Weight Loss Drugs for Curing Addiction? with Nicholas Reville
The amount of overdose deaths in the U.S. is staggering. And while addiction is a disease, there’s no specific medical treatment or cure for it. Our guest this week points out that weight loss drugs a...
14 Jan 202556min
Strategies for the Resistance 2.0 with Leah Greenberg
Well, here we are. The second inauguration of Donald Trump is quickly approaching. And there’s no doubt that progressives have a lot of work to do in the months and years ahead. Our guest this week co...
7 Jan 202552min
The Case for Unconditional Cash Transfers with Jiaying Zhao
Happy New Year! Given the holiday, we are sharing one of our most memorable conversations. Stay tuned through the end as we also share updates on this topic. From the original description:You’d probab...
31 Dec 202447min
What Happens When Americans Get $1,000 a Month Unconditional Cash Transfers? with Elizabeth Rhodes and David Broockman
What are the effects when you give $1,000 a month in unconditional cash transfers to low-income Americans for three years? Our guests this week studied the behavioral and political outcomes of this in...
24 Dec 202444min
“The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi” with Wright Thompson
The 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi, is one of the most infamous crimes in American history. Yet, decades later, so much of what happene...
17 Dec 202452min
How Democratic Backsliding Happens with Steve Levitsky
We’re in strange times. In the U.S., we’re finding ourselves in a situation in which the possibility of genuine democratic retrenchment and some version of presidential authoritarian dictatorship is a...
10 Dec 202452min
Chris is the guest this week!
There’s a lot to consider about what Trump 2.0 portends for the future of our country, lives and democracy. A lot of questions remain. And perhaps maybe now more than ever, it’s all been keeping Chris...
3 Dec 202457min
Conservatism in the Trump 2.0 Years with McKay Coppins
It’s a given that any political party is going to have ideological factions around different issues. But what happens when the ostensible leader of a party has no real ideology? It’s a big question to...
26 Nov 202454min
