Samantha Hancox-Li is a writer, editor, and host of the Neon Liberalism podcast.
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Samantha is joined by Elizabeth Wilkins, president of the Roosevelt Institute, to discuss the economic debate that's roiling the Democratic Party—whether to lean into Republican slopulism about tax cuts, or to embrace broad social programs funded by a broad tax base. Along the way, they discuss the
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Samantha is joined by Matt Darling to discuss the state of the economy. Macroeconomic indicators are good, but the vibes are rancid. People feel like America is not on the right track. The divergence between the vibes and the macro is the vibecession—and it can be measured empirically. But
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Samantha interviews Bethany Andres-Beck, running in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District. They talk about the spiritual crisis in the Democratic Party, the need to fix what's broken in America, and how they intend to fight for working people across a range of issues. "
Woke 2 is Woke 1 with an honest relation to power.
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Why did JD Vance personally campaign for the former Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán? Why did his comprehensive defeat by a former member of his own party, Péter Magyar, garner such attention from the American press? Because, according to Greg Sargent, Orbán has for the last sixteen years served as
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On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump announced "Liberation Day" tariffs which, according to him, would fix the trade deficit and bring American manufacturing roaring back. One year on, Samantha and economic analyst Joey Politano dig into what actually happened. Manufacturing is down, the deficit is barely changed, fake
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Note: If you support us on Patreon you can find the episode on that platform. The Editors' Chat is a monthly, freewheeling discussion among the editors of Liberal Currents on a variety of topics from current events to ancient history, social science, and more. It will be live streamed
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Last month, Donald Trump started a war—or perhaps a special military operation—with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Join Samantha and military historian Bret Devereaux as they discuss the "uncomfortable frontier arrangement" that previously existed with Iran, why Donald Trump blew it up, and what—maybe—the
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According to all current polling, Graham Platner will be Maine's next senator—despite a Nazi tattoo, a history of controversial social media posts, and an almost-total lack of political experience. To try and understand what this tells us about the direction of the Democratic Party, Chance Phillips recently
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Samantha Hancox-Li and guest David Lay Williams, author of The Greatest of All Plagues, discuss the nature of extreme wealth inequality in America and across history, from Plato to Occupy Wall Street. Williams argues that extreme wealth warps the soul, leading to "pleonexia"—a restless desire for more
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Samantha and returning guest Jamelle Bouie take a step back and assess the overall arc of the Trump administration. Bouie argues that Trump's theory of the case when he came into office was fundamentally based on speed: move fast, break things, and present American society with strongman rule
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