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The metatextual charms of Fleabag ... What does it mean when Fleabag speaks directly to the camera? ... In praise of the show's supporting cast ... What makes the "hot priest" so hot? ... Erin on New Jersey and The Sopranos ... New Jersey, the Postmodern State ... Tony Soprano and Chris Christie ... The baroque flair of New Jersey political crime ...

Jeffrey Epstein and the ruling class ... Epstein's rise through the meritocracy ... Is there something Jewish about the Epstein scandal? ... A power problem vs. a men problem ... Is it possible to have a better elite? ... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as a Gen X rejection of Boomers ... A spoiler-filled discussion of the film's shocking ending ...

Why Biden is getting a bad rap on race ... John: "Our smarter white people are 'woker' than most black people" ... Why doesn't a Democratic candidate push back? ... Does Trump want us to call him a racist? ... Glenn and John return to their great debate: Is Trump stupid? ... Glenn: Trump has "got a point about Elijah Cummings's district" ... Putting Al Sharpton in the dock ...

Bill: The candidates should all be praising Obama ... Matt: Delaney, Tulsi, and Yang did well ... Why can't Biden get no respect? ... Is Biden a man more sinned against than sinning? ...

How Nathan used @steak_umm to revolutionize marketing on Twitter ... Weird Twitter vs. @steak_umm ... The complicated role that irony plays on Brand Twitter ... The bizarre trend of brands insulting potential customers ... Nathan wrestles with the ethics of advertising ... A brief history of Brand Twitter ... Nathan's massively viral tweet thread on Millennial mental health ... Twitter's crazy risk/reward ratio ... Nathan offers Bloggingheads some social media advice ...

Yael’s new book, Why Nationalism ... What is nationalism? ... Yael: US liberals need to focus their messaging on the social contract ... How to demilitarize the language of nationalism ... Will the workers of the world ever unite? ... Is Israel an avowedly ethno-nationalist state? ... Yael: The lines between right and left are blurring ...

Tyler's new book, Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero ... The case against splitting up the big tech companies ... Tyler: CEOs largely deserve their high pay ... Is campaign finance overrated? ... Tyler: Advertising is a good thing ... The public's (possibly justified) disillusionment with economists ... Tyler's economic studies of fame and cultural appropriation ... Why are some cultures more successful than others? ...

Jane Mayer's controversial New Yorker article about Al Franken ... Phoebe: We need to differentiate "gross but not evil" behavior ... Claudia Rankine's unusual essay on white male privilege ... Does the privilege framework make sense out of the classroom? ... An art exhibit presents an escape room with a twist of privilege ... In praise of the viral personal essay "The Crane Wife" ... Recommendations for further reading ...

Parenting and the politics of pop culture ... Did Mueller’s testimony help the case for impeachment? ... The symbolic value of the testimony ... The DMZ is Team Pelosi ... Biden’s aggressive primary strategy ... Bill: Biden, Harris, and Booker have pragmatism in common ...

Is Boris Johnson like Trump but in on the joke? ... Eli says it was dumb for Trump to pick a fight with the Squad ... The Mueller report and liberal xenophobia ... Was Ilhan Omar’s "Benjamins" comment anti-Semitic? ... Is the left unduly obsessed with Israel? ... Eli: The MAGA people who hate Omar probably hate Jews too ... Bob worries about the weakness of the Democratic presidential field ... Bob vs. Eli on America vs. Iran ... Eli: Dictatorships are inherently unstable ...