I talk to writer Robert Skvarla about how he's learned to use "the language of conspiracy" to interpret and explain political phenomena. Also discussed: The Koch Brothers. The Satanic Panic. Are "identity politics" just a tool of the Right?

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I talk to Ben Hansen, host of several Discovery Channel documentaries, about how his thinking has changed on the paranormal. Also discussed: Scooby-Doo!, the limits of belief, bulletproof backpacks.

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I talk to Clint Carroll, host of ‘Whatcha Gonna Do? The Hulk Hogan Movie Podcast,’ about how he hated the Rolling Stones’ album ‘Exile on Main St.’…until it got stuck in his car’s CD player and he was forced to listen to it over and over. Also discussed: our respective attempts at stand-up comedy; that time I pretended to understand ‘There Will Be Blood’; is America due for a pro wrestling revival?

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I talk to media and new humanities professor Dominic Pettman on how he came to question the idea that humans are at the center of history. This is a preview of a bonus episode available exclusively to Patreon supporters.

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I talk to William Giraldi, author of Hold the Dark, about how he found his way out of the Catholic Church…and then back into it, at least on an aesthetic level. Also: bodybuilding; Michael Jordan; is Christianity the only rebellion left?

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I talk to Walter Benn Michaels, author of ‘The Trouble with Diversity,‘ about how he became disillusioned, first with diversity, and then with capitalism. Also discussed: Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, ’White Fragility.’

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I talk to philosopher Justin E. H. Smith (author of ’Irrationality’) about why, in his view, people know everything a priori, and therefore never change their minds. This is a preview of a bonus episode available exclusively to Patreon supporters.

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I talk to high school teacher Nathan Ogan about why he changed his mind about the Electoral College. Also discussed: teaching Spanish class; why I should get to live in Hawaii; the objectively best way to shoot a free throw.

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I talk to Tasha Robinson, film and TV editor for Polygon, about how she learned to love horror movies. Also discussed: What are the rules of four square? Do good-faith interactions ever really happen? And why do the best writers always ascend to editor heaven? This episode was previously only available to Patreon supporters, but we’re making it available to free listeners, because we love you guys. Happy Halloween!



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I talk to Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of Children of Chicago and Into the Forest and All the Way Through, about why she thinks ghosts probably aren’t real. Also discussed: prayer; voodoo priests; that time she got “canceled.”


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