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Chet or Biff? What We Can Learn Politically From the Biggest Dirtbags of ’80s Teen Movies

Chet or Biff? What We Can Learn Politically From the Biggest Dirtbags of ’80s Teen Movies Chet or Biff? What We Can Learn Politically From the Biggest Dirtbags of ’80s Teen Movies

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Hollywood makeup artist Spring Super joins the show to talk politics and ’80s teen villains.

Dec 9, 2024 / Podcast

Matthew Yglesias and the Problems of Popularism

Matthew Yglesias and the Problems of Popularism Matthew Yglesias and the Problems of Popularism

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion on a polarizing centrist pundit.

Dec 8, 2024 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

In this photo illustration, the social medias applications logos, Twitter, Messenger, Telegram, Instagram, Tik Tok, Snapchat, Gmail, Facebook and Google are displayed on the screen of an Apple iPhone.

Should Australia Ban Teens From Social Media? Should Australia Ban Teens From Social Media?

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Cam Wilson on the controversial plan.

Dec 5, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump dances during a campaign rally.

What Can Stop Trump—Plus, Project 2025–the Dumb Parts What Can Stop Trump—Plus, Project 2025–the Dumb Parts

On this episode of Start Making Sense, David Cole talks about citizens defending the Constitution, and Rick Perlstein comments on Republican plans for the second Trump term.

Dec 4, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Ben Fong on Drugs in America

Ben Fong on Drugs in America Ben Fong on Drugs in America

On this episode of American Prestige, Ben Fong, author of Quick Fixes, on our nation's history with substances.

Dec 3, 2024 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Keynote speaker Jeet Heer questions the role of fact-checking in an increasingly distrusting society at the Reimagining Political Journalism conference at Carleton University on November 15, 2024.

Factchecking Won’t Save Democracy Factchecking Won’t Save Democracy

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, a talk about the rise of anti-system politics.

Dec 1, 2024 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

The full moon rises over the cooling towers of the Trillo Nuclear Power Plant in Guadalajara, Spain.

Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands

Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Nov 28, 2024 Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, M.V. Ramana on the tech industry’s pus…

Nov 28, 2024 / Podcast

Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) shakes hands with former president Donald Trump (during a rally at the Banks County Dragway, on March 26, 2022, in Commerce, Georgia.

Exploiting Trump’s Weaknesses—Plus, Mass Deportation in US History Exploiting Trump’s Weaknesses—Plus, Mass Deportation in US History

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson analyzes splits between MAGA and the Republicans, and Eric Foner explains efforts to remove whole populations in the 19th-ce...

Nov 27, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

A wide-angle view of Kamala Harris sitting on a stage with a microphone, with a camera and screen in the foreground.

Mass Politics, the Economy, and the US Election Mass Politics, the Economy, and the US Election

On this episode of American Prestige, Anton Jäger on the state of liberalism and the left.

Nov 26, 2024 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris pauses while speaking during a campaign rally at the Rawhide Event Center on October 10, 2024, in Chandler, Arizona.

Don’t Believe the Election Myths Don’t Believe the Election Myths

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Branko Marcetic on media narratives that misrepresent what happened.

Nov 24, 2024 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

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