Values Added: American Apocalypse Michelle Goldberg & Sally Steenland Sep 5 + show topics The Tea Party’s undercurrent of Christian nationalism Right-wing narratives of grievance Sally on how conservatives use churches for political organizing Mormonism as the Islam of the West Michelle stands up for the rights of blasphemers How Sally and Michelle avoid despair Science Saturday: Lightness of Being Robert Wright & Frank Wilczek Sep 4 + show topics The unseen worlds of Nobelist Frank Wilczek The metaphysics of quantum physics Looking for glitches in God’s handiwork Light, matter—what’s the difference? Why string theory isn’t quite a theory What won Frank a Nobel Prize The Week in Blog: Cue the Montage Bill Scher & Matt Lewis Sep 3 + show topics Few are happy with Obama’s Iraq speech Is Joe Miller’s surprise win in Alaska a gift for the left? Bill dissents from the “Dems are doomed” storyline The recent evolution of the blogosphere Online debate’s lack of civility and empathetic understanding Matt and Bill reflect on their TWIB career programs Communitas Science Saturday The Week in Blog UN Plaza Values Added The Summer Anticlimax Joshua Cohen & Glenn Loury Sep 2 + show topics Obama’s Iraq speech: momentous or middling? Glenn: Iraq was a disaster. Don’t make the same mistake in Iran Josh: Obama on Iraq can’t approach MLK on Vietnam Is Obama a peacemaker or a warmonger? A shout-out to George W. Bush for the Iraq surge Glenn Beck’s civil rights kitsch In Too Deep Matthew Yglesias & Matt Welch Sep 2 + show topics The “end” of “combat” in Iraq, the future of US foreign policy Matts clash over Obama and the deficit The billionaire Koch brothers and the power of political donors Is money actually not that important in politics? Assessing Obama on Israel-Palestine Midterm mystery: What would Speaker Boehner actually do? The Economy and the Midterms Noam Scheiber & Megan McArdle Sep 1 + show topics Evidence that government support for housing backfired Rethinking the stimulus Is the bond market about to freak out over the national debt? The real nightmare scenario: Chinese economic crackup How doomed are Democrats, exactly? Can Obama just blame it all on Bush? What We Talk About When We Talk About Palin Rebecca Traister & Liz Mair Aug 31 + show topics Why hasn’t the left produced its own Sarah Palin? Liz: Pro-life isn’t anti-woman How Roe v. Wade reshaped the world of American women Problems with the “end of men” thesis Palin and the mommy wars Hey, what about the dads who want to stay at home? Poetaster Edition Hussein Ibish & Eli Lake Aug 30 + show topics How Eli and Hussein went from antagonists to friends Is Middle East Studies a bankrupt field? Mideast peace (in under five minutes) How could peace talks get derailed? Let Eli count the ways Hussein takes on his far-left critics The incredible importance of building Palestinian institutions Summer of Recovery Mark Schmitt & Stephen Spruiell Aug 29 + show topics Is Obama more Carter than Reagan? The arguments for and against a bigger stimulus Does the Fed know what it’s doing? How inequality is at the root of the Great Recession The first flickers of a new social contract Has Obama been dishonest about the economy? Values Added: Christians and Immigrants Chuck Currie & Michael B. Dougherty Aug 28 + show topics Pews and pulpits in tension over immigration reform When theological aspirations meet an economic downturn The barriers to Christian-Muslim interfaith understanding Anti-Muslim rhetoric vs. the 1800s’ anti-Catholic movement Religion and the grubby politics of immigration reform Examining hipster Christians Science Saturday: Radioactive Edition John Horgan & George Johnson Aug 28 + show topics John goes nuclear George questions folk wisdom about cancer The power of palliative care for the terminally ill A $93,000 vaccine for prostate cancer George surveys the latest in cancer research Archaeological plunder and the illegal artifacts trade

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Bokonon: Jim invokes the Powell Doctrine in the war against Alzheimer's. 

look: What do Bob and Byron have in common? 

rcocean: Cats LOL. 

ledocs: Bob’s use of praeteritio here could have been more subtle. 

Bokonon: I think this little snippet shows just how much Bob has grown since he read my post. 

listener: I’ll be here all week, folks. And don’t forget to tip your waitress! 

Bokonon: We’ve been suspecting this for quite a while now. 

graz: Hey … preach it if you feel so inclined! 

sapeye: Apparently John doesn’t completely agree with Maureen Dowd. 

Bokonon: The Self-Reflexive Scandal. 

uncle ebeneezer: New Talking Mickey Kaus Doll! Just pull the string and it says.... 

Simon Willard: My big chance to engage Bob in a substantive discussion, and this is what I get. 

chamblee54: The acronym for this is wiz. 

Bokonon: Bob throws down the gauntlet with a very techie euphemism in the wankfest war. 

graz: The video equivalent of the godfather kiss of death. 

Ocean: I couldn’t refute Michelle G’s description of parenthood. 

propagandhi: The ev psych dissection of Chris Bosh. 

Bokonon: The origin of Norman Bates. 

T.G.G.P : Methinks she doth protest too much. Did that laugh sound forced to anyone else? 

uncle ebeneezer: McChrystal ... or Phil Jackson? 

uncle ebeneezer: No wonder we’ve all been acting so impulsively since Bob asked us not to use sarcasm! 

bjkeefe: Censorship! or, the new BhTV tagline? 

graz: A telling slip. 

listener: FDR: The real Miracle Worker. 

Simon Willard: I think I learned a new word.