Original Air Date: 11-5-22 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The Neverending Story... more

Air Date 11/30/2022 Today, we take a look at the context of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar including the... more

Original Air Date 11/27/2018 Today we take a look at the literal and figurative bloody messes of the history of... more

Air Date 11/22/2022 Today, we take a look at three recent incidents of celebrities using their platforms to spread antisemitic... more

Original Air Date 4/16/2019 Today we take a look at just a few of the aspects of modern life for... more

Air Date 11/15/2022 Today, we take a look at our extremely steady history of political violence from the Revolution, through... more

Air Date 11/12/2022 Today, we take a look at a few types of panic that regularly strike within communities or... more

Air Date 11/8/2022 Today, we take a look at the life and times of China's president, Xi Jinping, and his... more

Original Air Date: 10-24-22 Today, I am talking with Amanda, Deon and Erin. We discuss: - The rise of AI-powered... more

Air Date 11/1/2022 Today, we take a look at the corporate price-gouging and massive profits happening under the cover of... more

Air Date 10/29/2022 Today, we take a look at the destruction accomplished over decades by adherents to a libertarian, neoliberal... more

Air Date 10/26/2022 Today, we take a look at the 2022 election and the political dynamics at play as the... more

Original Air Date: 10-12-22 Today, I am talking with Amanda, Deon and Erin. We discuss: - The new fascist party... more

Original Air Date 9/8/2021 Today we take a look at the legacy of red-lining, the building and subsequent destruction of... more

Original Air Date 8/18/2021 Today we take a look at history of white people deciding to get their way through... more

Air Date 10/14/2022 Today, we take a look at the women-led protests roiling Iran in response to violent crackdowns from... more

Original Air Date: 9-27-22 Today, I am talking with Amanda, Deon and Erin. We discuss: - Nazis using The Amanda... more

Original Air Date 10/9/2021 Today we take a look at structures and specifics of settler colonialism from around the world... more

Air Date 10/8/2022 Today, we take a look at the recent elections in Italy, Brazil and Sweden where far-right parties... more

Air Date 10/5/2022 Today, we take a look at the life and legacy of President Ronald Reagan, the last transformational... more

Air Date 9/30/2022 Today, we take a look at the attention-grabbing stunt of transporting asylum seekers from Texas to Martha's... more

Original Air Date: 9-8-22 Today, I am talking with Amanda, Deon and Erin. We discuss: - Dystopian longtermism - Why... more

Air Date 9/24/2022 Today, we take a look at the decades-long scheme to funnel conservative activist judges into the judiciary... more

Air Date 9/21/2022 Today, we take a look at the history and legacy of British imperialism and slavery through the... more

Air Date 9/17/2022 Today, we take a look at the way terrible patterns of the past like colonialism, racism, propaganda,... more

Air Date 9/14/2022 Today, we take a look at the history and hysteria behind debt and debt forgiveness while Biden... more

Air Date 9/9/2022 Today, we take a look at platforms, goods, and business models in the modern landscape of the... more

Air Date 9/6/2022 Today, we take a look at the precarious state of our immigration and asylum system, the legacy... more

Original Air Date 8/21/2021 Today we take a look at the history of bipartisanship and appeasement in the US dating... more

Air Date 8/31/2022 Today, as we wait to see if Trump will ever be indicted for any of his many,... more

Air Date 8/27/2022 Today, we take a look at the tensions between China and Taiwan, the tensions between China and... more

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Air Date 8/20/2022 Today, we take a look at the history of NATO and its role in the world after... more

Air Date 8/16/2022 Today, we take a look at the strategies underway to systematically dismantle democracy in the United States... more

Original Air Date 8/10/2021 Today we take a look at the mechanisms by which the legacy of White Supremacy is... more

Air Date 8/10/2022 Today, we take a look at the origins of the European colonial land-grab, the need for the... more

Air Date 8/5/2022 Today, we take a look at the politics of energy and climate in a world addicted to... more

Air Date 8/2/2022 Today, we take a look at what neurodiversity is and why it should be seen as a... more

Original Air Date 6/9/2021 Today we take a look at the motivations behind legislation being introduced in statehouses around the... more

Air Date 7/26/2022 Today, we take a look at recent Supreme Court rulings aside from overturning abortion rights and how... more

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Original Air Date 4/16/2020 Today, Amanda and I discuss a few of the aspects of life during a pandemic that's... more

Air Date 7/13/2022 Today, we take a look at how the Supreme Court stripped abortion rights for half the country,... more

Original Air Date: 6-6-22 Today, I am talking with Amanda, Deon and Erin. We discuss: - The Dawn of Everything... more

Air Date 7/4/2022 Today, for this milestone episode, I attempted to squeeze in as many clever and interesting ideas as... more

Original Air Date 6/19/2021 Today we take a look at the politics of obstruction in service to big donors' interests... more

Original Air Date 7/5/2019 Today we take an unflinching look at Mitch McConnell and what a bad, bad man he... more

Air Date 6/25/2022 Today we take a look at some of the takeaways from the hearings investigating the January 6th... more

Air Date 6/22/2022 Today we take a look at the complicated evolution of Pride Month in an era of much... more

Air Date 6/17/2022 Today we take a look at many intertwining realizations that are beginning to permeate society which include... more

Air Date 6/15/2022 Today we take a look at the many reasons why we are experiencing a housing crisis in... more

Air Date 6/11/2022 Today we take a look at the reasons why Democrats lost rural America and why it's important... more

Air Date 6/8/2022 Today we take a look at progressive victories in primary elections around the country and explain why... more

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Air Date 6/4/2022 Today we take a look at some of the obvious steps we need to take to reduce... more

Air Date 6/1/2022 Today we take a look at the current conspiracy theory known as "The Great Replacement" which posits... more

Air Date 5/27/2022 Today we take a look at the disruptions to society that can unfold in times of economic... more

Original Air Date: 4-26-22 Today, I am talking with Amanda, Deon and Erin. We discuss: - Libertarians proving themselves wrong... more

Original Air Date 5/8/2021 Today we take a look at the culture that Disney has helped create and how they... more

Original Air Date 4/14/2021 Today we take a look at the one element of our government that, above all others,... more

Air Date 5/14/2022 Today we take a look at the options and actions still available after the Supreme Court overturns... more

Air Date 5/10/2022 Today we take a look at the impacts of media ownership on society including legacy newspapers and... more

Air Date 5/7/2022 Today we take a look at the jockeying for position that is happening among GOP politicians, both... more

Air Date 5/4/2022 Today we take a look at the tectonic shifts in the geopolitics happening under our feet; the... more

Air Date 4/29/2022 Today we take a look at the rising wave of successful unionization efforts and the corporate tactics... more

From critically acclaimed podcast studios Pineapple Street and Wondery comes a new 8-part series called Will Be Wild that shines... more

Air Date 4/23/2022 Today we take a look at how we got to the form of toothless liberalism we are... more

Air Date 4/20/2022 Today we take a look at the bizarre halo effect that seems to surround Elon Musk and... more

Air Date 4/16/2022 Today we take a look at the coming wave of attacks on abortion and the foundational concept... more

Air Date 4/13/2022 Today we take a look at the mainstreaming of crypto and NFTs by celebrity endorsements, why they're... more