Latest
-
Episode #126: Debating the campus protests
05.08.24 Episode 126 – Debating the campus protests We discuss and debate every aspect of the campus protests that have proliferated across the country over the past few weeks, including who the protesters are, what they are protesting, what the goals of the protests are, and how these protests compare to historical protest movements.
-
Episode #106: A ’23-’24 SCOTUS term overview with Professor Renee Landers
10.23.23 Episode 106 – A ’23-’24 SCOTUS term overview with Professor Renee Landers We are joined this week by Suffolk University Law School Professor Renee Landers for a breakdown of the major cases on the Supreme Court docket this term (3:48-1:00:05). We discuss the two First Amendment/social media cases, the Second Amendment case, the racial gerrymandering…
-
Episode #105: The tragedy & horror of Israel & Palestine
10.10.23 Episode 105 – The tragedy & horror of Israel & Palestine We started this week’s episode with a discussion of the Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day debate (0:30-20:10). We then spent the majority of the episode trying to examine the enormously complicated, difficult, and tragic situation currently unfolding in Israel and Palestine (20:18-1:10:40). We concluded with…
-
Episode #104: On Capitalism
10.03.23 Episode 104 – On Capitalism Ricky wanted to zoom out a little bit for this episode and engage in a discussion on how we currently think about capitalism and how capitalism does–or does not–meet the current moment in our economics and in our politics.
-
Episode #103: The immigration crisis with Carine Hajjar
09.26.23 Episode 103 – The immigration crisis with Carine Hajjar We are joined this week by current Boston Globe and former Wall Street Journal writer and reporter Carine Hajjar to discuss the many angles of the current immigration crisis (4:18-33:04). Carine has been writing about this mounting crisis for years now from Texas, New York City,…
-
Episode #102: Six in Sixty: UAW strike, impeachment, abortion, North Korea, Iran, Morocco & Libya
09.21.23 Episode 102 – Six in Sixty: UAW strike, impeachment, abortion, North Korea, Iran, Morocco & Libya A big news week, so we return to our model of covering six of the major topics in (about) an hour. We start domestically by discussing the UAW Strike (7:38-21:35), the road to another presidential impeachment (21:36-31:31), and…
A Gentlemen's Disagreement 