Episode 31: Politicians and Harassers Are Not-So-Strange Bedfellows
Send us Fan Mail Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York is the latest in a long line of politicians to be sent packing due to sexual misconduct. Joe suspects the Venn diagram of politicians and sexual ...
19 Sep 202136min
Episode 30: The Wave Theory of Populism
Send us Fan Mail In the past decade or two, a seeming populist wave ushered in right-wing governments clear across the world. For some, at least, it was reminiscent of the rise of fascism in Italy, Ge...
6 Sep 202149min
Episode 29: Jury Nullification
Send us Fan Mail What if the Derek Chauvin jury had done the same thing as the jury in the trial of the four L.A. cops accused of beating Rodney King - ignored both the law and the video evidence and...
22 Aug 202135min
Episode 28: Space: The Final Public-Private Partnership
Send us Fan Mail With billionaires launching themselves into space and salivating at the prospect of mining asteroids for precious metals, we’ve come to an inflection point for what used to be called ...
9 Aug 202149min
Episode 27: Filiflustered
Send us Fan Mail With the fate of the arcane U.S. Senate filibuster likely to be the most important domestic political news story of President Biden’s first term, Mark and Joe trace its history, how i...
26 Juli 202136min
Episode 26: Replaced by a Machine
Send us Fan Mail Automation has already changed some workplaces, and robots are likely coming for many more American jobs in the years to come – maybe even yours. Joe and Mark examine whether massiv...
10 Juli 202157min
Episode 25: UFOs Are Real!
Send us Fan Mail In anticipation of the release of a U.S. government report on “unexplained aerial phenomena” later this month, Mark and Joe ponder the most likely explanation for UFOs and, despite th...
20 Juni 202141min
Episode 24: Why Haven't We Cured Cancer?
Send us Fan Mail The Biden administration’s recent proposal to create a new health agency designed, among other things, to “end cancer as we know it” evokes a similar pledge made by Richard Nixon in 1...
13 Juni 202149min
