Editor's Notes: Never Underestimate the Human Capacity for Earnest Cruelty
Americans ought to be more familiar with the sorts of atrocities committed both by regimes and by rioting publics.
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SCOTUS, the Fourth Amendment, and the Resistance (Half the Answer #63, with Chris Geidner)
Trent and Caitlin talk to Chris Geidner of Law Dork about the absolute deluge of legal news that seems to
ICE Flights and Accountability in Journalism (Half the Answer #62, with Gillian Brockell)
Caitlin and Trent talk with journalist Gillian Brockell about her work tracking the flights and airline companies that move people
The Year We Lost Everything: Appraising 2025 and Fighting Back in 2026 (Half the Answer #61, with Evan Urquhart)
Trent and Caitlin ask Evan Urquhart about his 2025 wrap up piece on Assigned Media: "The Year We Lost
2025's Word of the Year (Half the Answer #60, with Savi Namboodiripad and Daniel Midgley)
Caitlin and Trent chat with linguistics scholars Savi Namboodiripad and Daniel Midgley on what word most exemplifies 2025. Was it
Understanding Stephen Miller (Half the Answer #59, with Greg Sargent)
Trent and Caitlin catch up with Greg Sargent from The New Republic about his recent piece exploring the family history
The U.S. in Venezuela: The International Community and the Donroe Doctrine (Half the Answer #58, with Mark Copelovitch)
Caitlin and Trent speak with Mark Copelovitch, a political science professor from University of Wisconsin–Madison. They discuss the problem
The U.S. in Venezuela: Why Is Corporate Media Being So Weird? (Half the Answer #57, with Marisa Kabas)
Trent and Caitlin check in with The Handbasket’s Marisa Kabas about the year that has been the first week
The Imaginary "War on Science"—and the Real One (Half the Answer #56, with Nathan Oseroff-Spicer)
Trent and Caitlin talk with philosophy of science expert Nathan Oseroff-Spicer about his review of the book "The
What Do Republicans Know? (Half the Answer #55, with Matthew Sheffield)
Caitlin and Trent talk with Matthew Sheffield about his experiences as a former Republican strategist and the information he wants
Touring America with Border Patrol and ICE (Half the Answer #54, with Amanda Moore)
Trent and Caitlin catch up with journalist Amanda Moore to hear about her tour of American cities that have been
Sick in America: Is Everyone Else Lying to You? (Half the Answer #53, with Jonathan Howard)
Caitlin and Trent talk with Jonathan Howard, a neurologist, psychiatrist, and author of Everyone Else Is Lying to You and
Half the Answer #52: Modern Gangsters of Capitalism and the Imperial Boomerang
Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist and author Jonathan Katz about the gangsters of capitalism, the imperial boomerang, and the