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In this weekâs episode, Danny speaks with journalist Ross Benes about his book 1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times. They discuss the connection between the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and âtrash cultureâ, what makes the instantiation of reality TV in 1999 unique and how early reality shows foreshadowed modern politics, how Beanie Babies were akin to âstock investmentsâ for working class and lower middle class people, PokĂ©mon as a pure distillation of unrestrained capitalism, and the other features of that moment that predicted American life as we now know it.
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Across the country, Democratic leaders and voters are beginning to push back against Trumpâs cruelty and chaos. Some are cautiously optimistic that a few key state races could serve as a crucial odd-year referendumâwith major implications for voters, donors, and even Republican politicians who may reconsider their allegiances after significant MAGA defeats.
Joining us today is our own national affairs correspondent, John Nichols, who, in our July issue, turned his focus to two potential bellwethers: Virginia and New Jersey. He spoke with politicians, strategists, and activists to understand whatâs at stake this fall, and who might be best positioned to deliver a winning message.
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Weâre sorry to say that weâre professionals, and Danny and Derekâs falling out will be behind closed doors. In this weekâs news: in Russia-Ukraine, Ukraine launches a massive drone strike and bombs several bridges (0:41), peace talks in Istanbul make little progress (5:43), and Donald Trump speaks to Vladimir Putin (7:51); in Israel-Palestine, more massacres are carried out at aid centers as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation suspends operations (13:04), the US vetoes another UN ceasefire resolution (16:49), and ceasefire talks remain frozen (18:31); a new IAEA report suggests Iran pursued undisclosed nuclear experimentation (21:11), and Khamenei trashes the United Statesâ proposed response (24:30); Trump lashes out at China and has a phone call with Xi (27:37); left-leaning Lee Jae-myung wins South Koreaâs presidential election (30:01); meanwhile, right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki is Polandâs new president (31:44); the Dutch government collapses (33:36); the UN discovers bodies at militia sites in Tripoli, Libya (36:16); the UK recognizes Moroccoâs sovereignty over Western Sahara (38:02); and Donald Trump announces a new travel ban (40:46).
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Paris Marx is joined by Sam Biddle to discuss how Silicon Valley is shamelessly courting government military contracts, using tactics to silence employee dissent and normalize the situation to the public, and what it all means for the future of military geopolitics.
Sam Biddle is a senior technology reporter at The Intercept.
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Forget the midterms next year, at least for now. The fight against Trump runs through the elections this Novemberâstarting with Virginia and New Jersey. The Nation's national affairs correspondent John Nichols explains.
Also: J. Hoberman, the long-time film critic for The Village Voice, talks about the happenings, the underground movies, and the radical art and musicâ from Bob Dylan to Andy Warhol to Yoko Ono. His new book is Everything is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde.
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Danny and Derek welcome to the program author Eva Payne to talk about her book Empire of Purity: The History of Americansâ Global War on Prostitution. They discuss American sexual exceptionalism, the legal definition of âprostitutionâ vs modern conceptions of sex work, the late 19th century new abolition movement and racial hierarchies therein, how Americans interfaced with state-regulated prostitution systems in places like India and the Philippines, the sexual imagery used in justifying US aims in the Spanish-American War, the notion of âwhite slaveryâ in sex work, prostitution control in World War I and how it affected things domestically after that conflict, eugenic thinking around prostitution reform, and much more.
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On this episode of The Nation Podcast, editor D.D. Guttenplan talks to veteran journalist and broadcaster Ray Suarez about the gap between Donald Trumpâs maximalist immigration rhetoric and his actual enforcement policy. Ray's article appears in our June issue.
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Michael Ledeen, who died on May 17 at age 83, was a prominent figure on the American right since the 1970s. He is most famous, or notorious, as one of the instigators of the Iran/Contra scandal, helping to connect the Reagan administration with an Iranian arms dealer. Beyond that, he was active not just as a writer but also as an activists who often promoted disinformation, most notably the lie about the âweapons of mass destructionâ the was used to sell George W. Bushâs invasion of Iraq.
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, I talked about Ledeenâs controversial life with Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of The National Interest and author of a fine study of neoconservatism, They Knew They Were Right.
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In this weekâs American Prestige news roundup: US-Iran negotiations might be making progress (1:02); in Israel-Palestine, a new aid program implemented gets people killed (6:30), the US proposes framework for a new peace deal* (11:01), and Israel creates 22 new West Bank settlements (15:54); cases of cholera are spiking in Sudan (17:35); Libyaâs eastern-based government may cut off its oil supply (19:23); Salva Kiir appoints a potential successor in South Sudan (21:51); jihadist activity appears to be on the rise in Mozambique (23:46); Mauritius and the UK sign a Chagos Islands deal (25:52); Russia offers to begin new peace talks (29:48) as Trump lashes out at Putin (35:06); the far right emerges as the main opposition in Portugal (38:29); President Petro in Colombia calls for a general strike (40:23); in the US, the Trump administration freezes student visas and revokes those for Chinese students (42:11), a court rules that the âLiberation Dayâ tariffs are unconstitutional*, and Elon Muskâs term as âco-presidentâ has come to an end (48:26).
*Hamas has reportedly rejected this deal as it stands since the time of recording.
**An appeals court has since agreed to a temporary pause in the decision.
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Casey Johnston to discuss why she pared back on social media, made her smartphone much dumber, and what she learned about how bodies are treated online through her fitness journey.
Casey Johnston is the creator of the Sheâs A Beast newsletter and author of A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting.
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Rural America is Trump country. Last November Trump carried 93 percent of rural counties.. How can Democrats change that? Anthony Flaccavento and Erica Etelson, co-founders of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative, have a strategy to accomplish that.
Also: 20 minutes without Trump: We know a lot about the bad things J. Edgar Hoover did, but it turns out thereâs a lot we didnât know. In this episode from the archives, Historian Beverly Gage will explain. Her award-winning book is âG-Man: J. Edgar Hoover & the Making of the American Century.â (originally aired in December, 2022)
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On this episode of American Prestige, Writer and researcher â Joshua Crazeâ returns to the program to talk about the situation in South Sudan. They cover the collapsed 2018 âpeace deal,â the elite forces vying for power, the Nuer White Army, figures like Salva Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar, how South Sudanâs troubles have been impacted by the war in Sudan, external actors like the United Arab Emirates and Uganda, and the humanitarian crisis in the fragmented country.
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For sports fans in the US, betting has never been more common, or more accessible. But beneath the surface of this booming pastime, a darker story is unfolding. Writer John Semley joins the podcast to examine the implications of all this access, not just in American sports, but across global betting markets, and how our era of gambling reflects a new world order some economists are calling "casino capitalism." Semleyâs feature, âCasino Capitalism 2.0,â appears in the June issue of The Nation.
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The late David Horowitz, who died in April at age 86, was often dismissed as a fringe figure not just by liberals and leftists but even many on the right. Horowitz would often complain that his books â crude polemics with titles such as BLITZ: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win (2020) and The Enemy Within: How a Totalitarian Movement Is Destroying America (2021) â were ignored by respectable conservative publications such as National Review and Commentary. Horowitz got one thing right: that both his friends and foes underestimated him. In truth, as David Klion notes in an obituary for The Nation, Horowitz for all his shrillness and absurdity, had an enormous influence on right-wing politics and deserves to be seen as a precursor to Trumpism. Among other claims to infamy, Horowitz was the mentor of Trumpâs anti-immigration advisor Stephen Miller.
I talked to David about Horowitzâs long shadow and tumultuous journey from being a red-diaper baby to a New Left radical to an right-wing polemicist who tried to revive the very McCarthism that damaged his parentâs life. Horowitz left a terrible legacy but was also a figure whose impact canât be ignored.
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This week in the American Prestige news roundup: the Ukraine peace talks collapse (3:30) as Trump stuns European allies with his sudden pivot back to positions beneficial to Russia (7:21); in EU elections, a Romanian centrist wins the presidency (11:06), a Polish centrist wins the first round of the presidential election leading to a runoff (13:27), and the Portuguese center-right wins that countryâs parliamentary election (14:46); India continues to threaten Pakistani water levels (17:05); South African president Ramaphosaâs visit to the White House goes awry (20:04); in Israel-Palestine, the IDF begins Operation Gideonâs Chariots (23:58), the Israelis allow âminimalâ aid into Gaza, but no distribution (27:13), and a European backlash follows the IDFâs operation and a West Bank shooting incident involving diplomats (31:18); Israel again appears to be preparing to strike Iran (35:17); Evo Morales is excluded from the presidential ballot in Bolivia (38:23); a New Cold War update featuring China pledging additional money to the WHO after a pandemic agreement (40:57); and Trump announces the Golden Dome project (43:47).
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna to discuss some of the harms caused by generative AI, address the industry's ploys to keep the public invested while companies flounder under the weight of unmet promises, and what folks can do to push back.
Emily M. Bender is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at University of Washington. Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Institute. They are the authors of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Techâs Hype and Create the Future We Want.
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âA rally a day keeps the fascists awayâ â thatâs what Jamie Raskin says. Heâs the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, and he talks about Trumpâs âworld historical grift,â and why we shouldnât be pessimistic about defeating his efforts.
Also: 20 minutes without Trump: 1925 is being celebrated this year as the centenary of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzerald -- but weâre interested in some of the other books published that year. So we turn to Tom Lutz â his new book is titled â1925: A Literary Encyclopedia.â Itâs 800 pages long, and only 7 are on âGatsby."
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On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek welcome Emily Herring, a writer based in Paris, to the program. They discuss her new book, Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People. The conversation delves into Henri Bergson's philosophy and its enduring relevance, particularly concerning contemporary anxieties surrounding the mechanization of the world, the dehumanizing potential of algorithms and artificial intelligence, the dangers of quantification and rigid categorization, and the perceived erosion of human creativity and the more enjoyable aspects of human experience.
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On this episode of The Nation Podcast, Jacob Silverman joins the show to discuss how the cryptocurrency industry has long evaded regulation, and how itâs now deeply enmeshed with the Trump administrationâs most corrupt dealings. Silverman's feature, âCoin-Operated: The Crypto Industryâs Takeover of American Politics,â appears in the June issue of The Nation.
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On his latest trip to the Middle East, Donald Trump is making big news. Heâs indicating a receptiveness to making a deal with Iran trading normalization for nuclear non-proliferation. He ended the bombing campaign against Yemen and is also pushing for normalization with Syria. Further, the White House has sidestepped Israel in order to have direct talks with Hamas. These moves have angered some hawks in the GOP as well as the Israeli government. But will Trumpâs attempt to shift Americaâs policy in the Middle East pay off, especially given his record of erratic attention to details and sudden shifts in direction? To assess the situation I spoke with Trita Parsi of The Quincy Institute, who recently wrote about these matters for The American Conservative.
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