In the final episode before the American election, Adam explores the history of conservative reactionary politics in America with acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein, who explains where the false narrative of the hippies “winning” the 60s came from, the historical “hinge” moments which bring progress, and how progressive and reactionary politics have evolved ... Show More
Yesterday
Debunking AI’s “Existential Risk” with Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
Will AI obliterate all of humanity? Will it destroy all of our jobs? There are so many questions swirling around the existential threat that AI poses, and even more completely hypothetical answers. This week, Adam brings back past guests Arvind Narayanan, professor of Computer Sc ... Show More
1h 17m
Mar 13
Ballet isn't dead, movies are.
(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please en ... Show More
14m 44s
Mar 11
AI, Mergers, and This Week's News Onslaught, with Dylan McKeever and Jason Koebler
The news is relentless in pace as well as issues, isn’t it? This week we’re trying something a bit different: Adam sits with previous guests Jason Koebler, tech journalist from 404 Media, and comedian Dylan McKeever to wade through the muck of this week’s biggest stories. The tri ... Show More
1h 24m
Nov 2024
Herbert Hoover gave us Woody Guthrie (with David Cunningham)
Welcome to the final episode of What Just Happened, a Recall This Book experiment. In it you will hear three friends of RTB reacting to the 2024 election and discussing the coming four years. David Cunningham, chair of Sociology at Washington University in St Louis, is author of ... Show More
24m 27s
Jul 2024
Boom! Episode 1: 1968 - Born to be wild
Why are two old, unpopular men the main candidates for the world’s most demanding job? It’s the question John Prideaux, The Economist’s US editor, gets asked the most. And the answer lies in the peculiar politics of the baby boomers.
The generation born in the 1940s grew up in ... Show More
50m 21s
Oct 2024
The Brilliance of Idiocracy
This week Charlamagne tha God and Andrew Schulz discuss their evolution as podcasters, their influence on political discourse, and the complexities of border security. They explore the intersection of comedy and politics, particularly in relation to their interviews with politica ... Show More
1h 44m
Sep 2024
SEASON PREMIERE: Nixon Does Whatever It Takes to Win in ’68
September 16, 1968. Richard Nixon isn't exactly seen as a comedian. But tonight, he's trying to change that by appearing on Laugh-In, a TV show similar to Saturday Night Live. Nixon needs every vote he can get in the 1968 election, facing off against Hubert Humphrey, the vice pre ... Show More
37m 59s
Jul 2024
Boom! Episode 1: 1968 - Born to be wild
<p>Why are two old, unpopular men the main candidates for the world’s most demanding job? It’s the question John Prideaux, <em>The Economist’s </em>US editor, gets asked the most. And the answer lies in the peculiar politics of the baby boomers. </p><br><p>The generati ... Show More
50m 21s
Aug 2024
Echoes of 1968 at the DNC in Chicago
<p>This is an episode from the Vox daily news podcast, <a href="https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast">Today, Explained</a>. Host Noel King spoke with OTM regular, Rick Perlstein. As a historian of US politics he is often called upon to draw comparisons between today’s even ... Show More
21m 59s
Mar 2020
Kristen Hoerl, "Bad Sixties: Hollywood Memories of the Counterculture, Antiwar, and Black Power Movements" (UP of Mississippi, 2018)
On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they)--Asst. Prof. of Rhetoric and Communication at the State University of New York at Geneseo--interviews Kristen Hoerl (she/hers) on her impressive new book The Bad Sixties: Hollywood Memories of the Counterculture, ... Show More
57m 20s
<p>The author of several excellent books about the history of American conservatism, including <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Invisible-Bridge/Rick-Perlstein/9781476782423"><i>The Invisible Bridge</i></a><i>,</i> <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/book ... Show More
