Interview w/Eran Zelnik on the Peace & Justice Show
My partner in crime and life hosts a local radio show, and he had me on to talk about my 2018 book, my upcoming book, and why I’ve given up hope for (and voting for) the Democratic Party.
23 Jun 2024
Liberalism Against Itself?, with Samuel Moyn
Samuel Moyn, the Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale, talks with me about his book, Liberalism Against Itself, and we discuss whether liberalism is worth salvaging or not.
12 Feb 2023
Ellie Harwell TAKE 2
Ellie was one of our first guests in Season 1 — and now she’s back to update us on what’s happened in the last two years. Which is like, A LOT.
4 Feb 2023
Guilty Pleasures
Welcome to Season 2! Today we talk to our first ever guest again -- Jenna Jacobsen -- about the media and entertainment we consume (or don't). Also, I try out a new theme song.
9 Dec 2021
Cindy Esquivias
Cindy and I talk about listening to nature, struggling with labels, and going on dates with Trump voters.
27 May 2021
Juan Carlos Medel
Juan Carlos talks about growing up in the dictatorship in Chile, discovering politics in music, and coming to California for graduate school.
15 Apr 2021
Laura
Laura and I talk about being raised evangelical, seeking out all sorts of different people in Berkeley, and finding a framework for critique in grad school.
11 Mar 2021
Rachel Reeves
Rachel and I talk about being a good co-worker, coming to critical theory through Marx and the Bible, and how the left has room for all affects!
5 Feb 2021
Logan Clendening
Logan and I talk about growing up in Waco, Texas and going to graduate school.
5 Feb 2021
Jordan
Jordan and I discuss growing up poor, volunteering for local communists, and going to graduate school.
10 Jan 2021
Elliot Harwell
Elliot and I talk about bullshit procedural pageants, grad school, and the TV show Black Sails.
9 Jan 2021
Andrew
We talk with Andrew about growing up in a left-of-center household, going to undergrad, and wanting to be a good friend to women.
31 Dec 2020
Jenna Jacobsen
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