Podcasts by The Politics of Everything
Produced by The New Republic and hosted by literary editor Laura Marsh and writer Alex Pareene, The Politics of Everything is a podcast about the intersection of culture, politics, and media.
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Boris Johnson’s Wine-Party Woes from 2022-02-03T10:00
British politics are in an uproar over … happy hour. How did Prime Minister Boris Johnson—shameless, disheveled Boris Johnson—end up here? On episode 42 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura M...
ListenWhy Joe Biden Gave Up on Covid from 2022-01-19T10:00
When Joe Biden was elected, he promised to treat the pandemic differently from his predecessor. And, for a while, it seemed that his approach was working. But a year into his administration, omicro...
ListenBonus episode from our partners at 5–4: Hamdi v. Rumsfeld from 2021-12-22T10:00
5-4 is a podcast about the ideological battles at the heart of the Supreme Court’s most important landmark cases, and an irreverent tour of all the ways that politics shape the law. On this episod...
ListenThe Illiberal Upstarts Trying to Reinvent the American Right from 2021-12-08T10:00
Today’s youth are overwhelmingly left-wing. So who are the young conservatives? On Episode 40 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene talk to Sam Adler-Bell, a writer and ...
ListenRats on the Brain from 2021-11-24T10:00
The rats are everywhere, more of them all the time, in our streets and our apartment complexes, cavorting on picnic tables and playgrounds—or so the pandemic’s hyperventilating news reports would s...
ListenHollywood Blues from 2021-11-10T10:00
In the past decade, the number of original, scripted television shows being produced each year has more than doubled. Meanwhile, subscriptions to streaming services have surpassed one billion world...
ListenTax Haven, South Dakota from 2021-10-27T09:00
For the extremely wealthy who want to stash their money where nobody can find it, South Dakota is the place to go—or so recent reporting in the Pandora Papers has suggested. The state’s lax regulat...
ListenSuccession’s White-Collar Criminals from 2021-10-13T09:00
The acclaimed TV series Succession is a comedic drama about a handful of monstrously rich, often monstrous people fighting over who will succeed the patriarch in running the family business. But is...
ListenThe Cops Who Touched Fentanyl from 2021-09-29T09:00
Can you overdose on fentanyl just from being near it? Over the past few years, a number of police officers have said just that. In 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration even issued a warning to...
ListenThe Lyme Vaccine That Got Away from 2021-09-16T09:00
How does a vaccine get developed, studied, approved, distributed, and administered, and then just … disappear? On Episode 34 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene explor...
ListenLibertarian vs. Bear (Rerun) from 2021-09-01T09:00
In the early 2000s, a group of libertarians moved to a small town in New Hampshire, where they set about slashing the municipal budget. The newcomers wanted to be free from taxes and government reg...
ListenMonopoly is Tyranny (Rerun) from 2021-08-18T09:00
The economy as we know it is populated by gigantic corporations, behemoths that have bought up not only their competition but also the businesses supplying or otherwise supporting them. Such monopo...
ListenThe Unnatural Endurance of Bipartisanship (Rerun) from 2021-08-04T09:00
Joe Biden ran for president promising to revive the spirit of bipartisanship and bring Americans together after an era of painful division. But when facing an intransigent, extremist Republican Par...
ListenMore Reasons to Hate the Dentist from 2021-07-21T09:00
Nobody enjoys going to the dentist. But, generally speaking, we don’t question what’s done to us when we’re there. On Episode 33 of The Politics of Everything, Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene speak wi...
ListenAgainst Remote Work (Rerun) from 2021-07-07T09:00
As its boosters have long argued, remote work offers a slew of obvious benefits. Companies save money on rent; employees don’t have to commute; and everyone, without the distractions of the office,...
ListenAn Herbal Viagra Scam and the Hard Truth About the Dietary Supplement Industry from 2021-06-23T09:00
In the early 2000s, a man named Erb Avore started selling a male sexual enhancement supplement he called Stiff Nights. The pills were amazingly effective—but the list of ingredients failed to menti...
ListenThe Case of the Sick Spies (Rerun) from 2021-06-10T09:00
In late 2016, staff at the American Embassy in Havana began hearing strange noises and experiencing odd symptoms: headaches, nausea, dizziness. Had they been targeted by a secret weapon, perhaps de...
ListenMusic for Nothing from 2021-05-27T09:00
It’s easier than ever to listen to practically the entirety of recorded music. But for musicians, it’s harder than ever to make money. On Episode 31 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh...
ListenAndrew Yang Takes New York from 2021-05-05T09:00
Andrew Yang—a man who has never held public office, nor even voted in a New York City mayoral election—is currently the frontrunner in the race to be the city’s next mayor. Why is Yang so popular? ...
ListenMark Bittman’s Beef with Capitalism from 2021-04-21T09:00
What we grow determines how we eat, and what we eat determines how we live and die. These simple but overlooked truths drive the work of the longtime food writer Mark Bittman, whose new book, Anima...
ListenAndrew Cuomo, the Creepy Tyrant of Albany from 2021-03-31T09:00
Andrew Cuomo has been mired in scandal for weeks, for actions that, in some cases, date back years. To what extent has the governor’s bullying been hiding in plain sight? On Episode 28 of The Polit...
ListenThe Cousinhood that Rules Britain from 2021-03-17T09:00
It’s no secret that Britain has in recent years been something of a mess. Yet the Conservative Party’s popularity continues unabated. Why don’t British voters blame Boris Johnson or his party for t...
ListenThe Unnatural Endurance of Bipartisanship from 2021-03-04T10:00
Joe Biden ran for president promising to “revive” the spirit of bipartisanship, put an end to factional battles, and bring Americans together after an era of painful division. Yet faced with an int...
ListenMistakes Were Made, But Not By Us from 2021-02-17T10:00
What’s it like to be wrong? We have no idea. On Episode 25 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene discuss being right all the time. TNR staff writers Walter Shapiro and M...
ListenThe Case of the Sick Spies from 2021-02-03T10:00
In late 2016, staff at the American embassy in Havana began hearing strange noises and experiencing a range of odd symptoms: headaches, dizziness, ringing in the ears. Suspicion arose that they had...
ListenHow Pandemics End from 2020-12-16T12:00
On December 11, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer to begin distributing its vaccine for Covid-19. The triumphant moment comes on the brink of a grim winter, amid record case levels...
ListenAmerican Military Supremacy is Not Inevitable from 2020-12-02T10:00
The country with the most powerful military in the world likes to pretend it has no choice in the matter. If the United States didn’t maintain order, the story goes, disorder would prevail. But as ...
ListenFantasizing About Joe Biden’s Cabinet from 2020-11-18T10:00
Who should President-elect Biden ask to join his cabinet? Everyone has an opinion, and most of the opinions are terrible. On Episode 20 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Par...
ListenLibertarian vs. Bear from 2020-11-02T10:00
In the early 2000s, a group of libertarians moved to a small town in New Hampshire, where they set about slashing the municipal budget. The newcomers wanted to be free from taxes and government reg...
ListenCan the Supreme Court Be Fixed? from 2020-10-21T09:00
With the likely confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett this week to the Supreme Court, conservatives will secure a majority they can use to strike down liberal legislation for years to come. Why do nine...
ListenIs California Doomed to Keep Burning? from 2020-10-07T09:00
What will it take to save California? Around the world, fire season is growing increasingly severe and increasingly lethal. This year, wildfires have destroyed more than five million acres in the A...
ListenThe Strangely Persistent Myth of the Suburbs from 2020-09-23T09:00
While Democrats pin their electoral hopes on turning wealthy suburbs blue, Donald Trump tells “Suburban housewives” on Twitter that Joe Biden will “destroy” their “American dream.” But who are subu...
ListenDangers of the Lame Duck from 2020-09-10T09:00
Why is the period between Election Day and inauguration so long in the United States? What kind of trouble have past outgoing presidents made during the interregnum? And in the event Joe Biden wins...
ListenThe Chaos of Reopening Schools from 2020-08-26T09:00
Teachers feel frustrated and afraid. Parents are overburdened. Guidance from officials has been scant. For the schools preparing to welcome students back next month, nothing about the planning proc...
ListenThe Women Who Still Can’t Vote from 2020-08-12T09:00
As we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment this month, it’s tempting to assume that women’s suffrage is complete. Yet millions of women—because they are incarcerated or o...
ListenMonopoly is Tyranny from 2020-07-29T09:00
The economy as we know it is populated by gigantic corporations, behemoths that have bought up not only their competition but also the businesses supplying or otherwise supporting them. Such monopo...
ListenThe Long War on Objectivity from 2020-07-15T09:00
The mess of hystrionics and misinformation that passes for right-wing media these days didn’t spring from nowhere. How did this increasingly influential and well-funded sphere become what it is? On...
ListenThe Political Power of Protests from 2020-06-17T08:00
After three weeks of protests against police violence, the energy of the demonstrations remains undiminished. Episode 10 of The Politics of Everything explores what is motivating the actions, the p...
ListenVaccines Don't Make Money from 2020-06-03T09:00
Victory in the so-called race for a coronavirus vaccine rests on the skills of a handful of private companies whose primary motivation is hardly the public good. Can the Big Pharma deliver what we ...
ListenIs Baseball Safe? from 2020-05-20T09:00
Will the United States get a baseball season this year? Do we deserve one? What is at stake—economically, emotionally, mortally—in the effort to start up sports again? On Episode 8 of The Politics ...
ListenReimagining the Post-Covid Economy from 2020-05-07T09:00
The Covid-19 pandemic interrupted the usual functioning of the national economy with shocking speed and violence. Now, as states around the country move to “reopen”—in most cases far earlier and fa...
ListenThe Polarization Problem from 2020-04-23T09:00
Political polarization is something liberals have grown fond of naming as an obvious societal ill. And it is bad—but does it need to get worse before it can get better? On Episode 6 of The Politics...
ListenThe Socially Distanced Protester from 2020-04-09T09:00
Much of the emotional power of a march or demonstration comes from being there. Successful labor organizing likewise depends in part on the intimacy and convenience of working near other people. Ca...
ListenHEATED: Kate Aronoff - "It's a Great Time to be Evil" from 2020-04-03T09:00
You may remember Emily Atkin from the first episode of The Politics of Everything, "Are Kids Bad for the Planet?" Emily has launched a new limited-run podcast, HEATED, that shows how Covid-19 and t...
ListenAn Emergency Decades in the Making from 2020-03-26T07:00
How does an outbreak evolve into an epidemic and finally a pandemic? In Episode 4 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene discuss how the coronavirus crisis has been misha...
ListenThe Electability Trap from 2020-03-16T09:00
It’s impossible to know whether a political candidate is electable until they’ve actually been elected—but that hasn’t stopped pundits from speculating ad nauseam about the question. Episode 3 of T...
ListenWhy the New Right Loves Nootropics from 2020-02-27T10:00
A class of supplements bills itself as neuroenhancers or nootropics—compounds you don’t need a prescription for that promise to augment your mental functioning without side effects. A notable subse...
ListenAre Kids Bad for the Planet? from 2020-01-27T10:00
Is it irresponsible to bring a child into a warming world? For some who are plagued by this question, the problem is the carbon footprint their offspring will leave. Others anguish about the diffic...
ListenAre Kids Bad for the Planet? from 2020-01-27T10:00
Is it irresponsible to bring a child into a warming world? For some who are plagued by this question, the problem is the carbon footprint their offspring will leave. Others anguish about the diffic...
ListenAre Kids Bad for the Planet? from 2020-01-27T10:00
Is it irresponsible to bring a child into a warming world? For some who are plagued by this question, the problem is the carbon footprint their offspring will leave. Others anguish about the diffic...
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