The Trade-offs of Mining in a Clean Energy Transition
I spoke with Dr. Thea Riofrancos about the ethical concerns that come with trying to transition away from fossil fuels and to a clean energy...
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Building a Coalition with Democracy as the First Principle
I spoke with journalist and author Osita Nwanevu about his recently published book, The Right of the People: The Case for a New American Fou...
The Chance to Become a Person, and Other Arguments for Democracy
I spoke with journalist and author Osita Nwanevu about his recently published book, The Right of the People: The Case for a New American Fou...
Rethinking Liberalism in the Current Political Moment
I spoke with Lily Geismer and Brent Cebul about their recent book, Mastery and Drift: Professional Class Liberals Since the 1960s. We discus...
Black History is for Everyone
I interviewed Brian Jones about his book Black History is for Everyone, in which he details his personal journey to understanding the truth...
Lessons from American Reconstruction for a New Founding, Pt. 2
For this episode, I spoke with Prof. Manisha Sinha of the University of Connecticut, historian and author of the recent book The Rise and Fa...
Lessons from American Reconstruction for a New Founding, Pt. 1
For this episode, I spoke with Prof. Manisha Sinha of the University of Connecticut, historian and author of the recent book The Rise and Fa...
A Cautionary Christmas Tale (for Democracy)
I spoke with Dr. Vaughn Joy, author of a recent book on Christmas movies and politics. We spoke about Frank Capra, his celebration of Americ...
People need to be able to give themselves permission to fight sometimes
I spoke with Kim Kelly, labor journalist and author of the recent American labor history: Fight Like Hell about the book and about what we c...
Zoning: Key to the City and to Our Communities
I spoke with Professor Sara Bronin to learn about zoning: what is it, what is its purpose, and how does it work. Link to her book on booksho...
The Rule of Law Revisited
In advance of an upcoming interview about democracy with Osita Nwanevu, I revisited a 2020 interview with Lawrence Lessig about what the rul...
Mutual aid is, well, mutual
I spoke with Nicole Williams, a Philadelphia activist and organizer with Mt. Airy Community Fridge & Pantry about the work that the communit...
A Union of Care: Moving Toward a Better Safety Net
I spoke with Dr. Jess Calarco about her recent book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net . In the first half, which p...
Women are America's Safety Net (No, that's not a positive affirmation)
I spoke with Dr. Jess Calarco about her recent book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net . Dr. Calarco shared how the...
How Public Media Developed in America
I spoke to Josh Shepperd about his book, Shadow of the New Deal. In his book, Shepperd analyzed the history of how public media developed in...
Corporations, Dark Money, and Democracy
I spoke with Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy about her book, Corporatocracy, and about how money influences politics and what we can do abo...
The Meaning We Give to Juneteenth
I revisit an interview with Annette Gordon-Reed ( @agordonreed ) on her book, On Juneteenth and consider how best to celebrate the history o...
Politics is for Power
I revisited an interview with Eitan Hersh on his book Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Re...
Stripping Citizenship Rights
In light of recent national news involving young citizens being sent out of the country, I revisited an interview from 2021 about historical...
On the Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
I interviewed Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer, to discuss his recent column about the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the importanc...