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Neon Liberalism #54: An Army Is a Dangerous Thing to Play With

Join Samantha and guest Kori Schake, author of The State and the Soldier, as they discuss the history of civil-military relations in America—and how that relationship is being pushed to the breaking point. National Guard units are deployed in the streets; DHS rappels from Black Hawks onto civilian homes.

Liberalism or Inertia? Cass Sunstein's "Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom"

Sunstein’s book adopts a small-c conservative defensiveness that belies a now-requisite rejuvenating liberal imagination.

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The Editors' Chat #8

Epstein, elections, the shutdown, and more.

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Half the Answer #51: National Delirium: NatSec in Post-9/11 America, from Dubya to Donny

Trent and Caitlin speak with journalist Spencer Ackerman about the CIA, DHS, and other parts of the US government ostensibly protecting us from terrorism. How have they achieved this level of impunity? What are the precedents for the intolerable level of human rights and privacy violations we see today? What

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Neon Liberalism #53: Beyond Abundance?

Join Samantha and guest Becky Chao, Director of Policy and Research at the Economic Security Project, as they talk about the never-ending conflict between YIMBYs and anti-YIMBYs—and how we can get beyond it. Broken markets and broken incomes both shape American dysfunction. What can we do about it? Neon

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Half the Answer #50: Leaving Children Behind: Education Policy from Bush to Trump

Caitlin and Trent speak with educational policy researcher Derek Gottlieb about what it's like to research education in a country whose administration thinks public education shouldn't really even be a thing. Half the Answer can be heard on Spotify, on Apple, on YouTube, on Amazon, and

The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls

The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.

We Must Reclaim a Government That Belongs to All of Us

From the White House rubble to the bottomless pit of Epstein, we are in the midst of a nationwide struggle over whose government this really is.

The War on Professionalism and Professional Competence

Incompetence and sloppiness are the self-conscious ethos of the administration.

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Neon Liberalism #52: The Furious Minds of the MAGA Right

Join Samantha and guest Laura Field, author of the new book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln to Project 2025. How did highly online right-wing weirdos become "the brain trust and