17. Understanding the Boys and Men of 4Chan w/ Dale Beran
Writer Dale Beran visits to discuss the far-right online subcultures he documented in his excellent 2019 book, It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into...
4 Feb 39min
UNLOCK 15.1 Mother and Minister in Minneapolis w/ Rev. Angela Denker Pt 2
I'm back with Rev. Angela Denker, discussing antifascist faith under pressure. Angela names the misogyny threaded through white Christian nationalism—from “submission” theology to the contempt aimed a...
1 Feb 37min
16. Mark Carney is Not Your Antifascist Dad
Carney’s recent speech at Davos really is as important as everyone’s saying it is. But in my view, it’s not important for the obvious truth we just heard him confess, but for the lessons it provides a...
28 Jan 27min
UNLOCK 14.1 How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism w/ Craig Johnson Pt 2
Picking it back up with historian of fascism Craig Johnson with the question of why fascism can feel cool—especially online—and how we might interrupt that appeal without fighting on fascism’s terms. ...
25 Jan 43min
15. Mother and Minister in Minneapolis w/ Rev. Angela Denker
I’m joined by Rev. Angela Denker, Lutheran minister, journalist, and mom in Minneapolis, as the city groans under intensified ICE activity. We discuss realities on the ground for families and schools...
21 Jan 37min
UNLOCK: 13.1 More Degenerate Art, Please! w/ Sarah Jaffray pt.2
I'm back with Sarah Jaffray to probe the aesthetics of fascism and the politics of cultural memory. We talk about how fascist movements rely on a triumphalist victim complex that cannot tolerate vulne...
18 Jan 36min
14. How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism w/ Craig Johnson
I sit down with historian of fascism Craig Johnson to talk about one of the hardest and most urgent questions facing parents right now: how do we talk to our sons about fascism in a world where so muc...
14 Jan 31min
13. More Degenerate Art, Please! w/ Sarah Jaffray
What makes art politically dangerous to fascism—and why does empathy now count as transgression? Today I'm joined by art historian, educator, and curator Sarah Jaffray for a wide-ranging conversation ...
7 Jan 34min
