A podcast on the intersection of culture, media, and politics, 
hosted by Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene

Thursday
August 3, 2023

Electric bicycles are catching on—and their lithium-ion batteries are catching fire. Why is so little being done about it?
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Is the hype (and doomsaying) around generative A.I. programs like ChatGPT obscuring what the technology actually does—and its genuine limitations and dangers?
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Politicians warn that we’re headed back to the 1970s. Is the fearmongering just an excuse for punishing interest-rate hikes and a revival of the same pro-business, anti-worker policies that failed us before?
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It’s hard to imagine life without social networking apps. But maybe Elon Musk is helping us figure out how.
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Bernie and AOC helped build a formidable movement. Since Biden took office, we’ve seen its reach—and its limits.
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How conservatives built a formidable network for ginning up scandal in higher education
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