Ana Marie Cox has stood at the intersection of culture, politics and conversation for more than two
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After the National Guard descended on Minneapolis to enforce an 8PM curfew on the streets, advocates
Robert Martinson was a radical anti-racist activist in the 1960s: He ran for mayor in Berkeley as a
New York Magazine senior writer and Friend of the Pod Rebecca Traister joins to talk us through how
The Atlantic's Adam Serwer comes on to talk about the inauguration and the future of this fragile de
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What, exactly, are parents accomplishing when they encourage their children to believe in the idea o
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NYU and University of Hamburg psychology professor Gabriele Oettingen explains why positive thinking
Julie Rodgers was raised in a conservative evangelical home, so she knew they’d be horrified when sh
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CW: Sexual violenceAuthor Sarah Schulman joins the show to discuss her provocative and influential b
Oxford University professor of anthropology Chris Gosden joins us to discuss his book: A History: Fr
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It’s easy to feel superior to John Allen Chau, the evangelical Christian who died attempting to brin
