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Episode 209: Nostalgia

What does nostalgia fondly remember, and what might it dangerously enable?

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Episode 208: Sophistry

What to do when “just asking questions” is not that.

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Episode 207: The Enshittification of… everything?

How late capitalism turns every click into crap.

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Episode 205: Therapy

What problems arise when “therapy speak” becomes our default social vocabulary?

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Episode 199: Crowds and Mobs

What, if anything, distinguishes a crowd from a mob?

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Episode 197: How the Manosphere Killed Cool (with Robin James)

Robin James explains how tech bros and manosphere podcasters made “cool” obsolete.

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Episode 193: Doomscrolling

What are we looking for? When can we stop?

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Episode 192: NPC Energy

Are you even playing the game?

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Episode 183: Cringe

This is gonna be awkward.

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Episode 180: Foucault’s “Fearless Speech” (Parrhesia)

Who, if anyone, is speaking truth to power?

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