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Jan 27, 2021 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Daniel Bessner
Culturally Determined
- Daniel’s analysis of QAnon and the storming of the Capitol
- Is QAnon a religious cult? An alternative reality game run amok?
- Cultural vs. material explanations for Trump’s rise
- Did the rioters get close to actually accomplishing anything?
- America’s civic religion and why the left is unlikely to win
- Is Trump the worst president in American history?
- Aryeh praises and critiques Mickey Kaus
- The rise and fall of intellectual contrarianism
Jan 26, 2021 —
John Horgan & Nikita Petrov
Psychopolitica
- Navalny’s return
- Putin’s palace
- Anti-Putin protests
- The tastelessness of dictators
- The limits of government control in Russia
- Is FSB competent?
- Giuliani’s part in Borat 2
- Incompetent doesn’t mean “not dangerous”
- Grown-ups, society as a game
- Gender and transgender roles
- QAnon and Antifa as LARP games
- John’s story of seeing Antifa violence
- John’s hesitation to embrace the mystics’ view of life as a game
- The importance of make-believe realities
- Pond hockey as a metaphor for society
- The privilege of choosing roles to play
- Solving the problem of inequality wouldn’t remove violence and suffering
- Sorrow is a part of the human condition
- Removing sorrow through biohacking
- DMT
- Scientology and Hinduism on roles we play
- The Bhagavad Gita on war
- How do games evolve?
- Glossolalia (speaking in tongues)
- AI
- Do we create drama because life has gotten too good?
Jan 22, 2021 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- Biden’s not-quite unifying appeal for unity
- The uses of impeachment
- Steve Bannon’s conspiratorial take on the inauguration
- Is Mickey’s immigration amnesty nightmare coming true?
- Could the Senate actually convict Trump?
- Biden’s disappointingly unambitious vaccination plan
- Tony Blinken’s “ridiculous” stance toward Venezuela
- What explains the (slightly) improving Covid numbers?
- Parrot Room preview: Phil Spector, more Bannon, the plan to conquer Facebook, etc.
Jan 22, 2021 —
Glenn Loury & John McWhorter
The Glenn Show
Jan 20, 2021 —
Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
- Bill’s hot new hairstyle
- Biden’s blessedly platitudinous inauguration address
- How flexible will Biden be on border security?
- Bipartisan signaling from the Republicans
- Matt: If Trump wants to start a new party, bring it on
- Fox News’ attempt to maintain its political influence
- Trump’s decision to ignore judges and focus on pardons
- Can the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court hold?
Jan 19, 2021 —
Robert Wright & Marissa Conway
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Jan 15, 2021 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- How late is too late to abandon Trump?
- Reconstructing the runup to Trump’s impeachable anti-Pence tweet
- Why an impeachment trial could be a mistake
- How do you actually get rid of Trump once he leaves office?
- Steve Bannon’s insidious adaptation to his YouTube deplatforming
- The future of Josh Hawley
- Mickey horrified by vaccine regime
- A sneak peek into the Parrot Room
Jan 15, 2021 —
Glenn Loury & Daniel Bessner
The Glenn Show
- The three books that pushed Glenn away from the right
- A crisis of identity: who is Glenn Loury and what is his project?
- Glenn’s left-leaning moderatism and work in the 90s
- The link between Glenn’s economic work and his social theory
- The evolution of Glenn’s perspective on Obama
- The Iraq War, the 2008 crash, and how “the elites failed us”
- The current and future state of the American university
Jan 14, 2021 —
Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
Matt and Bill discuss the political reverberations of impeachment, the long-term health of the Republican Party, and whether we need a new domestic terrorism law.
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