Kash Patel, Trump's FBI Director-Designate, has an enemies list--patriots he wants to prosecute for upholding the law and American values. Turns out, it looks a lot like our guest list. This week, we hear from three of our guests who are on the list: Nina

Hi Friends, While Alyssa was starring in Chicago on Broadway, she took some time away from the podcast - but now she's back! We catch up on the election, the role of art in times of strife, self-preservation, and a whole lot more.

This year, many of us are struggling to find gratitude. Perhaps we can find it in the story of Sara Josepha Hale, the women who made it her life's mission to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. She had to face a nation in civil war, a president in crisi

There seems to be no end to the violent conflict around the world. This violence seems to produce no end of human suffering, but as Stalin said, The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic." OUr guest this week is a master of

Friends, it's a hard week.We lost, badly, and we learned more than we wanted to know about our neighbors. History gives us a lesson or two on what befalls those who govern with hate and abuses of power, and the resilience of the people who suffer under

The election is this week. The choice is yours: do we elect a convicted felon who has been adjudicated responsible for rape, who tried to overthrow the government, who pushed the Supreme Court to a never-before-seen level of extremism, who has threatened

For most of the past 200 years, the United States has held itself in a nearly mythical esteemand sometimes, used that esteem to justify doing terrible things in the name of the greater good. In their new book The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Forei

Since the fall of Roe v Wade, the Republican extremists in Congress and in the states have been giddy at taking away the right to bodily autonomyespecially aimed at women and pregnant people. Jessica Valenti takes a clear look at what is happening and ho

The American right is weaponizing state-sponsored and endorsed vigilantism in an effort to impose Christian Nationalism in the United States. Thats the argument Jon Michaels and David Noll make in their new book Vigilante Nation: How State Sponsored Ter

Youve seen his videosthe hilarious sendups of Trump and his cronies almost always with a particular musical flare. Well, Randy Rainbow has a new book outLow-Hanging Fruit: Sparkling Whines, Champagne Problems, and Pressing Issues from My Gay Agenda. We