Best Matthew Yglesias Podcasts (2025)

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Rubio in Latin America, M23 Ceasefire Ends, Trump Proposes Gaza Takeover | American Prestige 41:02

2h ago41:02

41:02

On this week's news roundup from American Prestige: Donald Trump proposes the US take over the Gaza Strip (0:32), prompting mixed responses at home (9:16) as well as abroad (15:18); the US vows to return to a "maximum pressure" Iran policy (17:08); in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the M23 ceasefire fizzles out (20:04); Trump threatens…

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How Spotify Remade the Music Industry w/ Liz Pelly | Tech Won't Save Us 1:05:46

3h ago1:05:46

1:05:46

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, we're joined by Liz Pelly to discuss how Spotify changes how we listen to music and the broader impacts it has on the wider music industry. Liz Pelly is a music journalist and the author of Mood Machine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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We have some questions for you 9:01

1d ago9:01

9:01

What’s going on with all those layoffs in the gaming industry? What does being “middle class” actually mean? What’s up with this weird thing that happens when I sleep? Life is full of questions: simple ones with complicated answers and complicated ones with simple answers hiding in plain sight. Explain It to Me is here to answer the ones that matte…

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Mobilizing Against Trump in Week 3: Rebecca Solnit and Leah Greenberg | Start Making Sense 40:49

1d ago40:49

40:49

Understanding our power: “If you’re always consumed by the next outrage, you can’t look closely at the last one.” (Ezra Klein) Last week, Trump tried to stop payment of all federal grants and assistance. But people rose up in protest, and within a day Trump rescinded the entire effort. How did we do it? What does that tell us about him--and about o…

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M23, the DRC, and Rwanda w/ Marie-Rose Tshite | American Prestige 48:09

2d ago48:09

48:09

On this episode of American Prestige, Derek speaks with Marie-Rose Tshite, a peacebuilding advocate and Ph.D. student in Political Science with a concentration in Feminist Comparative and International Politics at the University of Cincinnati, about M23 and the situation in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They explore the group’s origins,…

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Project 2025 For Real w/Chris Lehmann | Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 36:43

5d ago36:43

36:43

Running for president last year, Donald Trump disowned Project 2025, the laundry list of radical demands gathered together by right-wing think tanks. Trump claimed Project 2025 had no influence on him and was only being raised by Democrats as a political attack. But now Trump is in power, he’s enacting an agenda of dismantling the welfare state tha…

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Project 2025 For Real w/ Chris Lehmann 36:43

5d ago36:43

36:43

Running for president last year, Donald Trump disowned Project 2025, the laundry list of radical demands gathered together by right-wing think tanks. Trump claimed Project 2025 had no influence on him and was only being raised by Democrats as a political attack. But now Trump is in power, he’s enacting an agenda of dismantling the welfare state tha…

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Sudan Army Advances, IDF Remains in Lebanon, US Foreign Aid Freeze | American Prestige 43:34

6d ago43:34

43:34

This week: in Israel-Palestine, detainees were exchanged on Thursday (0:31), the IDF continues its operation in the West Bank (6:05), an update on the humanitarian situation in Gaza (7:40), and Trump proposes the idea of ethnically cleansing the Strip (10:34); in Lebanon, the IDF ignores its withdrawal deadline (15:02); in Syria, the political tran…

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The Problem With Cyberlibertarianism w/ Chris Gilliard | Tech Won't Save Us 58:08

7d ago58:08

58:08

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss David Golumbia's final book Cyberlibertarianism and how right-wing politics shaped how we think about the internet. Chris Gilliard is co-director of the Critical Internet Studies Institute and author of the forthcoming book Luxury Surveillance, coming in 2026. …

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Is flying ethical? 29:33

8d ago29:33

29:33

Should I give up flying for the environment’s sake? Is it ethical to stay on Twitter and Facebook if I don’t like the owners’ politics? If a DNA test shows that my dad isn't my biological dad, should I tell him? There are no bad questions. But there are some that are really hard to answer. Those are the ones Vox senior reporter Sigal Samuel likes t…

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Chris Hayes: How Trump Wins the Battle for Attention | Start Making Sense 31:08

8d ago31:08

31:08

Our attention is limited. That makes it valuable, Chis Hayes says– not just to us, but to those who’d like to exploit it. Chris’s new book is The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource; before he became host of “All in with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC, he was The Nation’s Washington Correspondent. Also: Your Minnesota Mom…

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Decolonization as Advocacy, Pt. 2 w/ Lydia Walker | American Prestige 55:24

9d ago55:24

55:24

On this episode of American Prestige, Lydia Walker, historian at Ohio State University, is back with Danny and Derek to conclude the conversation about her book States-in-Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization. This time, the group explores post-colonial states following colonial borders, how business interests shaped things in states…

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Trump's First Week, Colombia Rebel Fighting, M23 Advances in DRC | American Prestige 50:25

13d ago50:25

50:25

On this week's American Prestige news roundup: in Gaza, the ceasefire takes effect (0:37), allowing a surge of humanitarian aid (3:51), the latter being partly facilitated by Hamas’s police force back in power (5:50). Meanwhile, an agreement on the second phase of the ceasefire remains to be seen (7:56); the IDF launches a new operation in the West…

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The New Tech Oligarchy w/ Gaby Del Valle | Tech Won't Save Us 52:48

14d ago52:48

52:48

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Gaby Del Valle to discuss the inauguration of Donald Trump and what the tech oligarchy hopes to get from their relationship with him. Gaby Del Valle is a policy reporter at The Verge and is working on a book on ecofascism that will be released by Bloomsbury in 2027. Advertising Inquirie…

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Why can I make a citizen's arrest? 41:02

15d ago41:02

41:02

After seeing someone make an illegal left turn, Mike joked to his daughter that they should do a citizen’s arrest. She had no idea what he was talking about, and now Mike wants to know: wait, are citizen’s arrests actually a real-life thing, or just something he saw on TV? And if they are real, how do they work? And what do they say about crime and…

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How We Got Here, plus Thanking the Undocumented | Start Making Sense 31:21

15d ago31:21

31:21

How Trump ‘won’: In 2024, 244 million Americans were eligible to vote. 31.5% voted for Trump, 30.6 % voted for Harris, 38% did not vote. Trump won the same share of the eligible voters as he did four years ago (32%), But Harris’s share of eligible voters fell by 3.5 points compared to Biden. Why did 7 million Democratic voters stay home? Harold Mey…

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Decolonization as Advocacy, Pt. 1 w/ Lydia Walker | American Prestige 48:11

16d ago48:11

48:11

On this episode of American Prestige, we speak with Lydia Walker, historian at Ohio State University, about her book States-in-Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization. The group discusses narratives of decolonization that Lydia wanted to challenge before exploring the “transnational advocacy network” and non-state actors she features i…

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Gaza Ceasefire, Yoon Arrested, & Farewell to Biden | American Prestige 39:42

20d ago39:42

39:42

On this week's news roundup from American Prestige: the terms and concerns of the Gaza ceasefire (0:30); Lebanon elects new PM Nawaf Salam (8:02); worries arise over foreign fighters in Syria’s new administration (12:21); in Sudan, the military takes Wad Madani, leading to reprisal killings (14:40); Somalia and Ethiopia agree to restore full relati…

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How to See Tech Like a Luddite w/ Jathan Sadowski | Tech Won't Save Us 1:02:51

21d ago1:02:51

1:02:51

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Jathan Sadowski to discuss the relationship between technology and capitalism, and what lessons can be taken from the Luddites to properly assess and understand these systems. Jathan Sadowski is is the author of The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capita…

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The DNC v. Trump, plus Solidarity v. Trump | Start Making Sense 37:06

22d ago37:06

37:06

As we prepare for Trump to take office next week, we're getting ready to challenge him and his people in the upcoming elections later this year. But before that, we have an important election in the next few weeks: the Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair on February 1 to prepare for the battles and the campaigns to come. For our an…

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Israeli Domestic Politics w/ Udi Greenberg | American Prestige 47:21

23d ago47:21

47:21

On this episode of American Prestige, Udi Greenberg, associate professor of history at Dartmouth, is back on the podcast to talk about the state of politics within Israel. We discuss the major factors driving domestic politics, the ruling coalition, ultra-Orthodox military exemption, the “centrist” faction, Yoav Gallant, the politics around nationa…

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Justin Trudeau’s Exit and Canada’s Rocky Future in the Trump Era | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 41:34

26d ago41:34

41:34

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Jeet Heer and Nora Loreto on how political disarray in Canada’s political elite in the face of MAGA taunting. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBy The Nation Magazine

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Lebanon Elects a President, Afghanistan and Pakistan Skirmish at the Border, and Trump Embraces Imperialism | American Prestige 47:58

27d ago47:58

47:58

On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek return to the newsroom for the first time in 2025! This week for our news roundup: the transition process continues in Syria (1:48) as the US government beginning relations with the new Syrian leadership (7:11), but fighting continues between Turkey and the SDF (10:25); in Lebanon, the IDF faces…

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What Netflix Has Done to Movies w/ Will Tavlin | Tech Won’t Save Us 1:06:23

30d ago1:06:23

1:06:23

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Will Tavlin to discuss how the Netflix model transformed film into the Typical Netflix Movie and how the company uses claims about data to deceive the public. Will Tavlin is a New York-based writer who has written for n+1, Bookforum, and the Columbia Journalism Review. Advertising Inqui…

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Should I buy antibacterial soap? 32:03

29d ago32:03

32:03

When it gets cold outside, we get colds inside. We also get the flu. And RSV. And — lately — norovirus. We all know that washing our hands helps defend against illness. But with what? There’s too many kinds of soap, and not all of them will keep you healthy in every situation. Should you up the ante with antibacterial or does bar soap set the bar? …

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Defending the Undocumented, plus Uncovering Hidden Wealth | Start Making Sense 46:29

29d ago46:29

46:29

On this episode of Start Making Sense: Trump’s ‘dictatorship on day one’ will feature executive orders to deport undocumented residents. Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the Center for Immigration Law & Policy at UCLA Law School, will explain the legal strategy to be deployed by the sanctuary states and cities, Also: Not everything is about Dona…

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Y2K: The Future That Never Was w/ Colette Shade | American Prestige 1:10:29

1M ago1:10:29

1:10:29

On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek speak with Colette Shade, who just released her debut collection of essays Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was). They discuss the fine line between ordinary nostalgia and lamenting the decline in material conditions, the advent of the internet and how it sha…

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The Paranoid Style of David Samuels 45:30

1M ago45:30

45:30

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion and Matt Duss on a popular right-wing fabulist. Has former president Barack Obama secretly been running the American elite — including the media and wide parts of the government — for nearly 20 years? Has he been doing so on behalf of a subversive agenda to empower Iran and undermine American exc…

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The Paranoid Style of David Samuels | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 45:30

1M ago45:30

45:30

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion and Matt Duss on a popular right-wing fabulist. Has former president Barack Obama secretly been running the American elite — including the media and wide parts of the government — for nearly 20 years? Has he been doing so on behalf of a subversive agenda to empower Iran and undermine American exc…

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The Dylan Movie, plus the Trump Books | Start Making Sense 30:14

1M ago30:14

30:14

The endlessly elusive Bob Dylan seems an unlikely candidate for a Hollywood biopic. John Powers, Critic-at-Large on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” talks about how the new movie “A Complete Unknown” captures a defining moment in his career -- and in American culture . Also: Our holiday reading guide: Dozens of books about Trump were published at the end of his …

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Bob Dylan's Xmas Album | Start Making Sense 21:37

2M ago21:37

21:37

Bob Dylan fans have been puzzled and troubled by his Christmas album ever since he released it in 2009. To help figure out what Dylan was doing, we turn to Sean Wilentz. He’s the official historian at BobDylan.com, and he also teaches history at Princeton. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/…

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Russian General Assassination, Turkey-SDF Tensions, Israel in Syria | American Prestige 43:17

2M ago43:17

43:17

On this episode of American Prestige, our last news roundup before the holidays —but stay tuned for other fun AP programming! This week: in Palestine-Israel, yet more Gaza ceasefire talks (1:33) and two new reports on Israeli conduct in the Strip (6:54); in Syria, reports of reprisal attacks (12:18), the US fails to broker a Turkey-SDF ceasefire (1…

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Is cuffing season real? 41:34

2M ago41:34

41:34

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Cuffing season. Or is it? That’s the question Antares asked this week. She told her lovelorn friend he’ll have better luck on dating apps once the temperatures drop, but then she wondered… is that actually true? This week on Explain It to Me, host Jonquilyn Hill goes on a journey to find out if Cuffing Seas…

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Working Class Wins, plus Hot Rod Racing | Start Making Sense 43:55

2M ago43:55

43:55

Hotel and restaurant workers in Los Angeles won a $30 minimum wage last week, Disneyland workers are getting $233 million in back pay, and Wisconsin public employees regained collective bargaining rights. Harold Meyerson reports on some victories in the class struggle in America. Also: a special feature: novelist Rachel Kushner reports on the world…

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The Financialization of Modern Media w/ Andrew deWaard | American Prestige 1:02:17

2M ago1:02:17

1:02:17

On this episode of American Prestige, Danny speaks with Andrew deWaard, assistant professor of media and popular culture at UC San Diego, about his book Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture. The two discuss how the falling rate of profit shapes the modern media landscape, the increased drive toward consolidation in entertainment compan…

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Hottest Year on Record, Syria's Transition, Yoon Weathers Impeachment | American Prestige 44:01

2M ago44:01

44:01

On this week's American Prestige news roundup: 2024 is officially the hottest year on record (0:57), particularly because the Arctic is no longer a carbon sink, but rather a net carbon emitter (2:40); regarding the situation in Syria, an update on the political transition (5:16), renewed fighting between the SDF and Turkish proxies (10:56), and Isr…

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How Data Is Changing Air Travel w/ Amanda Mull | Tech Won’t Save Us 1:04:28

2M ago1:04:28

1:04:28

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Mull to discuss the data-informed decisions that are changing the way we all experience air travel, mostly for the worse. Amanda Mull is a senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: …

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Bite-sized questions 54:40

2M ago54:40

54:40

Are hush puppies racist? Why do we celebrate weddings with a multi-tiered, super fancy, sometimes not particularly tasty, very expensive cake? Can a dairy-intolerant person actually drink a glass of A2 milk? These three questions came from listeners. Just not our listeners. They came to Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley, hosts of Gastropod, a show …

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Why Kamala Lost, plus Trump Family Activities | Start Making Sense 37:54

2M ago37:54

37:54

Kamala Harris lost not because Democratic voters switched to Trump, Steve Phillips shows, but because of a massive failure of the Democrats to turn out their base. Also: In a new episode of “The Children’s Hour,” Amy Wilentz reports on “Lives of the In-Laws” – Ivanka’s and Tiffany’s – and comments also on the rise of Eric’s wife Lara, and about the…

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US Sanctions as Economic Warfare w/ Jeff Stein | American Prestige 50:27

2M ago50:27

50:27

On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek speak with Jeff Stein, White House economics reporter for The Washington Post, about his series on US sanctions for the Post, "The Money War". They talk about the function of economic sanctions for the US and how that's changed over time, broader cases like Iran to targeted ones like Russian bus…

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Matthew Yglesias and the Problems of Popularism 1:06:05

2M ago1:06:05

1:06:05

Matthew Yglesias, a very influential journalist and proprietor of the Slow Boring substack, has emerged as a divisive figure within the Democratic party. To admirers, he’s a compelling advocate of popularism, the view the Democratic party needing to moderate its message to win over undecided voters. To critics, he’s a glib attention seeker who has …

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Matthew Yglesias and the Problems of Popularism | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 1:06:05

2M ago1:06:05

1:06:05

Matthew Yglesias, a very influential journalist and proprietor of the Slow Boring substack, has emerged as a divisive figure within the Democratic party. To admirers, he’s a compelling advocate of popularism, the view the Democratic party needing to moderate its message to win over undecided voters. To critics, he’s a glib attention seeker who has …

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Should Australia Ban Teens from Social Media? w/ Cam Wilson | Tech Won't Save Us 1:01:06

2M ago1:01:06

1:01:06

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, host Paris Marx is joined by Cam Wilson to discuss Australia’s plan to ban under-16s from social media, the interests driving it, and whether it’s the right approach to tackle the harms of those platforms. Cam Wilson is associate editor at Crikey. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & O…

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Why is it so hard to make new friends? 44:37

2M ago44:37

44:37

Adulthood comes with a lot of perks: You can set your own bedtime or eat candy for breakfast. But there is at least one thing that’s easier to do as a kid: making friends. That’s why Claire called us this week — she’s moved to a new city and wants to know: How do adults make new friends? Jonquilyn Hill chats with Vox senior reporters Allie Volpe an…

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What Can Stop Trump, plus Project 2025--the Dumb Parts | Start Making Sense 39:24

2M ago39:24

39:24

“Our worst enemy right now is not Trump himself, but fatalism about our ability to stop him.” That’s what David Cole says – he recently stepped down as National Legal Director of the ACLU, after 8 years and hundreds of lawsuits against the first Trump administration. Also: Project 2025,the Heritage Foundation’s famous 900 page book, is partly “"too…

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Drugs in America, Pt. 1 w/ Ben Fong | American Prestige 59:44

2M ago59:44

59:44

On this episode of American Prestige, hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner are joined by Ben Fong of Arizona State University for a two-part discussion of his book Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge. In this episode, the group covers everything from coffee to opiates to antidepressants, how they interact with…

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Factchecking Won’t Save Democracy 38:26

2M ago38:26

38:26

For this week’s podcast, I’m posting a talk I gave at Carleton University earlier this month on how the crisis of democracy is related to the crisis of journalism. In the talk, I argue that we are living in an age where the salient political divide is not so much left/right as system/antisytem. Liberals have tried to fight antisystem politicians li…

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Factchecking Won’t Save Democracy | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer 38:26

2M ago38:26

38:26

For this week's edition of The Time of Monsters podcast, we're posting a talk that host Jeet Heer gave at Carleton University earlier this November on how the crisis of democracy is related to the crisis of journalism. In the talk, I argue that we are living in an age where the salient political divide is not so much left/right as system/antisytem.…

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Nuclear Won’t Meet Tech’s Energy Demands w/ MV Ramana | Tech Won't Save Us 1:02:16

2M ago1:02:16

1:02:16

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by MV Ramana to discuss the tech industry’s push to have nuclear energy power its data centers and why the reality of nuclear power isn’t as great as its promoters often make it seem. MV Ramana is a Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Publi…

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Exploiting Trump’s Weaknesses; plus Mass Deportation in US History | Start Making Sense 37:29

2M ago37:29

37:29

Matt Gaetz dropping out as Attorney General nominee was a major setback for Trump, which exposes his vulnerabilities and weaknesses. Harold Meyerson reports on the divide in the Senate, and then between the MAGA movement and Republicans on Wall Street and in the corporations. Also on this episode of Start Making Sense: Trump’s plan to deport millio…

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