The gang is back, talking about the christmas plague that sidelined the podcast, a long diatribe on Yang's UBI, by request, and a brief missive on the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais, etc.
2020-01-06 21:41:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang talks about the new star war movie. Matt has not seen it.
2019-12-22 03:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back discussing Adam Driver's appearance on Terry Gross and what it means for masculinity; Jeremy Corbyn's loss in the UK and what it means for the left; and Bob Greenstein's retirement from CBPP and what it means for the welfare state.
2019-12-19 16:01:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back with a review of the content children like to consume, such as those produced by Disney studios and YouTube sweatshops.
2019-12-09 21:50:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back to celebrate Liz's 30 For 30 success and discussion hot topics like emotional labor, the Democratic primary, and Finnish labor developments.
2019-12-03 22:13:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back. The first half of the episode is about thanksgiving and family arguments. The second half is about counterculture and leftism.
2019-11-25 15:18:41 +0000 UTC View PostAs pure fan service, we have capitulated to all the requests and done a whole episode on high school debate. This includes the story in which Matt made an entire team of private school kids cry while nearly being expelled from a tournament, various debating strategies, the time our coach was fired for sexual misconduct, and so much more.
2019-11-15 22:25:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt Stoller, author of the book Goliath, hater of monopolies, sits in for the entire hour to talk about his new book with Matt Bruenig.
The first 20 minutes are so is a summary of the book provided by Stoller, the rest is a back and forth about whether this anti-monopoly stuff is really that important.
2019-11-13 18:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back with a check-in on how Warren's M4A financing proposal is unfolding in the discourse and with a discussion of the recently cancelled Lauren Duca, Linday West, Lizzo, and Contrapoints.
2019-11-09 01:53:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back. Two topics dominate the episode: Warren's M4A head tax proposal and the what it all means for society and humanity that the media covered it the way it did. Second, a diatribe on porn hub and porn more generally due to recent PR stuff regarding the company. Also a discussion of trick or treating this year at the end.
2019-11-04 19:33:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back with their signature freewheeling discussion of twitter happenings and Katie Hill and what they all mean for culture, society and politics.
2019-10-29 19:06:15 +0000 UTC View PostLiz considers what vampires are, why they're aristocrats, why they're not bourgeois, why they're sometimes proletarian, and offers recommendations for good vampire movies.
2019-10-17 02:35:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back. We discuss the History Channel series "Alone," Liz's weird run-in with the tumblr set about her tweets concerning Joker and disaffected young men, a review of Ronan Farrow's new book about Weinstein et al, and end with a few parenting tips.
2019-10-13 03:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello Bruheads!
Usually you listen to us yak for an hour every week; now we want to listen to you yak at us!
We're always trying to upgrade the 'cast with the content listeners crave while dispensing with the content listeners despise. But we need you to tell us which is which.
So: Please sound off in the comments about the content you like to hear on the 'cast, the content you'd be interested in hearing more of, what you like about this particular podcast ...
2019-10-07 05:22:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang discuss Glenn Kessler's recent M4A shenanigans, the American Affairs wacky family benefit scheme, and the WSJ alarmed about gender imbalance among college educated.
2019-10-06 18:43:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The gang is back, talking impeachment, warren's native identity, and the grand finale of undercover billionaire.
2019-10-01 20:56:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back with hot topics including Hunter Biden's renewed scrutiny, Jordan Peterson in rehab (no, no, no), Undercover Billionaire, and Ken Burns Country documentary. And finish the show with a discussion of the Working Families Party letter.
2019-09-23 03:51:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back for a rare mid-week episode chockfull of the days content. Listen to be up on what the coworkers will be saying at the water cooler.
2019-09-18 03:08:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang talks about 9/11 and whether they and everyone else has forgotten, Biden's continued sundowning at the recent Democratic debate, and give a long-awaited update on Undercover Billionaire.
2019-09-14 03:41:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back with discussions of gun lyfe in texas, hot topics, the Amari-French debate, and 5 myths on Saint Augustine.
2019-09-09 03:37:21 +0000 UTC View PostBy request the gang is back with hot topics (first half of episode) and Matt's history with and opinions on Linux and the Linux community (second half of episode).
2019-09-02 00:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back with an incredible amount of content.
2019-08-27 02:52:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back after a one-week parental leave (go with it). They talk about Liz's breakout piece In God's Country, which is about evangelical feelings on Trump after seeing him in office for a few years. They also talk about the new show Undercover Billionaire in which a billionaire proves that he can create a million-dollar business in ...
2019-08-16 01:25:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang is back, talking the second Dem debate, Epstein's cryogenically frozen dick, and 5 myths about Medicare for All.
Please sound off in the comments on other myths you want addressed as Liz says "5 myths" will be a summer series. And also encourage Liz to do a solo episode to assist my own lobbying on the matter.
2019-08-04 01:53:35 +0000 UTC View PostA coveted solo Matt episode in which he debunks a debunking of Nordic social mobility (it really is high, contrary to Heckman's silliness) and talks about how successful child care policies have been in the Nordic countries at reducing gender inequality in that realm (ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh not so much).
2019-07-28 16:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The gang is back, this time with a discussion of the birth of their second child, which thankfully coincided with copious amount of CNN viewing in the hospital, keeping the gang up to date on the latest and greatest in American politics, which is also discussed, including Bidencare and Symone Sanders's CNN meltdown.
2019-07-20 19:26:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The gang is back. They talk about:
1. The Last Czars on Netflix
2. The Democratic Establishment's new war against the AOC quartet and Saikat Chakrabarti in particular
3. The last half of the episode is an interview with Ryan Grim about his new book "We've Got People" available here.
2019-07-13 05:21:42 +0000 UTC View PostLots of topics in this one: politicized kids, "socialism for the rich," left v. right communitarianism, the autistic experience of self-checkout (and its relationship to communitarianism), and as a bonus, the deep dark underbelly of DC as told by the DC Urban Moms forum (last 20 minutes).
2019-07-05 04:54:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe gang briefly talk about the imminent birth, their five year anniversary, and then spend the rest of the episode on the Democratic debates in their usual style.
2019-06-30 04:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostLiz does a special episode with her mom about food.
2019-06-23 23:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post