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Recent Episodes

Child Safety Sex Panics with Paul Renfro

Posted September 19, 2020 • 02:04:58

Dan interviews historian Paul Renfro on his book Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State. Stranger Danger is also...

Higher Ed in Crisis

Posted September 12, 2020 • 01:57:19

Dan interviews Tithi Bhattacharya, Daniel Bessner, Simon Torracinta on the manifold crises engulfing higher ed as covid exposes and exacerbates decades...

Philly Black Power with Matthew Countryman

Posted September 3, 2020 • 02:11:09

Dan interviews historian Matthew Countryman on his book Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia. Join a Dig Book Club reading group and...

Yanis Varoufakis on the Economic Situation

Posted August 23, 2020 • 01:14:17

Dan's recent live event with Yanis Varoufakis on how 2020 revealed that 2008 had changed capitalism forever. Also: we had some pod feed issues last...

Organize to Win with Andres Celin and Rapheal Randall

Posted August 14, 2020 • 01:57:11

A must-listen conversation on organizing to win with two extraordinary organizers from Philadelphia's Youth United for Change. Download their book Y’all...