Meet Me in the Backrooms w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
In taking his internet creepypasta Backrooms from YouTube to the cinema screen, director Kane Parsons has created a piece of popular art tha...
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Nostalgia Trap
The Nostalgia Trap podcast features weekly conversations about history and politics with some of the left’s most incisive thinkers, writers, and extremely online personalities, exploring how...
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20 of 561 episodesChasing It w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
In the shadow of the U.S. officially losing the war in Iran, the American political and economic world continues to chase after a high that'...
Vote Blue No Matter Who w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
It's time for the old "there's a civil war brewing in the Democratic Party" conversation again, and Justin joins me to poke holes in the ort...
No One Wants to Work Anymore w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin joins me to explore the tall claims made in a recent New York Times piece, "Gen Z Fell Out of Love With Work. I Don't Blame...
News Trap 7.10.26 - The End of Curiosity w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This is a preview clip from a subscribers-only episode. Click here to listen to the whole thing! Does economic crisis predictably produce ex...
New Trap 6.26.26 - Thread the Needle w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This is a preview clip from a subscribers-only episode. Click here to hear the whole episode with a FREE 7-Day trial subscription. As a wave...
News Trap 6.12.26 - Only the Orcas Can Save Us Now w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This is a free preview of a subscribers only episode. CLICK HERE to hear the full episode with FREE 7-day trial. With news that Elon Musk in...
News Trap 5.29.26 - This Time It's Different, Charlie Brown w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This is a free preview of a subscribers-only episode. Click here to listen to the whole thing with a free 7 day trial. Since the Iran war be...
News Trap 5.15.26 - K Hole w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
It's the best of times and the worst of times, as average Americans are paying more for pretty much everything while the stock market breaks...
News Trap 5.1.26 - Hasan Piker and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Bar... w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
Recent debates about whether or not leftist streamers like Hasan Piker should be embraced by the Democratic Party lead Justin and me to expl...
News Trap 4.10.26 - Summoning Aliens w Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week we check out the explosive Ronan Farrow piece on Sam Altman and consider the intersection of AI, climate crises, and sociopathic p...
Enshittification Hits the Left (PREVIEW)
Did Bernie's loss break the left's brain? Listen to the full episode here
News Trap 3.26.26 - Kill Box w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
By joining Israel in a reckless attack on Iran, Trump has put the entire global system in the kill box, which begs the question, what's more...
News Trap 3.5.26 - The Iran Wormhole w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I game out scenarios unfolding from the U.S./Israel attack on Iran. Is it all about Epstein? (LOL) Or might China and R...
Ep 425 - Cultural Inappropriation w/ Alan Burgess and Monte Montgomery
My late night adventures into the local jazz underworld have introduced me to some fascinating new friends, and I wanted to bring two of the...
News Trap 2.6.26 - Brain Damage w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This is a preview clip from a subscribers-only episode. Check out our Patreon and subscribe to listen! On this week's News Trap Justin and I...
Ep 424 - How Does It Feel? w/ Charles L. Ponce de Leon
When I was growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, Rolling Stone magazine was an indispensable resource for discovering the hip edge of American...
News Trap 1.23.26 - Taking It to the Limit w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This is a brief clip from a full episode on our subscribers feed. Subscribe to hear the whole thing! This week Justin joins me to consider w...
Ep 423 - High School Students Unite! w/ Aaron G. Fountain, Jr.
This week we're talking with Aaron G. Fountain, Jr. about his new book High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI...
News Trap 1.16.26 - Flood the Zone w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This is a preview of a subscribers-only episode. Click here to listen to the whole thing, and access our big library of bonus content . 2026...