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  • Evolutionary Psychology and #MeToo (Robert Wright & Diana Fleischman)
    What evolutionary psychology says about men and women ... Bob: Evolutionary psychology isn’t inherently right wing ... The Kavanaugh hearings ... Diana's critique of #MeToo ... When men misread women’s social signals ... Have some evolutionary psychologists moved to the right? ... Diana: Women should be taught the art of rebuffing men ...
    1 hr 20 min
  • Pelosi and the "Green New Deal" (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
    Matt tells Republicans not to dismiss Mueller out of hand ... Would congressional Republicans ever turn on Trump? ... Matt: Nancy Pelosi is still pretty sharp ... Why Pelosi “has the institution’s back” ... Bill breaks down the speakership voting process ... What exactly does a "Green New Deal" entail? ...
    45 min
  • Millennials, Generation X, Baby Boomers, and Star Wars (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Daniel Kaufman)
    What ever happened to Generation X? ... Cataloging what made Millennials the way they are ... The secret connection between Boomers and Millennials ... Dan explains why Gen X is more apolitical ... Bad Millennials vs. Good Millennials ... Assessing the state of Star Wars ... The surprising reason why Dan came to like The Last Jedi ... Aryeh argues in favor of the democratization of the Force ... The many sins of Solo ...
    1 hr 22 min
  • The Second Coming (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
    John on his recent controversial Glenn Show appearance ... Glenn reacts to seeing Hamilton on Broadway ... What's the future of heterodox black thought? ... Assessing the effect of Black Lives Matter ... Will race always be a central part of black people's self-conceptions? ... Glenn foretells the end of identity politics ...
    59 min
  • Is Trump Still a Populist? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
    What’s the real reason Trump is appeasing Mohammad bin Salman? ... Mickey: The establishment keeps Trump’s authoritarian tendencies in check ... Why Congress hasn’t given Trump his border wall ... Media tribalism and Max Boot’s miracle conversion ... Which Democratic presidential candidates does the GOP fear? ... Give Trump some credit for illuminating Middle American despair ...
    1 hr 23 min
  • The Tyranny of "Basic" White Women (Phoebe Maltz Bovy & Kat Rosenfield)
    Is the “affirmative consent” script an overcorrection? ... When consensual acts are redefined after the fact ... The trouble with bringing “oppressor-oppressed” politics into personal relationships ... The ultimate oppressors: White women with middlebrow tastes? ... The 53% of white women who should have known better, or something ... Why are white women on Instagram donning blackface? ...
    1 hr 11 min
  • Locking Up Our Own (Glenn Loury & James Forman)
    James's Pulitzer Prize–winning book, Locking Up Our Own ... A revealing anecdote from James's time as a public defender in DC ... When a black columnist wrote "locking up thugs is not vindictive" ... Some positive signs for criminal justice reform in Chicago ... The new wave of reformist prosecutors ...
    42 min
  • Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (Robert Wright & Kate Manne)
    Kate's book, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny ... Strangulation and other forms of male social control ... Defining sexism and patriarchy, with reference to The Giving Tree ... Is it sexist to believe in inherent psychological differences between men and women? ... Looking back at the 2016 election through the lens of misogyny ... When Jordan Peterson threatened to sue Kate for libel ... How political polarization complicates the discussion of gender issues ...
    1 hr 17 min
  • Stan Lee: The Myth and the Man (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Jeet Heer)
    Jeet narrates the largely forgotten prehistory of Marvel Comics ... Does Stan Lee or Jack Kirby deserve more credit for creating the Marvel Universe? ... Lee's real skills: editing, branding, and marketing ... The link between Spider-Man and Ayn Rand ... Lee's foresight in working to make Marvel movies ... How Judaism influenced Lee and Kirby ... Is it crazy to rank Lee/Kirby alongside Shakespeare? ...
    1 hr 1 min
  • The Battle for the House (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
    The new battle over the House speakership ... Bill to young Dems: Be patient, Pelosi will retire! ... Why speakers aren’t usually the “face” of the party ... Should Republicans exploit party divisions and back Pelosi? ... Matt: Beto has 2020 star power ... Can a “boring” Dem beat Trump? ...
    1 hr 9 min

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