Neon Liberalism #35: Tell Me a Story

Join Samantha and author Robert Jackson Bennett as they discuss the power of fiction to shape politics, from 20th-century detective fiction to modern-day QAnon. Along the way they discuss the fiscal-military state, the meaning of liberal society, and why it matters that conservatives have fun engaging with conservative narratives. Neon

The Politics of Humiliation

The politics of humiliation has moved to the center of the reactionary project under Trump II.

What Today’s Reformers Can Learn From the Temperance Movement

Before its more famous 20th century iteration, the temperance movement demonstrated the value of mass persuasion over force as a tool of cultural change.

Half the Answer #22: Being Weird About Zohran

Caitlin and Trent speak with Eiynah about how people simply cannot be normal about NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the way the New York Times keeps getting puppetted by far-right propagandists, and the manufactured nature of “newsworthiness.” Half the Answer can be heard on Spotify, on Apple, on YouTube, on

The Bastards of Mont Pèlerin

Hayek's Bastards should serve as a reminder to the defenders of Hayek and neoliberalism generally to be vigilant in differentiating themselves from the far right figures and groups that have attempted to graft onto what they defend.

Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor

It is the tech oligarchs, not young radicals, who have turned against the system that made them.

Neon Liberalism #34: Are Liberals Losing the Culture War?

Andrew Breitbart argued long ago that "politics is downstream of culture." Is that true? Is there such a thing as liberal culture? Has Trump II revealed its apparent dominance to be hollow? Or is the death of liberalism overwrought? Join Samantha and guest Alex Lefebvre, author of Liberalism

Drawing on Ukrainian Republican Roots

The egalitarian history of Ukrainian identity.

Half the Answer #21: Racist Pseudoscience in Academia and Beyond

Caitlin and Trent talk to anthropologist Rebecca Sear about the troubling trend in academia of allowing scientific racism, or the pseudoscientific belief that humans can be divided into genetically distinct racial groups with discrete measurements for things like IQ, personality traits, and behavior, to persist and present itself as a

Rawls in the Streets

Katrina Forrester's In the Shadow of Justice shows the radical potential—and political limitations—of John Rawls' philosophy.

A Fight Against Impunity: Cooperation in the International Criminal Court

The ICC as a body has important potential for advancing international justice and deserves more extensive support.

Neon Liberalism #33: What Is America?

According to Vice President Vance, America is not an idea: America is a nation. A people. And there are some here who don't belong. Join Samantha and guest Guillaume Attia as they discuss the contrast between America as a nation and America as an idea, the philosophical foundations