Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike talks with Eric Heinze, professor at Queen Mary University of London and author of Coming Clean: The Rise of Critical Theory and the Future of the Left. Topics Mike and Eric discuss include: why critical theory resists a single definition the Radical Critique…
Justin and Ken kick things off by diving into the recent wave of controversy at university graduation ceremonies, focusing on student protests, administrative discipline, and the fallout from pro-Palestinian activism. Ken highlights how some universities have responded with severe penalties, while Justin points out the broader context of political pressure from the Trump administration. Next,…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Justin and Ken start by digging into the passage of the so-called “big, beautiful budget bill”—a sweeping House measure with far-reaching fiscal and policy implications. Justin highlights the political maneuvering and procedural oddities that defined the bill’s passage, while Ken offers a critical breakdown…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike talks with Eva Posner, founder and CEO of Evinco Strategies, a political consulting firm specializing in first-time candidates from diverse backgrounds who face barriers in traditional campaigns. Topics Mike & Eva discuss include: why you have to be weird to run for office…
Mike and Justin open this midweek supporters’ episode with a discussion of oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the birthright citizenship case. The Court is considering not the merits of the President’s order putting constraints on birthright citizenship, but rather if district court judges have exceeded their authority by issuing universal injunctions against the…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Justin open with a discussion of the 90-day pause in the tariff war between the United States and China. Markets loved the move, and Mike makes the case that this may have been the Trump plan all along, and that at this…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike talks with David Graham, a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Project: How Project 2025 is Reshaping America. Topics Mike and David discuss include: – what makes Project 2025 different from previous policy blueprints – how closely connected President…
Mike and Ken open with a look back at the legacy of former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who died on May 8. Souter, who was named to the Court by Republican President George H.W. Bush, was a big disappointment to many on the right, which Ken argues was in part by design, due to…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Ken open with a discussion of something lapsed-Catholic Mike thought he’d never see – an American Pope. While Pope Leo is unlikely to be as progressive as his predecessor, he’s no ultra-conservative who has said some critical things about Vice President Vance…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike talks with attorney, former law school dean, and current Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. In 2022, Secretary Benson was recognized for her refusal to back down in the face of threats and harassment in the wake of the 2020 presidential election with…