On the Left

Samuel Moyn, the Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale, talks with me about his book, Liberalism Against Itself, and we discuss whether liberalism is worth salvaging or not.

Welcome to Season 2! Expect less structured conversations and a bigger diversity of topics. Today we talk to our first ever guest again — Jenna Jacobsen — about the media and entertainment we consume.

Cindy and I talk about listening to nature, struggling with labels, and going on dates with Trump voters.

Juan Carlos talks about growing up in the dictatorship in Chile, discovering politics in music, and coming to California for graduate school.

Laura and I talk about being raised evangelical, seeking out all sorts of different people in Berkeley, and finding a framework for critique in grad school.

Rachel and I talk about being a good coworker, coming to critical theory through Marx and the Bible, and making room for all affects on the left!

Logan and I talk about growing up in Waco, Texas and going to graduate school.

Jordan and I discuss growing up poor, volunteering for local communists, and going to graduate school.

Elliot and I talk about bullshit procedural pageants, grad school, and the TV show Black Sails.