Episode 25: Richard Wagner: Act II
Adrian and Moira return for another episode on the life and works of Richard Wagner, investigating the radical political/philosophical influences that led him to some of the good, the bad, and the dow...
18 Juni 20241h 18min
Episode 24: LIVE SHOW Anita Bryant with Sarah Marshall of You’re Wrong About
For this live show, Moira and Adrian blinking step into the big world and come face to face with other human beings! Specifically Sarah Marshall of the amazing “You’re Wrong About” podcast, and an aud...
4 Juni 20241h 16min
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
