Episode 16: Howard Zinn, Censors, Piggin...

This week: Daniel Radcliffe wears a mask that’s not for a role … Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich tells your roommate to turn that racket down … Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) sets the planets spinning … Cartoonist Jeff Smith lists favorite strips … Visiting the Candyland of ve ... Show More

Brendan Francis Newnam was the host of a popular radio show, coasting through a happy adulthood when it all came crashing down. And so, like many before him, he decided to hit the road, but not on his own. In Not Lost, Brendan and a friend travel to a new place every week, meetin ... Show More

Rico and Brendan aren’t exactly back, but they’re here to tell you about their new projects! Brendan has been producing The Paris Review and Rico has a new podcast called “Safe For Work.” Rico and Liz Dolan (“Satellite Sisters”) will help you make the big decisions, sort through ... Show More

<p>On this episode of <em>Our American Stories</em>, our regular contributor, <strong>Anne Claire,</strong> tells the story of the time the United States almost went to war with the United Kingdom over the untimely death of a pig in what is now Washington State.</p> <p><a href="h ... Show More

Why do people keep posting that fake Voltaire quote and who is the pedophile who actually said it? Molly takes you back to the 90s, inside the Nazi compound where Kevin Strom started broadcasting a weekly antisemitic radio show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ... Show More

<p>This week Holden's back-back again, and he's thirsty for more LPN time as he and MJ try to keep Jackie sane after the very recent loss of her father, so it's time to goss' 'bout the fact that Hilaria Baldwin has come out as having a very special brain which is why she pretend ... Show More

We use “Orwellian” to describe everything from campus dust-ups to authoritarian crackdowns. But what did George Orwell actually stand for, what did he get wrong, and what can we learn from him about our age of surveillance capitalism and distraction? Sean’s guest is Laura Beers, ... Show More

<p>Plus, don’t go to this “Sex and the City” spot.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/us/politics/trump-special-counsel-report-election-jan-6.html" target="_blank"><strong>Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would ... Show More

Just like clockwork, a gritty British Netflix drama about a taboo topic is doing the rounds - last year it was Baby Reindeer and this year it's Adolescence. The Stephen Graham produced and fronted programme takes a look at how the manosphere and incel culture are corrupting a who ... Show More

Welcome to another episode of "Let's get politiCOOL" where, when we see fit, we breakdown wtf is going on, politically.Today we tackle the Andrew Falloon and Iain Lees-Galloway saga's before deep-diving into the culture of politics these days, how it enables the abuse of power, t ... Show More

Editors’ Picks:Rich: MBD's post "R.I.P. Boy Scouts"Charlie: Dan’s post "The Tea Party Movement Is Dead"Maddy: Rich’s video reacting to the campus protestersMichael: Heather Wilhelm’s piece “Hide Your Guitar! The iPad’s Coming”Light Items:Rich: Kosher Dunkin’ DonutsCharlie: Cyber ... Show More