Podcast appearances and mentions of Virginia Heffernan

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 61:07

Come see me and JL in Pittsburgh on Weds Oct 11 Buy Kevin's Honey! Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more 16 mins Virginia Heffernan is a journalist, critic and author, most recently, of MAGIC AND LOSS: The Internet as Art (Simon & Schuster, 2016). She is a contributing editor at WIRED, a cohost of Slate's Trumpcast podcast, and a columnist at the Los Angeles Times. WIRED: What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World? Heather Cox Richardson on Democracy in Agony Heffernan has been called "America's preeminent cultural critic," "a public intellectual for the 21st century," and among the "finest living writers of English prose." Edward Mendelson in The New York Review of Books called MAGIC AND LOSS, "surprisingly moving...an ecstatic narrative of submission." Kevin Kelly, the co-founder of WIRED, writes, "Heffernan is a new species of wizard. It is a joy and a revelation to be under her spell." Follow her on twitter and subscribe to her Substack Pete on YouTube Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

886 Virginia Heffernan Returns !

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 84:07

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Virginia Heffernan is a journalist, critic and author, most recently, of MAGIC AND LOSS: The Internet as Art (Simon & Schuster, 2016). She is a contributing editor at WIRED, a cohost of Slate's Trumpcast podcast, and a columnist at the Los Angeles Times. Heffernan has been called "America's preeminent cultural critic," "a public intellectual for the 21st century," and among the "finest living writers of English prose." Edward Mendelson in The New York Review of Books called MAGIC AND LOSS, "surprisingly moving...an ecstatic narrative of submission." Kevin Kelly, the co-founder of WIRED, writes, "Heffernan is a new species of wizard. It is a joy and a revelation to be under her spell." Follow her on twitter and subscribe to her Substack Pete on YouTube Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

Sergey Brin and the 23andMe Story | Part 3

Infamous

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 31:14

Philosophy queen Virginia Heffernan looks back on her experience wearing Google Glass and on the product's ultimate failure, then considers what the fiasco can tell us about the current state of technology. How do the human weaknesses of Bezos and Musk influence the products they sell to us? And is the reign of these Silicon Valley titans coming to an end? Click ‘Subscribe' at the top of the Infamous show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ozempic or Life with author and journalist Virginia Heffernan

Real Fit

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2023 51:28

This episode I'm joined by my former long-time client and friend, the incredible journalist and author Virginia Heffernan. Virginia is the author of Magic and Loss The Internet as Art. On today's show discuss the substack article she wrote about Ozempic. Virginia is a warrior for humanity's human-ness. We had a wonderful conversation. Be sure to subscribe to her newsletter and find her recent writing and media appearances here. Follow her on IG here.Follow Busy Body Podcast on IG @brooklynstrength for free content to help your body feel better and opportunities to work with me directly.

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847 Virginia Heffernan and Bill B in DC

Story of the Week with Joel Stein

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 98:26

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more 16 mins Virginia Heffernan is a journalist, critic and author, most recently, of MAGIC AND LOSS: The Internet as Art (Simon & Schuster, 2016). She is a contributing editor at WIRED, a cohost of Slate's Trumpcast podcast, and a columnist at the Los Angeles Times. Heffernan has been called "America's preeminent cultural critic," "a public intellectual for the 21st century," and among the "finest living writers of English prose." Edward Mendelson in The New York Review of Books called MAGIC AND LOSS, "surprisingly moving...an ecstatic narrative of submission." Kevin Kelly, the co-founder of WIRED, writes, "Heffernan is a new species of wizard. It is a joy and a revelation to be under her spell." Follow her on twitter and subscribe to her Substack 1:02 Bill Boyle is a well sourced and connected businessman who lives in Washington DC with his wife and son. Bill is a trusted friend and source for me who I met after he listened and became a regular and highly respected caller of my siriusxm radio show. Bill is a voracious reader and listeners love to hear his take. I think his analysis is as sharp as anyone you will hear on radio or TV and he has well placed friends across the federal government who are always talking to him. As far as I can tell he is not in the CIA. Follow him on twitter and park at his garages. Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

Inside the Most Important Microchip Factory in the World

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 23:34 Transcription Available

Nearly all of the high-end microchips in the world - the ones we depend on for our phones and cars – are manufactured in an unassuming factory in Taiwan. Virginia Heffernan is one of the few reporters to go inside. She wrote about what she saw for Wired. You can read Virginia Heffernan's story, "I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory" here: https://www.wired.com/story/i-saw-the-face-of-god-in-a-tsmc-factory/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Infiltrated!

The Continuous Action

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 22:53

A 2015 membership roll for the Oath Keepers, a violent, anti-government extremist group, included hundreds of current or former employees of the Department of Homeland Security. That's according to a leaked document reviewed by the Project On Government Oversight. Since the creation of the document, members of the Oath Keepers, including its founder Steward Rhodes, have been convicted of seditious conspiracy and other offenses related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Any connection between this extremist group and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is obviously disturbing — especially considering the department's role in fighting domestic terrorism. And this list may just be the tip of the proverbial iceberg. An internal study found that “significant gaps” have impeded the department's ability to “respond to potential threats related to domestic violent extremism within DHS.” On this episode of The Continuous Action, Virginia Heffernan and Walt Shaub sound the alarm. POGO senior investigator Nick Schwellenbach joins them to share the findings of his investigation into the troubling ties between extremists and the government agencies responsible for protecting the public. For transcript and show notes, visit pogo.org/podcasts/the-continuous-action Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Authoritarian's Fist

The Continuous Action

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 23:37

Imagine a world in which the president had unfettered power to use the massive federal workforce as a weapon against political rivals. In that scenario, federal officials would be forced to serve a political party's interests instead of the public interest. Your access to federal benefits and services could be slowed or blocked depending on your declared political affiliation. That's a world that former President Donald Trump tried to make a reality in the final days of his administration. Exploiting a statutory loophole, Trump issued an executive order in October 2020 that could have made tens of thousands of federal employees, maybe hundreds of thousands, fireable at will by political operatives. Public servants could have faced retaliation if they reported corruption or refused to follow unlawful orders. President Joe Biden rescinded the executive order before Trump could implement this new system. But the nation isn't out of the woods. Congress has failed to close the loophole that made this plan possible. And now, there's a movement to resurrect it and politicize the civil service. On this episode of The Continuous Action, Virginia Heffernan and Walt Shaub delve into the issue with Rudy Mehrbani, senior director for governance at the Democracy Fund and a former director of the White House's Office of Presidential Personnel.For transcript and show notes, visit pogo.org/podcasts/the-continuous-action Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Banned from Office!

The Continuous Action

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 23:19

Is Donald Trump constitutionally disqualified from running for president? In this episode of The Continuous Action, Walt Shaub and Virginia Heffernan examine a provision of the Constitution that bans insurrectionists from holding public office. The “disqualification clause” was ratified with the rest of the 14th Amendment just after the Civil War, and it hadn't been used in the last hundred years — until a recent court case. In 2022, a group of New Mexico citizens filed a suit alleging that a local county commissioner who was involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol should be disqualified from holding office. A state judge agreed, finding that the commissioner's actions on January 6 qualified as having “engaged in … insurrection.” The judge banned him from ever holding office again. To learn more about the case, and what it might mean for others involved in the events of January 6, Virginia and Walt talk to POGO's own Liz Hempowicz, who co-authored a report on applications of the disqualification clause. They also catch up with one of the lawyers who tried the Griffin case, Donald Sherman of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Listen in to learn more about how this important part of the 14th Amendment works, who it might affect, what happened in the New Mexico case, and what's coming next for candidate Trump. For transcript and show notes, visit pogo.org/podcasts/the-continuous-action Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ring of Fire: High-Stakes Mining in a Lowlands Wilderness, the New Book by Author Virginia Heffernan.

William Ramsey Investigates

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 48:16

Ring of Fire: High-Stakes Mining in a Lowlands Wilderness, the New Book by Author Virginia Heffernan. Author Website: www.geopen.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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805 Virginia Heffernan AND Jeff Sharlet !!!

Gadget Lab: Weekly Tech News

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 91:25

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Virginia Heffernan is a journalist, critic and author, most recently, of MAGIC AND LOSS: The Internet as Art (Simon & Schuster, 2016). She is a contributing editor at WIRED, a cohost of Slate's Trumpcast podcast, and a columnist at the Los Angeles Times. Heffernan has been called "America's preeminent cultural critic," "a public intellectual for the 21st century," and among the "finest living writers of English prose." Edward Mendelson in The New York Review of Books called MAGIC AND LOSS, "surprisingly moving...an ecstatic narrative of submission." Kevin Kelly, the co-founder of WIRED, writes, "Heffernan is a new species of wizard. It is a joy and a revelation to be under her spell." Follow her on twitter and subscribe to her Substack Order Jeff's new book The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War Jeff Sharlet is a journalist and bestselling author or editor of seven books, including The Family, the basis for a 2019 Netflix documentary series, The Family, of which he is executive producer. His most recent book, combining image and text, is This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers. "Gorgeous," says The New York Times, "[t]he book ingeniously reminds us that all of our lives — our struggles, desires, grief — happen concurrently with everyone else's, and this awareness helps dissolve the boundaries between us." Sharlet's other books include Sweet Heaven When I Die, C Street, and, with Peter Manseau, Killing the Buddha, and two edited volumes, Radiant Truths, and (with Manseau) Believer, Beware. His writing on Russia's anti-LGBTQ crusade earned the National Magazine Award for Reporting, and his writing on anti-LGBT campaigns in Uganda earned the Molly Ivins Prize and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission's Outspoken Award, among others. He has also been the recipient of numerous fellowships from the MacDowell Colony. Sharlet is an editor-at-large for VQR, a contributing editor for Harper's and Rolling Stone, and a contributor to publications including The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, GQ, Esquire, Mother Jones, Bookforum, and others. At Dartmouth College, he is the publisher of 40 Towns and a member of the Society of Fellows. Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

The Sacred Mountain of Chip-Making

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 44:14

If you're reading this, you can thank a semiconductor. Phones, tablets, computers—really any device more digital than pen and paper—all depend on the tiny chips inside them to function. The semiconductor industry is massive, and at the center of it all is one massive firm that makes the bulk of the chips we all rely on: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. The company, known widely as just TSMC, is not only the most important enterprise in the chip industry, but it's also a powerful and stabilizing force in the geopolitical standoff between Taiwan and China that, if ignited, would affect the whole world. TSMC's untouchable status has earned it an amusing nickname: The Sacred Mountain of Protection. This week on Gadget Lab, WIRED contributor Virginia Heffernan talks about her trip to the TSMC facility in Taiwan. She tells us how chips are made and explains how the semiconductor industry—TSMC in particular—drives innovation while remaining largely invisible. Show Notes: Read Virginia's story about her trip to the TSMC factory in Taiwan. Recommendations: Virginia recommends the show Seven Seconds on Netflix. Mike recommends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's podcast How to Fix the Internet, specifically the episode “So You Think You're a Critical Thinker.” Lauren recommends the Apple TV show Bad Sisters. Virginia Heffernan can be found on Twitter @page88. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab. The show is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Will a Road Make the Ring of Fire a Reality?

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 33:43

For the better part of 15 years, the Ring of Fire, the biggest mining prize in a generation, or more, has confounded those who would develop it. One of the key issues is how to get to and from the remote area. But the province may have presented a solution with a recently announced agreement on the terms of reference for a First Nations-led plan for a permanent road to the Ring of Fire. To help us understand the significance of this deal, we welcome: geoscientist Kristan Straub, CEO of Ring of Fire Metals, a Canadian mining subsidiary of Australia's Wyloo Metals, and a member of Henvey Inlet First Nation; Virginia Heffernan, principal of GeoPen Communications, and author of, "Ring of Fire: High Stakes Mining in a Lowlands Wilderness;" and Stan Sudol, communications consultant and mining strategist who runs the website, The Republic of Mining.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Armie Hammer's Blunt Force Trauma: Jamie Kirchick On The Story No One Will Tell

The Unspeakable Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 59:44

This week Meghan welcomes back journalist Jamie Kirchick. Jamie was on The Unspeakable last fall with Mike Pesca and Virginia Heffernan, his co-hosts on the political analysis podcast Not Even Mad, which is currently on hiatus. Now, he's here for a very different reason. On February 4, Jamie published an extraordinarily long and quite remarkable–even shocking– article about the case of the film actor Armie Hammer, whose reputation was annihilated in early 2021 when he was accused by a series of women of physical and sexual violence and even cannibalism. Though investigations have so far turned up nothing along these lines, the court of public opinion has held firm in its rebuke of Hammer and there's been little incentive in Hollywood or the news media to take an honest look at the facts. But Jamie's article may be a significant turning point and he came on the podcast to recap the story, talk about what it was like to report it, and reflect on the various cultural dynamics that allowed things to play out as they did. Jamie is a columnist for Tablet Magazine and a writer for the digital news and culture site Air Mail, where his story, Armie Hammer Breaks His Silence, was published. Jamie stuck around for some bonus chat about Meghan's favorite question; how he feels about being the age he is (spoiler: 39). That led to other topics; for instance how he feels about being gay amidst a so-called “queer” revolution and how, as an elder millennial, he feels about Gen Z. To hear that portion, go to meghandaudm.substack.com and become a paying subscriber. Guest Bio: Jamie Kirchick is a columnist for Tablet magazine, a writer-at-large for Air Mail and the author of the bestseller Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington.

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Episode 742: The Indomitable Virginia Heffernan

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 63:29

Sorry today's show was posted late but it is definitely worth listening to because Virginia Heffernan is always worth listening to. Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Virginia Heffernan is a journalist, critic and author, most recently, of MAGIC AND LOSS: The Internet as Art (Simon & Schuster, 2016). She is a contributing editor at WIRED, a cohost of Slate's Trumpcast podcast, and a columnist at the Los Angeles Times. Heffernan has been called "America's preeminent cultural critic," "a public intellectual for the 21st century," and among the "finest living writers of English prose." Edward Mendelson in The New York Review of Books called MAGIC AND LOSS, "surprisingly moving...an ecstatic narrative of submission." Kevin Kelly, the co-founder of WIRED, writes, "Heffernan is a new species of wizard. It is a joy and a revelation to be under her spell." Follow her on twitter and subscribe to her Substack Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

BEST OF THE GIST: Talking About Guns Edition

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 45:06

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen to the first 20 minutes or so of the most recent episode of our sister podcast, Not Even Mad. In it, Mike, Jamie Kirchick, and Virginia Heffernan discuss the narratives created around mass shootings. Then we dig into The Gist archives and listen back to Mike's April 2018 interview with National Review editor Charles C. W. Cooke on why he thinks repealing the Second Amendment would be a losing proposition for gun control advocates. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 06 | Mass Shooting Motivations, Biden 2024, and Cancel Court: James Webb Space Telescope

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 55:02

Today on Not Even Mad, hosts Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick discuss narratives around mass shootings, the likelihood of Joe Biden's 2024 bid, and the man with a space telescope named after him goes to Cancel Court. Let us know what you think about the podcast, and tell us what you'd like to hear Mike, Virginia, and Jamie debate: notevenmad@peachfishprojects.com. Produced by Joel Patterson Theme by Max Kerman Content design by Big Yellow Taxi Michelle Pesca COO of Peach Fish Projects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BEST OF THE GIST: Uncle Slander Edition

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2022 28:38

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we are replaying a chunk of this past week's episode of Not Even Mad, the new podcast from the makers of The Gist. Today we listen to Cancel Court where Mike, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick discuss Public-health commentator Leana Wen. Then, we dig into The Gist archives and listen back to Mike's 2015 spiel on why uncle slander has become a Thanksgiving tradition Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 05 | SBF's Woke-Washing, Red Card For Qatar, and Cancel Court: Leana Wen

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 56:58

Today on Not Even Mad, hosts Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick ponder the idea that woke Democrats may have enabled SBF's fraud crypto exchange, analyze the decision to participate in Qatar's World Cup, and then don the robes of the Cancel Court to debate the cancellation of former public health official Leana Wen for her Covid-19 stance. Let us know what you think about the podcast, and tell us what you'd like to hear Mike, Virginia, and Jamie debate: notevenmad@peachfishprojects.com. Produced by Joel Patterson Theme by Max Kerman Content design by Big Yellow Taxi Michelle Pesca is COO of Peach Fish Projects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BEST OF THE GIST: Pelosi Edition

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 36:06

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we are replaying a chunk of this past week's episode of Not Even Mad, the new podcast from the makers of The Gist. We listen in as Mike, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick wonder if campaigning on anti-woke topics will be something we see more of in future elections or not. Then, we dig into The Gist archives and listen back to Mike's 2020 conversation with Nancy Pelosi biographer Molly Ball about the out-going Speaker of the House. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 04 | Trump 2024, Campaigning Against Wokeness, and White Lotus Politics

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 54:51

Today on Not Even Mad, hosts Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick discuss Donald Trump announcing his run for President again, whether the 2022 election results will be seen as a death knell to CRT and wokeness as an election issue, and the gender politics in this season of White Lotus. Let us know what you think about the podcast, and tell us what you'd like to hear Mike, Virginia, and Jamie debate: notevenmad@peachfishprojects.com. Produced by Joel Patterson Theme by Max Kerman Content design by Big Yellow Taxi Michelle Pesca COO of Peach Fish Projects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BEST OF THE GIST: Squishy Science Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 41:02

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we look at the squishiest of science: cancelation and polling. Up first, we feature an installment of Cancel Court from Thursday's episode of Not Even Mad, our sister podcast. Listen in as Mike, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick attempt to rule on the cancelation of Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving for the anti-Semitic remarks he made in a recent documentary? Next, we'll listen back to Mike's 2020 interview with Robert Cahaly, head pollster of the Atlanta-based Trafalgar Group. Cahaly explains their polling methodology in gathering accurate opinion data, why social desirability bias comes into play, and how his team was able to predict Trump's win in 2016. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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EP 03 | Mid-Term ClusterTrump, Kyrie Irving Goes To Cancel Court

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 59:18

Today on Not Even Mad, hosts Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick search for the lessons of Tuesday's midterms and marvel at the poor performance of Donald Trump's hand-picked candidates and what their showings say about his hold on the Republican Party. Then they put the Brooklyn Nets' Kyrie Irving before the Cancel Court. Subscribe to Not Even Mad on Apple, or wherever you are listening to this. You can read more about the hosts on our website. Let us know what you think about the podcast, and tell us what you would like to hear Mike, Virginia, and Jamie debate: notevenmad@peachfishprojects.com. Produced by Joel Patterson Theme song by Max Kerman Content design by Big Yellow Taxi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BEST OF THE GIST: Is Fear Of Crime Warranted?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022 41:23

We begin this installment of Best Of The Gist with the latest episode of our new podcast Not Even Mad, in which hosts Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick discuss the politics of parsing crime statistics. Then we listen back to Mike's June 11, 2020 interview with John Pfaff, professor of law and criminology at Fordham University and author of Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration, And How To Achieve Real Reform. They talk about police reform and why politicians touting low crime under their watches could lead to more dysfunction. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Not Even Mad Theme Song by Max Kerman Subscribe to Not Even Mad on Apple, or wherever you are listening to this. Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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EP 02 | Twitter Takeover, Fear Of Crime, and Cancel Court

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 59:58

Today on Not Even Mad, hosts Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick discuss Twitter's future under the command of Elon Musk and the politics of crime statistics, then they issue a ruling on whether former New York Times Op-Ed page editor James Bennet was canceled or not. Subscribe to Not Even Mad on Apple, or wherever you are listening to this. You can read more about the hosts on our website. Let us know what you think about the podcast, and tell us what you would like to hear Mike, Virginia, and Jamie debate: notevenmad@peachfishprojects.com. Produced by Joel Patterson Theme by Max Kerman Content design by Big Yellow Taxi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not Even Mad: Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan and Jamie Kirchick On Their New Podcast

The Unspeakable Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 70:16

This week The Unspeakable welcomes three guests. Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan and Jamie Kirchick are the hosts of the brand new podcast Not Even Mad. Mike, who's the host of the long running podcast The Gist, conceived Not Even Mad as an alternative to the glut of podcasts in which the hosts and guests do nothing but agree with each other. With Virginia representing the political left, Jamie the right and Mike in the middle, Not Even Mad offers balanced, informed discussions that also model civility and mutual respect. In this conversation, the three talk about how they manage this feat, why they hold the political views that they do, and how they stay friends despite strong disagreements. Jamie also shares the secret of becoming an “instant New York Times bestseller.” (Hint: it's easier than you think.) In Guest Bios: Mike Pesca is the host of the podcast the Gist, the longest running daily news podcast. He is a former sports reporter and producer for NPR, and previously worked for Slate. He is author of the book “Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History”. Virginia Heffernan is a columnist for Wired and is an experienced host of such podcasts as Trumpcast and This Is Critical. Jamie Kirchick is the New York Times bestselling author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington and a columnist for Tablet Magazine.

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Kari and Herschel and Jamie and Virginia and Mike

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 59:32 Very Popular

The Gist presents the new weekly political debate show, Not Even Mad. Consider it a joyous disagreement, as we take #DelightinDiscord. We give you the inaugural episode of this new podcast, as a sample, but to hear Mike talk with Jamie Kirchick and Virginia Heffernan each week, you'll have to subscribe to Not Even Mad on Apple, or wherever you are listening to this. In Episode #1 of Not Even Mad, we discuss the candidacies of Kari Lake and Herschel Walker, we ponder the label “queer,” and we ask if present-day Republicanism is inextricably racist. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 01 | Herschel Walker, Queer Labeling, and Republican Racism

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 54:33

Today, on the launch episode of Not Even Mad, hosts Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick discuss the candidacies of Kari Lake and Herschel Walker, ponder the label “queer,” and ask if present day Republicanism is inextricably racist. Subscribe to Not Even Mad on Apple, or wherever you are listening to this. You can read more about the hosts on our website. Let us know what you think about the podcast and what you would like to hear us debate: notevenmad@peachfishprojects.com. Produced by Joel Patterson Theme by Max Kerman Content design by Big Yellow Taxi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Sorry State Of Arguing

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 48:30 Very Popular

On Wedenesday, October 26th, we will be launching a new podcast called Not Even Mad, featuring Gist host Mike Pesca (heard of him?), Wired contributor and self-proclaimed liberal Virginia Heffernan, and author of the bestselling Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington, Jamie Kirchick, who holds many conservative positions on the issues. So, as a preview of the new podcast, we've invited Virginia and Jamie on The Gist to discuss the brokenness of our current political discourse, and also to debate how the Democrats lost the post-Dobbs polling momentum. Is it really just about gas prices? Also, an analysis of “talking your book,” or as Mike describes it “a prediction based on predilection.” Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Not Even Mad Trailer

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 2:37

Not Even Mad is a weekly 1-hour podcast dedicated to joyful disagreement. The 3 hosts: Mike Pesca, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamie Kirchick address issues from different political perspectives, but they wear their ideologies loosely and are just as likely to disagree with established doctrine as they are with each other. Mike conceived this podcast as a remedy to other news and opinion shows that offer only agreeable dialogue among hosts and guests. There are no shows which offer well-rounded, informed discussions among an established set of panelists who express multiple viewpoints, allowing the listener to identify the strongest arguments as they're being battle-tested. Follow the hosts on Twitter, Virginia Heffernan @page88 | Jamie Kirchick @jkirchick | Mike Pesca @pescami and @pescagist | and use #NotEvenMad to stay connected. For inquiries, email us at notevenmad@peachfishprojects.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Confronting South Africa's Racist-Created Trauma

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 37:01 Very Popular

Author Eve Fairbanks joins us to talk about her new book, The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning, a story told through the eyes of three characters over the course of five decades as South Africa tried to end white supremacy. Plus, Mike reflects on the rise and fall of Andrew Dice Clay. And a guest Spiel on “Black-Pilling” from writer and podcaster Virginia Heffernan. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia Heffernan and Wajahat Ali Episode 666

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 98:24

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Virginia Heffernan is a journalist, critic and author, most recently, of MAGIC AND LOSS: The Internet as Art (Simon & Schuster, 2016). She is a contributing editor at WIRED, a cohost of Slate's Trumpcast podcast, and a columnist at the Los Angeles Times. Heffernan has been called "America's preeminent cultural critic," "a public intellectual for the 21st century," and among the "finest living writers of English prose." Edward Mendelson in The New York Review of Books called MAGIC AND LOSS, "surprisingly moving...an ecstatic narrative of submission." Kevin Kelly, the co-founder of WIRED, writes, "Heffernan is a new species of wizard. It is a joy and a revelation to be under her spell." Check out her recently wrapped podcast This Is Critical Wajahat Ali is a columnist at The Daily Beast and a Senior Fellow at The Western States Center and Auburn Seminary. He has previously been a New York Times contributing op-ed writer, CNN commentator, host for Huff Post, and co-host of Al Jazeera America's The Stream. He is also a recovering attorney and playwright. He is currently working on his first book, "Go Back To Where You Came From: And, Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American" scheduled for Spring 2022 publication. He makes Pakistani food and Lego sets "for his kids" during his free time. Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

Virginia Heffernan: Edge, Jeffrey Epstein, & the Intellectual Dark Web

Trust Me

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 79:33

You're struggling to advance your writing career. You reach out to a mysterious book agent who seems to be the key to success, along with his exclusive group of intellectual heavy hitters. Little do you know, that group is not all it seems... and it's closely connected to an absolute monster. Journalist Virginia Heffernan shares the origins of male-dominated intellectual organization Edge, its promise of merging the arts and the sciences to create a "third culture," how she joined through founder John Brockman, and the lengthy list of prominent academics, billionaires, and artists involved, from Elon Musk to Richard Dawkins--to Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, the "billionaires' dinners," its close financial ties to Epstein, and the overlap with the Intellectual Dark Web. Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at Trust Me Pod @gmail.com INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

Hello, sobriety influencers. Goodbye, Alcoholics Anonymous?

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 34:51

Americans are drinking less, and the ones that are looking to quit altogether have new models by which to fashion their sobriety. Virginia Heffernan is a contributor at Wired and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss our changing relationship to alcohol, from “soberinfluencers” to Dry January, and the new methods of recovery that eschew the 12-step method. Her article is called “The End of Alcohol.”

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Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 35:54 Very Popular

With the indication that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade, @KathaPollitt of The Nation, and Virginia Heffernan, @page88, of the This is Critical podcast analyze the implications of the ruling, and discuss the conditions that made it so. In the spiel, the legitimacy of the court, and just how unusual it is to take away a right Americans absorbed and relied on for half a century. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 228: Failed Saviors Anonymous

The Mockingcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 72:36

In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk library fines, viral dynamics, sad teenagers, and Easter vendettas. Also, Sarah has quite a run-in at the airport. Click here (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/nyregion/nyc-library-fines-books-returned.html) to read the report about returned library books in NYC. Click here (https://mbird.com/everyday/law/second-dates-library-fines-and-doing-good/) to read Matt Pearson's commentary on the returned library books for Mbird. Click here (https://www.wired.com/story/the-end-of-alcohol/) to read Virginia Heffernan's essay for Wired about The End of Alcohol. Click here (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/) to read Jonathan Haidt's essay on Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid. Click here (https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/american-teens-sadness-depression-anxiety/629524/) to read Derek Thompson's report on Sad Teenagers. Click here (https://youtu.be/08C-1PB-w3Y?t=2774) to watch/listen to RJ's Easter sermon. And here to listen (https://youtu.be/bUUSe58nOoo?t=1280) to Dave's post-Easter one. For more info about the NYC Conference, click here (https://conference.mbird.com/).

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"Drive By Tweezers" ft. Virginia Heffernan

Lady to Lady

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 93:42

Virginia Heffernan (@page88) joins the ladies to talk about dealing with debt, what they like to splurge on and whether or not you should shave above your knees. They also talk about those annoying chin hairs, they play WWWWW and answer two lady problems about moving to a new city and getting your boyfriend to propose!Have a lady problem that needs answering? Send the ladies an email at: ladytoladycomedy@gmail.com or, better yet, leave us a voicemail at (323) 6BUTT30!Want to support the show and get access to bonus content? You can do so by subscribing to us on Wondery+! You can also join us over at Patreon.com/LadytoLady to get access to ad-free episodes, exclusive merch, and more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Rewriting the History of Humanity

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 35:01

Dr. Paulette Steeves is trying to overturn the orthodoxy that humans have only been in the Western Hemisphere for roughly 12,000 years. In doing so, she just might change the way we do archeology.

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An Oral History of the Attack on the Capitol

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 52:40

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries describes being on the floor of the House of Representatives during the Capitol attack. Fellow Congressman Jamie Raskin tells us about handling that trauma just a day after burying his son. And writer Jamelle Bouie helps us understand how history will remember January 6.

Thinking Critically About Sex, Drugs, Hope, and the Climate

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 37:29

Deep-thinker and writer Maggie Nelson specializes in calibrating our cultural conversations. What is the right mix of hope and pessimism when talking about climate change? Can we be transgressive while caring for each other? And does true freedom exist?

The Very Emotional History of Crusaders and Witches

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 43:08

We get emotional with historian of emotions Richard Firth-Godbehere. Prepare to rethink everything you thought you knew about the motivations behind some of the biggest moments in history.

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