The 2022 Midterm Elections
Past Present Podcast, Episode 351
In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the results of the 2022 midterm elections....
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Inflation, the Labor Market, and Inequality: Two Interviews
Unproductive Labor Podcast, Episode 16
This week a double episode, first a discussion about inflation and the labor market with Brian Callaci, chief economist at the Open Market Institute. Then an interview with political scientist David Lay Williams about inequality today and its place in the history of western political thought....
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Affirmative Action
Past Present Podcast, Episode 350
In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the past and uncertain future of affirmative action in higher education....
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Violence and Class Solidarity: How Employers Organized to Fight Unions in the Nineteenth Century, an Interview with Chad Pearson
Unproductive Labor Podcast, Episode 15
In this episode, Pete interviews Chad Pearson about his new book, Capital's Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century (University of North Carolina Press, 2022). They talk about the use of violence to discipline workforces, labor battles in the long nineteenth century, the need to study the ...
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Multi-Verse Episode 6: CM Burroughs on Not Being Gentle
In three “Dear Liver” poems, a grieving sister demands response
In Episode 6 of Multi-Verse, poet CM Burroughs reads her trio of “Dear Liver” poems and discusses themes of grief, agency, and healing with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham....
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Halloween Panics
Past Present Podcast, Episode 348
Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
Panics over “Halloween sadism” have resurged yearly for decades. Niki referred to historian Paul M. Renfro’s book Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State, and Natalia cited this Wall Street Journal article about fentanyl abuse. All of ...
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John Fetterman
Past Present Podcast, Episode 347
Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
John Fetterman is the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, and an NBC interview drew attention to his disability and media’s treatment of it. Natalia referred to Rebecca Traister’s profile of Fetterman for New York magazine. Neil recommended this ...
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Herschel Walker
Past Present Podcast, Episode 346
In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss the Senate campaign of Herschel Walker and the controversy it has created.
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Multi-Verse Episode 5: Amanda Gunn’s Forensic Imagination
Poetic rememberance
In Episode 5 of Multi-Verse, poet Amanda Gunn reads her poem “What You Meant” and discusses its themes of love, grief, and memory with host Evangeline Riddiford Graham.
Learn more about Amanda Gunn and her forthcoming debut collection, Things I Didn't Do with This Body (Copper Canyon Press, 2023).
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The Protests in Iran
Past Present Podcast, Episode 345
In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the political protests in Iran....
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Pickleball
Past Present Podcast, Episode 344
Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
Pickleball is a booming recreation trend – and is inspiring controversy. Natalia referred to this leftist manifesto against pickleball and Christopher Lasch’s chapter in the Culture of Narcissism on the “degradation of sport.” She also talked about it on TikTok. ...
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