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Your audio guide to thought-provoking arguments on a variety of topics, from perspectives left, right, and center. These smart, concise podcasts pack big ideas into a short amount of time and promise to challenge, inspire, and get you thinking about a range of points of view that you may or may not…

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    Ep. 77: What the Star Wars 'who-shot-first' controversy tells us about modern-day fandom

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2017 6:03


    We live in an age in which audiences simply reject a filmmaker's explanation of what happens in his movie

    Ep. 76: A mourner's guide to surviving the holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 6:02


    Christmas isn't always merry. Here's how to deal with grief over the holidays.

    Ep. 75: Can liberal podcasters dethrone Limbaugh & Co.?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2017 6:54


    Welcome to Pod—landia

    Ep. 74: Thanksgiving is awesome!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2017 5:56


    A Frenchman's ode to this quintessential American holiday

    Ep. 73: Has Generation X lost its chance to occupy the White House?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017 6:55


    How the generation charmingly called "America's neglected middle child" could save Washington

    Ep. 72: What America lost when it ended the draft

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 7:10


    Nothing builds social cohesion like a call for shared sacrifice

    Ep. 71: Why scary books are better than scary movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 6:03


    The scariest place on Earth may be in your own head

    Ep. 70: A definitive, absolutely correct, unquestionable ranking of the months of the year

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 7:00


    October is the best month of the year. If you disagree, you are wrong.

    Ep. 69: What the Constitution really says about guns

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 6:37


    The Second Amendment isn't here to defend gun-right absolutists

    Ep. 68: The wild card game is killing baseball

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2017 6:49


    Baseball teams aren't even battling for wild card spots anymore. That's a problem.

    Ep. 67: Why immigration in Canada is less divisive than in the U.S.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2017 6:53


    Ep. 66: Against autumn creep

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2017 6:43


    Ep. 65: How today's female politicians became modern heroines

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2017 7:15


    Ep. 64: America's bus system is broken

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2017 6:54


    It's the poor who will suffer most when bus travel is neglected

    Ep. 63: Why 'Frasier' is the best show to sleep to

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2017 6:59


    That inky swamp of panic you live in? Banished by Kelsey Grammer's soothing voice and plush neuroses.

    Ep. 62: Against a guaranteed jobs program

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2017 6:43


    During the Great Depression, the government created thousands of jobs for the unemployed. That would never work today.

    Ep. 61: Why 'freedom of speech' is a cartoonish fantasy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2017 6:53


    Free speech absolutists are ignoring history

    Ep. 60: President Trump and the perils of unchecked executive power

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 5:24


    How Trump exposes a dangerous problem at the heart of American government

    Ep. 59: The fall of America

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2017 7:08


    Four signs the U.S. has entered an age of decline

    Ep. 58: Make government simple again

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2017 5:57


    It doesn't have to be this complicated!

    Ep. 57: Why you should vacation somewhere new, unexpected, and totally out of your comfort zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2017 5:59


    Ep. 56: Pregnancy is not a disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2017 6:11


    Every birth is a miracle. Every child is made beautifully in the image of God. It's as simple as that.

    Ep. 55: The one thing you must always remember about President Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2017 5:14


    He does not care enough about the American presidency to give up his business for it

    Ep. 54: Why I don't celebrate the Fourth of July

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2017 5:40


    I'm glad to be an American, but I can't celebrate the dire price we paid for our independence.

    Ep. 53: I got an IUD. It was a nightmare.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2017 6:05


    We need to stop glorifying this form of birth control and instead help women get better access to reproductive health care.

    Ep. 52: In defense of child-free vacations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2017 6:30


    Ep. 51: Want to be smarter than your friends? Watch C-SPAN.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2017 6:40


    If you're at all concerned with what your lawmakers are doing on Capitol Hill, C-SPAN should be your lifeblood.

    Ep. 50: It's time to declare war on climate change — literally

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017 4:59


    Mobilizing all the U.S.'s resources will not only stave off catastrophic global warming, but also encourage innovation and economic progress

    Ep. 49: America needs more congressmen. Hundreds and hundreds more congressmen.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2017 6:59


    Ep. 48: My 8-year-old daughter wanted to play basketball. But sexism got in the way.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2017 6:37


    She'd hoped to play alongside the boys. The boys had other ideas.

    Ep. 47: I am a murderino

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2017 7:00


    Let me tell you about 'My Favorite Murder'

    Ep. 46: The beautiful fiction of Disneyland

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2017 6:55


    Ep. 45: There's never been a better time to watch 'Dirty Dancing'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 6:56


    Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the film is far more politically radical than you remember

    Ep. 44: I already miss the Chicago Cubs' curse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 6:08


    Sports curses are wonderful — until they're broken

    Ep. 43: How Kellyanne Conway became the greatest spin doctor in modern American history

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2017 6:56


    How does she do it? Let's examine cool girling, ice queening, and more of Conway's go-to strategies.

    Ep. 42: 'The health-care maze' #2: Why fixing American healthcare is easy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 7:03


    Part two of our podcast series, "The health-care maze": Lessons from a feel-good story about health insurance

    Ep. 41: 'The health-care maze' #1: This is how American health care kills people

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2017 7:20


    Matthew Stewart thought he had good insurance. Then he started vomiting blood.

    Ep. 40: The sheer terror of being alone with our thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 5:51


    We spend much of our lives trying to flee the inescapable fact of our own finitude — and it's much easier to do so amid a swarm of buzzing distractions.

    Ep. 39: Falling in love with March Madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 6:30


    Here's the thing about college sports: They suck you in with feelings instead of flash

    Ep. 38: A love letter to my gynecologist

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2017 6:07


    Ep. 37: How to fix the Supreme Court

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 6:12


    Supreme Court justices shouldn't serve for life. They should each get 18 years.

    Ep. 36: Death to corporate business-speak!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 5:44


    Integrate this best practice into your vertical: Speak English!

    Ep. 35: Reading 1984 in the age of Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2017 6:41


    The definition of "power" in America today is best encapsulated by a sentence written 70 years ago

    Ep. 34: Why we should all be having sex with robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 6:13


    I, for one, welcome these amorous androids

    Ep. 33: Why reality might stand a chance against Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2017 5:47


    Here's why the Trump White House can't just create an alternate universe in which everything he does is a success.

    Ep. 32: Sherlock's bizarrely self-aware problem with women

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2017 6:42


    How the series keeps dutifully confessing it has a woman problem — without ever quite fixing it

    Ep. 31: Why it may be impossible to raise 'free range kids'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2017 7:00


    The decline of the American neighborhood has inhibited our ability to instill self-reliance in our children

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