Unity Is Probably Impossible
Reading Time: 16 minutes A look at why facts, data, and truth have little to do with what we believe.
Why Is the US Senate So F**ked Up?
Reading Time: 20 minutes Why the US Senate is no longer “the world’s greatest deliberative body,” and where it went wrong.
The New Color Purple
Reading Time: 19 minutes As tech companies move from blue states to blue cities inside red states, what are the long-term political consequences?
Did We Just Witness Our Fort Sumter?
Reading Time: 20 minutes Is secession the only option left for a divided America? A reprise of our conversation with conservative journalist David French.
The Week That Jumped the Shark
Reading Time: 3 minutes 2021 kicks off with an unprecedented flood of information overload and maximum disruption. Can we process it all?
WhoWhatWhy’s Top Ten Podcasts of 2020 – Part 2
Reading Time: 3 minutes Podcasts, like radio before them, have become the conversations that shape our perception of the world. The intimacy of voices in your car, in your earbuds, or in the dark has transformed how we listen and learn.
WhoWhatWhy’s Top Ten Podcasts of 2020 – Part 1
Reading Time: 3 minutes Podcasts, like radio before them, have become the conversations that shape our perception of the world. The intimacy of voices in your car, in your earbuds, or in the dark has transformed how we listen and learn.
Why the US Is More Like WeWork and Theranos Than Apple
Reading Time: 17 minutes A contrarian history of the US dismissing notions of exceptionalism and triumphalism.
Sketches of a Socialist Dream
Reading Time: 20 minutes Longtime socialist professor and activist Victor Wallis lays out his socialist agenda.
Whose Economy Is It Anyway?
Reading Time: 12 minutes A conversation with Gene Sperling, one of the few progressive economists advising Joe Biden.