If We Can Keep It

Are we at America's end? The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky untangles what imperiled the republic & assesses If We Can Keep It & Social Security expert & Sha Na Na legend Jon "Bowzer" Bauman tells the #StrangeDaysPodcast why Social Security Works and why Grease is still the word...

In Defense of Elitism

Jonathan Safran Foer, Eleanor Randolph, and Joel Stein.

End the GOP

Surprise! We're hitting your playlists early this Thanksgiving week with two special interviews from the Miami Book Fair with Leonard Pitts Jr. and Kevin Kruse & Julian Zelizer. Listen, subscribe, leave a review, and enjoy the holiday!

They Don't Represent Us

Lawrence Lessig & Tom LoBianco

Yes We Can!

Chris Lu and David Simas

Get Over That Quickly, the World is Messy

Are progressive purity tests undermining The Democrats ability to win elections and govern? Signal Boost Show host and CNN commentator Jess McIntosh tackles the question and Think Progress founder Judd Legum tells #StrangeDaysPodcast how we got in and get out of the Trump era.

The Cult of Trump

Happy Halloween, #StrangeDaysPodcast listeners!!! In this SPOOKY episode of the podcast we discuss one of the scariest topics of all: The Cult of Trump, with author Steven Hassan. A little later in the podcast, editor-in-chief of The Bulwark and prominent #NeverTrumper, Charlie Sykes gives us some Scary Advice on How to Survive Our Impeachment Nightmare. Buy Steve Hassan's book THE CULT OF TRUMP: https://amzn.to/2PzRysz Read Charlie Sykes latest article, DEAR GOP, SOME SCARY ADVICE ON HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR IMPEACHMENT NIGHTMARE: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/10/29/gop-advice-impeachment-nightmare-trump-229885

Adapting to Adversity

May Day, May Day, May Day! Yes folks, it's still October, but we're sending out a distress call out for the state of America. POLITICO's National Security Correspondent, Natasha Bertrand joins us to discuss the nightmare of the current administration and the Ukraine-gate impeachment probe. Later in the podcast, we talk to the great Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, about national security issues and all the ghouls and goblins in the Trump White House. PRE-ORDER MAX BROOK'S BOOK DEVOLUTION: https://amzn.to/2W7YK0w

Digital Civil Wars & Lying Charts

Buckle up, #StrangeDaysPodcast listeners, because you're in for a ride! This week, we discussed impeachment and the fourth Democratic debate with one of the most ferocious political voices in the twitterverse, Democratic strategist, Peter Daou. Later in the podcast... You've heard of "fake news", but what about fake charts and graphs? Alberto Cairo, author of How Charts Lie, joins us to discuss how data can be manipulated and how you can learn to cut through the data deceit. Buy Peter Daou's book, DIGITAL CIVIL WAR: https://amzn.to/2nPooKC Buy Alberto Cairo's book, HOW CHARTS LIES: https://amzn.to/2MnosuJ

Beware the Evangelicals

“BE WARNED: IF TRUMP IS IMPEACHED OR LOSES IN 2020, EVANGELICAL LEADERS ARE CALLING FOR THE OVERTHROW OF THE U.S GOVERNMENT” says our latest #StrangeDaysPodcast guest, Frank Schaeffer, son of the late theologian Francis Schaeffer, and author of Letter to Lucy: A Manifesto of Creative Redemption - In the Age of Trump, Fascism and Lies, and writer. Buy Letter to Lucy: https://amzn.to/2ogQgYx Read Frank’s Blog: https://frankschaefferblog.com/2019/10/be-warned-if-trump-is-impeached-or-loses-in-2020-evangelical-leaders-are-calling-for-the-overthrow-of-the-u-s-government/