Is Inequality the Problem?
Rising income inequality hurts democracy, health, happiness, and basically anything you can think of … right? Sociologist Lane Kenworthy doesn't think so. In his new book Is Inequality The Problem? Ke...
1 Dec 202556min
The Climate Movement’s Biggest Miscalculation (with Robinson Meyer)
Climate activists spent a decade arguing that if Democrats passed a huge climate bill, created green jobs, and centered “climate justice,” voters—especially the young—would reward them.They got their ...
24 Nov 20251h 17min
How Silicon Valley Became MAGA-Curious
Silicon Valley’s sharp right turn didn’t come out of nowhere. Former tech worker and current tech writer Jasmine Sun walks us through how a once-solidly liberal sector became MAGA-curious. We talk abo...
17 Nov 20251h 10min
Arguing the Politics of Climate with Bill McKibben
What if climate policy can’t survive voters, courts, and NIMBYs?Bill McKibben is a pioneering climate writer and activist whose books and campaigns helped mainstream the case for rapidly replacing fos...
10 Nov 20251h 17min
Why Free Speech Is Losing on the Left and the Right
Why is free speech losing ground? From crackdowns on immigrants, protesters, and law firms to campus speech codes, social-media “jawboning,” and government pressure – we're witnessing the erosion of t...
3 Nov 20251h 15min
Trump's Tariffs, Explained
Economics writer Joey Politano joins host Jerusalem Demsas to explain the great tariff comeback story. From bananas and coffee to washing machines and Christmas ornaments, Trump’s new trade war is mak...
27 Okt 20251h 35min
The Battle to Rewrite COVID-19
Was everything we did during COVID-19 a mistake — or are critics rewriting history? In this episode, Jerusalem Demsas talked with The Atlantic's Roge Karma about his reporting on “COVID revisionism,” ...
20 Okt 20251h 29min
RFK, Tylenol, and America’s Autism Panic
Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the Trump administration's Health Secretary, outdid himself. During a Thursday Cabinet meeting, he alleged that "children who are circumcised early have double the rat...
13 Okt 20251h 28min
