This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">virginiaheffernan.substack.com</a> You’re listening to What Rough Beast!We are Virginia Heffernan and Stephen Metcalf, and today we’re talking with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.baratunde.com/">Baratunde Thurston</a> about: ⭐️ The accelerated harm in current politics: how quickly harmful policies are being implemented, affecting immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, federal workers, and international relations.⭐️ The crisis of democracy and c…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit virginiaheffernan.substack.com You’re listening to What Rough Beast! We are Virginia Heffernan and Stephen Metcalf, and today we’re talking with Baratunde Thurston about: ⭐️ The accelerated harm in current politics: how quickly harmful policies are being implemented, affecting immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, federal workers, and international relations. ⭐️ The crisis of democracy and c…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_7" rel="noopener noreferrer">virginiaheffernan.substack.com</a> You’re listening to What Rough Beast!We are Virginia Heffernan and Stephen Metcalf, and today we’re talking with <a href="https://www.baratunde.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Baratunde Thurston</a> about: ⭐️ The accelerated harm in current politics: how quickly harmful policies are being implemented, affecting immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, federal workers, and international relations.⭐️ The crisis of democracy and c…

Citizen as a Verb

What Rough Beast, hosted by Virginia Heffernan (Wired, Trumpcast) and Stephen Metcalf (Slate, Culture Gabfest) is a podcast where we bear witness to America’s demise, and ask what might be built from the rubble. The sludge. The sparkly phosphorescent faerie dust of recombinant DNA.

It is a spiritual successor to Trumpcast, but with a radical reimagining. Instead of focusing on opposing Trump or trusting institutions, this podcast explores imaginative, unexpected responses to our current political moment. The show takes inspiration from the '68ers' motto "all power to the imagination" and seeks unconventional solutions beyond traditional political frameworks. <a href="https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">virginiaheffernan.substack.com</a>

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What Rough Beast, hosted by Virginia Heffernan (Wired, Trumpcast) and Stephen Metcalf (Slate, Culture Gabfest) is a podcast where we bear witness to America’s demise, and ask what might be built from the rubble. The sludge. The sparkly phosphorescent faerie dust of recombinant DNA. It is a spiritual successor to Trumpcast, but with a radical reimagining. Instead of focusing on opposing Trump or trusting institutions, this podcast explores imaginative, unexpected responses to our current political moment. The show takes inspiration from the '68ers' motto "all power to the imagination" and seeks unconventional solutions beyond traditional political frameworks. virginiaheffernan.substack.com

What Rough Beast, hosted by Virginia Heffernan (Wired, Trumpcast) and Stephen Metcalf (Slate, Culture Gabfest) is a podcast where we bear witness to America’s demise, and ask what might be built from the rubble. The sludge. The sparkly phosphorescent faerie dust of recombinant DNA.

It is a spiritual successor to Trumpcast, but with a radical reimagining. Instead of focusing on opposing Trump or trusting institutions, this podcast explores imaginative, unexpected responses to our current political moment. The show takes inspiration from the '68ers' motto "all power to the imagination" and seeks unconventional solutions beyond traditional political frameworks. <a href="https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">virginiaheffernan.substack.com</a>

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