How the Tech Bros of Silicon Valley Would Govern Us (Half the Answer #103, with Adrian Daub)
Taking a look at the ways that tech elites exert, and wish to exert, their power.
Half the Answer #38: Mass Shootings, MedBeds, Media Mistakes and Misconceptions
Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Jacqueline Sweet about how violence is framed in media as political, the rush to
Neon Liberalism #46: Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Toleration
Samantha and Lucian Staiano-Daniels, author of "The War People," discuss the connection between liberalism and toleration and
Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset
We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.
Half the Answer #37: Education Wars
Trent and Caitlin speak with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider about their recent book The Education Wars: A Citizen’s
War Fighters and the Enemy Within: Trump, Hegseth, and the Assault on the American People
Trump and Hegseth are cultivating a military that sees liberals and minorities as enemies to be fought and is willing to follow orders to do so.
Half the Answer #36: Charlie Kirk and the Roots of the Far Right
Trent and Caitlin talk with political science professor Matt McManus about far-right thinkers and their journey through the past
A Popular Front of Memory
As the right begins to revise their view of Hitler, we must revive the example Churchill set in that era.
Neon Liberalism #45: Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Prosperity
Samantha and fellow Liberal Currents editor Jason Briggeman discuss the economics of liberal democracy, starting from the basic question "
Half the Answer #35: Chaotic Neutrality in the Democratic Party
Trent and Caitlin talk with politics blogger and podcaster Ed Burmila about the centrist arm of the Democratic Party and
Charlie Kirk, Martyrdom, and America’s Authoritarian Apostles
The entanglement of fascist politics and Christian imagery is not new, and it is dangerously powerful.
Neon Liberalism #44: Why Be a Liberal?
Join host Samantha Hancox-Li for a discussion of the difference between liberalism as an assumed default and liberalism as