man with some of world history's worst fans. Aesthetics, politics, revolutionary zeal that curdles into somethi...
14 Maj 20241h 7min
Episode 21: "The Campus" in the American Imagination with Samuel Catlin
Samuel Catlin (University at Buffalo) joins Moira and Adrian to talk about "The Campus" -- about the peculiar mental image Americans seem to have, how little it comports with reality, and the uncanny ...
4 Maj 202447min
Episode 20: Conservatism's Daddy Issues
Moira and Adrian speak to political scientist Jeff Dudas about his 2017 book Raised Right: Fatherhood in Modern American Conservatism. The conversation touches on campus panics, Clarence Thomas's many...
30 Apr 202451min
Episode 19: Judith Butler's Who's Afraid of Gender?
In this episode, Moira and Adrian delve into Judith Butler's latest book -- about the worldwide movement against "gender" and the role it plays in right-wing politics.
23 Apr 20241h 7min
Episode 18: Trad Wives
Moira guides Adrian through the strange, troubling world of tradwifery -- the latest trend in butter-churning, vaguely religious gender conservatism that's taken over your Instagram feed. Come for Adr...
9 Apr 202445min
Episode 17: Otto Weininger, or Gender and Anti-Semitism
Adrian takes Moira into the wild, wildly misogynist and deeply depressing world of Otto Weininger (1880-1903). A posterchild for all manner of fin-de-siècle neuroses, to say nothing for massive quanti...
4 Apr 20241h 19min
Episode 16: Kate Manne on Anti-Fatness
Philosopher Kate Manne (Down Girl, Entitled) joins Moira and Adrian to talk about the politics of anti-fatness – where fatphobia came from historically, how it intersects with racism, sexism and trans...
4 Mars 20241h 11min
