Nancy Rommelmann is a journalist and the author of To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times Magazine, and the LA Weekly, among other publications. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/59

James Sullivan works at a jewelry store in Texas. He’s also one of my favorite philosophers. James is the host of James and the Giant Podcast. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/58

Renegade University continued the revolution in higher education in New Orleans earlier this month. Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project helps me host a live podcast at the end of our third weekend. Big ideas and great people are such a wonderful mix, I can’t wait for the next one. For full show notes, … Continue reading Episode 57: Renegade University Live from New Orleans →

Shayne Lee is a professor of sociology at the University of Houston and the author of four books: Tyler Perry’s America: Inside His Films; Erotic Revolutionaries: Black Women, Sexuality and Popular Culture; Holy Mavericks: Evangelical Innovators and the Spiritual Marketplace; and T.D. Jakes: America’s New Preacher. He has appeared as a guest on CNN, ABC, … Continue reading Episode 56: Shayne Lee →

Heidi Matthews is an assistant professor of international law at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. Her recent work on the #MeToo movement and women’s sexual agency has caused considerable controversy in all the best ways.  For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/55

Peter Bagge is a Harvey Award winning cartoonist whose best-known work includes the comics Hate and Neat Stuff and graphic biographies of Margaret Sanger and Zora Neale Hurston. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/54

Swami Prem Niren, also known as Philip Toelkes, was the chief counsel for the Rajneesh spiritual organization and for its leader, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho. Niren is featured in the Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country, which covers the dramatic conflict in the 1980s between the Rajneesh community in Oregon and local, state, … Continue reading Episode 53: Swami Prem Niren →

Kliph Nesteroff is the author of The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels & The History of American Comedy. His work has appeared in Vice, The New York Times, CNN, LA Weekly, and the National Post. He also worked as a stand-up comic for many years and he is the chief curator of George Carlin’s personal archive. … Continue reading Episode 52: Kliph Nesteroff →

C. Derick Varn is a poet, book editor, podcaster, and public school teacher in Utah. He previously taught in private education in South Korea, Mexico, and Egypt. He is also the author of the new book of poetry, Apocalyptics. 6gcbutyr For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/51

Nadine Strossen is the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School. She was the president of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1991 to 2008, and has written, taught, and advocated extensively in the areas of constitutional law and civil liberties. Her newest book, HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free … Continue reading Episode 50: Nadine Strossen →