Best Andrew Hitz Podcasts (2025)

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What Happened to the Anti-War Right with Sohrab Ahmari 1:14:24

1d ago1:14:24

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Hello! Today, we welcome a guest from across the aisle to talk about what might be happening with the anti-war, anti-interventionist right in the face of Trump’s strikes against Iran. Sohrab Ahmari is the American editor of Unherd and the author of two books and one of the main intellectual forces shaping the ideas of a new right wing. A really gre…

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The LA Protests and AI Invades The Ohio State 1:02:14

15d ago1:02:14

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Hello! Today, we talk about the protests in LA, give a short timeline of what’s been happening and talk about all the silly discourse about how “the protesters” should “do x” as if every person at a protest is receiving a newsletter about message control or whatever. We also talk about the very weird situation at Ohio State which just basically gav…

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Elon's Out! 1:17:06

22d ago1:17:06

1:17:06

Hello! Today, we talk about Elon being full out of government and think back on all our favorite moments, discuss the funniest conspiracy theories/rumors about his time in Washington and think a bit more about the influence of Big Tech in Washington. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…

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The Biden Cover-Up and Why He Ran Again with Alex Thompson 55:34

29d ago55:34

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Hello! Today, we have on Alex Thompson, co-author of the new book “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, It’s Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again” and all the reasons Joe Biden decided to run for President in 2024, what happened on that debate stage, how a small group of aides working for Joe and Jill Biden kept everyone in line, or…

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Empire of AI with Karen Hao 1:09:22

1M ago1:09:22

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Hello! Today we have on repeat guest Karen Hao to talk about her new blockbuster book “Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.” It’s an amazing, deeply reported book that somehow encapsulates the history of AI, Silicon Valley, and OpenAI while also making a needed and clear argument about how we should think about this technolog…

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Are White Men Allowed to Write Novels with Andrew Boryga 1:00:09

1M ago1:00:09

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Hello! Today we take a break from Trump to bring back one of our favorite guests, Andrew Boryga, the novelist behind the brilliant book Victim, and the author of a funny and incisive substack. We talk about the latest compain-fest in the literary world about white millennial men and how they’re supposedly shut out of the fruits of culture like the …

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Pink Cadillacs and Pyramid Schemes with Bridget Read 1:18:43

2M ago1:18:43

1:18:43

Hello! Today we have on Bridget Read, the author of a great new book called “Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America.” (Out today!) We talk about the history of the MLM (multi-level marketing) from its alleged origins with the Yankee peddler and the frontier and the more insidious real story of eugenicists, scammers, and qua…

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How to Think and Read in a World of AI with Zena Hitz 1:26:43

2M ago1:26:43

1:26:43

Hello! Today we’re talking about a new essay in the New Yorker that asks how we might think about knowledge, learning, and the meaning of life in a world where Chat GPT replaces a lot of our core knowledge functions. To discuss this piece and its implications (and to argue back on it) we brought on Zena Hitz, a philosopher, a tutor at St. John’s Co…

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Betting on the Pope and the Fragile Trump Coalition 1:08:44

2M ago1:08:44

1:08:44

Hello! Today we’re talking Pope and the odds for each of the contenders. If you want a quick way to catch up with who the choices might be and what they represent politically, please tune in! Who is the continuation candidate? Who is the lib? And who is the arch right winger who only talks like an Elon Musk reply guy? And we talk a bit about the Tr…

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Corruption, Manufacturing, and the Future of the Country with Zephyr Teachout 1:09:50

2M ago1:09:50

1:09:50

Hello! This week we have on Zephyr Teachout, Professor at Law at Fordham University and columnist at the Nation, for a long talk about protectionism, neoliberalism, and how to capture the spirit of the country. Can liberals just sell free market capitalism and off-shoring to an angry public? Or will there have to be seem change in messaging that wi…

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The Allure of Trad Factory Town and Tariff America 1:16:08

3M ago1:16:08

1:16:08

Hello! Today we talk about what the supporters of the tariffs might actually be thinking and why we might take the latest Trump gambit a little more seriously as a lasting movement/idea. What is it about the vision of a manufacturing/factory town America that seems like its so appealing to a portion of the population and how does nativism and “anti…

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A New Vision for the Democratic Party with Saikat Chakrabarti 1:01:45

3M ago1:01:45

1:01:45

Hello! Today we have on Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff for AOC and one of the formers leaders of the Justice Democrats. Saikat is currently running for Congress against Nancy Pelosi. We talk about the possibilities of a Democratic Tea Party, how progressives need to think about actually doing stuff, and a lot about housing. This was …

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SIGNALGATE! 1:16:48

3M ago1:16:48

1:16:48

We talk about SignalGate, Trump’s clown show problem, and a little bit about Richard Linklater’s “Waking Life” and why the Alex Jones from 25 years ago might have been ahead of his time. What does “combative centrism” mean? Does anyone actually care? All these topics and more discussed in this here episode. This is a public episode. If you'd like t…

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It's Time for a Liberal Tea Party 1:07:13

3M ago1:07:13

1:07:13

Hello! This week we talk about the growing tea party vibes around the Democratic party, Schumer’s shame, the anti-establishment energy that’s emanating from the Blue MAGA base, and the new attempts to rebrand old ideas into new ones. Will anyone in the Democratic establishment survive the next decade? Or is it all over but the crying? Also we talk …

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What We Got Wrong During the Pandemic with Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee 1:16:47

4M ago1:16:47

1:16:47

Hello! Today we talk with the authors of “In Covid’s Wake: How our Politics Failed Us” by Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee. We talk about what we got wrong during the pandemic, how to battle groupthink, especially when it comes to science, and why so many people were willing to accept one version of public health without proper debate or questioning.…

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TEM321: Prince on Striking Gold 8:10

4M ago8:10

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You can also watch TEM321 on YouTube. On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician: In this episode, Andrew Hitz shares insights inspired by two quotes from the legendary musician Prince. He examines Prince's perspective on perseverance, the creative process, and the importance of receiving constructive criticism from the right sources. Key P…

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The Democrats Play Dead and Trump's Ukraine Reality Show 1:25:37

4M ago1:25:37

1:25:37

Hello! Today we talk about the big WWE showdown at the White House between Zelensky and the tag team of Trump and JD Vance, where our alarm meters are for “wait maybe Trump actually is going to do all the stuff he said he’s going to do,” and we talk about the Democratic plan to “play dead” and wait for the perfect moment to form like Voltron and co…

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Elon's E-mail Phishing Scheme, the JFK files, and Leap Years 1:33:54

4M ago1:33:54

1:33:54

Hello! Today we talk about Elon’s gambit to get everyone to respond to a work email on a weekend, the Eagles will they/won’t they trip to the White House, the Trump administration’s vague crackdown, and we talk for a long time for some reason about leap years and how they’re weird. ENJOY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with…

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TEM320: You Know What They Say About Opinions... 14:05

4M ago14:05

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You can also watch TEM320 on YouTube. On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician: In this episode, Andrew Hitz discusses the challenge of receiving well-intentioned but potentially misguided advice when starting new projects. He explores how people often present their personal preferences as universal truths and explains why standing out by…

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The Future of America is in the Southwest with Kyle Paoletta 1:11:34

4M ago1:11:34

1:11:34

Hello! Today, Jay talks to long-time TTSG community member Kyle Paoletta about his new book, American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest. We talk about British travel writing, the building of Albuquerque and Phoenix, climate change, Las Vegas and how the future of American cities might be found in the history of hundreds of ye…

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The 2028 Celebrity President Draft and How to Think About DOGE 1:17:03

4M ago1:17:03

1:17:03

Hello! Very excited to see so many new subscribers to the podcast over the past two weeks. As a reminder, we are a fully listener supported show so if you could help us keep the lights on over here with a paid subscription, we would greatly appreciate it. Our goal is to always at least provide one show a week for free, which TTSG has been doing now…

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Elon! Elon! Elon! with Ryan Mac 1:00:37

5M ago1:00:37

1:00:37

Hello! Today we’re talking all things Elon with Ryan Mac, a reporter at the NYT and the co-author along with Kate Conger of CHARACTER LIMITS: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. Ryan’s probably reported more on Elon than pretty much anyone in the press and he gives us his perspective on what’s happened, what moves Elon has made that he also made durin…

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DeepSeek's Sputnik Moment with Karen Hao 57:27

5M ago57:27

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Hello! Today we have on repeat guest Karen Hao, a journalist who writes for the Atlantic and has been one of the sharpest minds on OpenAI and this emerging industry. We talk about DeepSeek, the Chinese AI model that deleted over a trillion dollars out of the NASDAQ and temporarily tanked NVIDIA’s seemingly unstoppable growth and how it might change…

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TEM319: The Fallacy of Thinking Your Way Into Different Action 12:18

5M ago12:18

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Why you need to stop thinking about it and you need to start doing it. Watch 319 on YouTube and head over to tem.fm for the TEM319 Show Notes including a list of topics covered in this episode as well as links to all references mentioned. ----- Do you ever jump from project to project and rarely seem to finish anything? Let TEM Coaching design you …

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TEM318: A Year From Now You May Wish You Had Started 10:37

5M ago10:37

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The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today. Watch 318 on YouTube and head over to tem.fm for the TEM318 Show Notes including a list of topics covered in this episode as well as links to all references mentioned. ----- Do you ever jump from project to project and rarely seem to finish anything? Let TEM Coaching desi…

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Biden's Pardons, Trump's Speech, Elon's Upstaging, and Why the Libs Have Been So Quiet 1:09:48

5M ago1:09:48

1:09:48

Hello! We talk today about the Biden Crime Family, Trump’s sleepy and then not-sleepy speech, the Panama Canal, Mars, and whether Trump actually had prepared for his big (second) moment. Then we go into Elon’s salute and the eerie silence that has fallen over the “resistance” and what that might mean for the next few years. Enjoy! This is a public …

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TEM317: Sitting With Uncertainty Is a Superpower 16:07

5M ago16:07

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Why sitting with uncertainty is actually a superpower and a reminder that uncertainty means you are on the right path. Watch 317 on YouTube and head over to tem.fm for the TEM317 Show Notes including a list of topics covered in this episode as well as links to all references mentioned. ----- Do you ever jump from project to project and rarely seem …

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Phone Alienation, Body Optimization, and Make America Healthy Again with Maya Vinokour 1:13:28

5M ago1:13:28

1:13:28

Hello! Today’s episode is a lively one! We talk about optimization, working out, RFK Jr., and how health and the woowoo New Age trends of the 1970s somehow got right-coded and then turned into a pathway to becoming one of the worst people on earth. Our guest to discuss all this is Maya Vinokour, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Russian S…

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Are We Already Forgetting about January 6th? with John Ganz 1:33:55

6M ago1:33:55

1:33:55

Hello! Today we have a belated 1/6 anniversary special with repeat guest John Ganz, whose great book “When the Clock Broke” can be ordered here and whose essential substack can be read here. We discuss how the public will remember January 6th and whether it might already be fading from the collective memory. What do we make of it today after last N…

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H1B, Vivek and the Big Fight in the Right 1:13:23

6M ago1:13:23

1:13:23

Hello! After a long string of edifying and informative conversations with experts and thinkers, Tyler and I catch up on the big fight in MAGA world over H1B visa holders, highly skilled immigrants, and what we make of Vivek’s big tweet about… Saved By the Ball? Kids going to malls instead of studying? Really what year did he think he lives in? Anyw…

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The "Groups" and the Non Profit Industrial Complex with Dr. Claire Dunning 1:14:18

6M ago1:14:18

1:14:18

Hello! Today we have another informative and deep episode with Claire Dunning, a historian and associate professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. Her first book, which came out with the University of Chicago Press in 2022, is a history of urban nonprofits and philanthropic organizations titled Nonprofit Neighborhoods:…

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What just happened in Korea? with Max Kim 1:17:05

7M ago1:17:05

1:17:05

Hello! Today we have on Max Kim, the Seoul correspondent for the LA Times and a repeat TTSG guest to provide a worthy service. If you are interested in what's happening in Korea but don't know a whole lot about Korea history, politics, or even who President Yoon might be outside of a few viral clips of him singing and his incredibly stupid recent c…

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Is the Online Gambling Bubble about to Bust? with David Hill 1:11:01

7M ago1:11:01

1:11:01

This week we have on David Hill, the author of a great Rolling Stone article on the online sports betting industry. Dave is the best writer on this topic in America and we talked about his childhood in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the history behind some of these big companies like Draftkings and FanDuel and how they try to exploit players to turn a prof…

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Who Gets to Be a Populist? with Nancy Fraser 57:31

7M ago57:31

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Hello! Today for the holiday weekend, we have Nancy Fraser, the Henry and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science at the New School. She has written widely on feminism, injustice, the problem with identity politics, and neoliberalism. Her most recent books are Cannibal Capitalism and The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born, both o…

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A History of Trans Activism with Jamie Lauren Keiles 1:20:42

7M ago1:20:42

1:20:42

Hello! Today we have Jamie Lauren Keiles, the author of an upcoming book about the rise of nonbinary identity in America, back on the show. We talk about the thinly veiled post mortems by some within the Democratic coalition to abandon 'the whole trans thing,' the history of how trans rights became such a large part of the country's political conve…

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Do we really need polls? 1:18:09

8M ago1:18:09

1:18:09

Hello! Today we brought back our polling experts Ben Recht, a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and Leif Weatherby, a professor of German and the founding director of the Digital Theory Lab at NYU. We set out to really talk about one question: Can we trust these polls and were they right or wrong? Then we talked a lot about how campaigns…

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Can We Ever Trust the Polls Again? 1:18:09

8M ago1:18:09

1:18:09

Hello! Today we brought back our polling experts Ben Recht, a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and Leif Weatherby, a professor of German and the founding director of the Digital Theory Lab at NYU. We set out to really talk about one question: Can we trust these polls and were they right or wrong? Then we talked a lot about how campaigns…

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Emergency Pod: Oh No What Just Happened 1:05:05

8M ago1:05:05

1:05:05

Tyler and Jay talk about the distressing results with Trump at 92% to win on the needle, what might happen for the Democrats in the future, and spend a whole lot of time talking about the "minority vote" and what went wrong. We promise we do very little "I told you so" in this episode. Honestly, it's about as morose as you'll ever hear us as we bot…

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Six Days until The Election Special! 1:10:20

8M ago1:10:20

1:10:20

Hello! We talk about the Trump rally in New York City, Kamala’s closing statements and why, despite months of criticizing the Harris/Walz campaign and living in deep blue states, we both ended up voting for it. We also try to tee up what the next four years might look like for the Democrats whether Harris wins or loses. As always, this show is fund…

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Why Can't Kids Read Anymore with Susannah Grossman 1:21:34

8M ago1:21:34

1:21:34

Hello! This week we are discussing the state of reading in America and the big Atlantic article that said that college kids can’t really make it through difficult books anymore and blamed woke or something. Our guest is Susannah Grossman, a veteran teacher who has been on both sides of this debate. Really good episode this week imho — lotta lively …

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Kamala's Plan for Black Men and We Try to Be Positive 1:11:22

8M ago1:11:22

1:11:22

Hello! Today we’re talking about Kamala Harris’s plan for Black men, crypto, one million loans for $20,000, and Trump’s 30 minute spotify playlist party which included his favorite song (Time to Say Goodbye). We also give our best case for the Harris campaign’s strategy and its endless tacks to the right. The LEAST toxic TTSG in months! As always, …

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Black Quarterbacks and the Meritocracy with Louis Moore 1:00:01

9M ago1:00:01

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Hello! Today’s episode is about THE GREAT BLACK HOPE, a new book by the historian Louis Moore. We talk about the history of Black quarterbacks, both in college and the NFL, the financial and societal pressures that have both led to change and kept some things the same. On a larger scale, we talk about how sports serves both as a testing ground for …

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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates and What Writing is For with Jazmine Hughes 1:10:27

9M ago1:10:27

1:10:27

Hello! Apologies for the slight delay in getting this episode out but we have a great show today with the writer Jazmine Hughes. We talk about Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book about writing, the West Bank and his travels, the writer-as-activist-celebrity, and the strange and tangled relationship that we, as minority writers, have with prestige media out…

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RIP Fredric Jameson and some takes on the whole RFK - Nuzzi thing 1:01:37

9M ago1:01:37

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Hello! This week Tyler pays tribute to the great literary critic Fredric Jameson who tragically passed away recently. We talk about the importance of his work and why it will be hard to find someone like him given the state of the academy and literary culture. And then we dive into what happened between RFK and Olivia Nuzzi and how journalism ethic…

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Trump's Horrible Lies about Haitian Residents in Springfield, Ohio and More Assassination Talk 1:03:41

9M ago1:03:41

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Hello! A quick note before we start: We recorded this as we always do on Tuesday for an early Wednesday release. The last part of the show focuses on what at the time was a wishy-washy and evasive response from Kamala Harris when asked about what Trump and Vance were doing to Haitian residents in Springfield, Ohio. Since then, Harris has come out a…

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Do We Like Living in DataWorld and iPhones and the End of History with Ben Recht and Leif Weatherby 1:22:54

10M ago1:22:54

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Hello! Today we have a fun conversation with recurring guest Ben Recht, a professor of computer science and machine learning at UC Berkeley and Leif Weatherby, an associate professor of German at NYU. We talk about the article they wrote about Nate Silver’s latest book, the world of Big Data, and then we start talking about how maybe the inability …

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BACK TO SCHOOL: MIT's disappearing Black student population, Affirmative Action, and sea changes in higher ed 1:11:28

10M ago1:11:28

1:11:28

Hello! Welcome back to school everyone. This week, we talk about an article in the New York Times that asks whether we infantilize students and whether we should start treating 18 year old college kids like adults. We also get into the admissions numbers out of MIT after the Affirmative Action Supreme Court and whether we might be seeing a sea chan…

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Kamala's Big Speech, RFK as Shadow Veep, and Panic at Pomona 1:21:25

10M ago1:21:25

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Hello! Today, we talk about Kamala’s big speech at the DNC, the cat-and-mouse game her campaign is playing with the media, why we’re probably fine with it in the end, and RFK’s 45 minute speech that outlined his new role as Trump’s new attack dog. (Mostly because JD Vance is not doing so well.) We also talked about scandal in the English Department…

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AOC, Convention Night 1, and the Future of the Left with Matt Karp 1:27:35

10M ago1:27:35

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Hello! We’re joined today by Matt Karp, a columnist for Harper’s, a professor of History at Princeton and one of the most intelligent and incisive writers on the left. We talk about AOC’s big night at the DNC, the somewhat moribund state of the left after Bernie’s big win in the 2020 Nevada primary, and whether the future for the left is bright or …

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Can Harris and Walz Capture the Rural Vote? A conversation with Paolo Cremidis. 1:00:43

11M ago1:00:43

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Hello! Today, we talk about the rural vote and the positioning of Tim Walz as the rural whisperer. Will it work? Is there such a thing as a “rural identity” that might look at Walz and gravitate towards him? What’s the thinking behind all that? To help us through it, we talked to Paolo Cremidis, the organizer of the recent Rural Americans for Harri…

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