19 August 2017
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Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic, Meeting Triumph and Disaster) and Phoebe Maltz Bovy (The Perils of "Privilege", What Would Phoebe Do?, The New Republic)
On Friedersdorf, Conor and Phoebe discuss the plague of parental oversharing. What kind of privacy is owed to celebrities like Justin Bieber? Phoebe describes traveling to Japan, where it was impossible for her to “pass” as a native. Moving to the Isla Vista shooting, Conor argues that the media should deny notoriety to mass shooters. Phoebe complicates the narrative around #YesAllWomen, and wonders whether “rape culture” is a useful term. Conor and Phoebe critique the idea of “checking your privilege”—is this just a way for insanely privileged people to nitpick each others’ lives? Plus: Why Conor is accused of privilege when he criticizes drone warfare.
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Conor Friedersdorf
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Molly Ringwald’s story on This American Life
Phoebe on parental oversharing
AP story on Justin Bieber’s racial slur video
WaPo posts video of Obama exercising
Phoebe’s posts on travelling in Japan
Conor on preventing mass killers from becoming famous
Conor on #YesAllWomen
Phoebe on the Isla Vista killer
Phoebe on women who are refused
Nerve.com piece, “Confessions of an Awkward Teen Girl”
Phoebe on checking your privilege
Miss Self-Important on privilege
Peggy McIntosh’s 1989 essay, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack” (PDF)
Jamelle Bouie on privilege
Conor on privilege at Harvard’s Kennedy School
Friedersdorf | Jun 9, 2014 | Conor Friedersdorf & Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Glenn Show
Marking our moral evolution
John McWhorter argues that Confederate leaders like Robert E. Lee should be remembered, but not commemorated.
The Wright Show
Is there a method to Trump’s madness?
Journalist Sarah Posner on how Trump’s open hostility toward the media strengthens his base of support. Plus: Trump’s nightmare scenario.
Culturally Determined
How do you solve a problem like General Lee?
B.D. McClay, editor at The Hedgehog Review, contends that making the argument about Confederate monuments into a national debate is misguided.
The DMZ
Fighter pilots win wars, not elections
Bill Scher says that the surge in veterans running for office isn’t necessarily a boon for Democrats. Plus: Does biology beat culture?
MeaningofLife.tv
The surprising appeal of “many worlds”
Brian Greene explains why a bizarre-sounding interpretation of quantum physics is taken seriously.
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Is this really America?
Bill Scher explains why the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville both represents and rejects basic American values.
MeaningofLife.tv
Wrestling with determinism
Ted Chiang, the writer behind Arrival, argues you should try to make an effort even if your future is set. Plus: Meet the Predictor.
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Get over it!
Robert Wright and Massimo Pigliucci on what Buddhism and Stoicism say about dealing with regret. Plus: Anxious? Embrace it.
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Mining for controversy
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Kat Rosenfield, author of a new piece on controversies in young adult fiction, consider why outrage fuels online discourse.
The Glenn Show
When is a cop’s fear defensible?
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