Political Junkie
Claire Potter, Neil J. Young, Murph Kinney, Letters from Katha, Paul Starr, Julia Sonnevend, Zayd Ayers DohrnNews you can use about politics, culture, and media
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
We begin with a June 22 press conference, in which Donald Trump blames faceless, nameless enemies for the failed renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
Our theme music this week is Dirty Water, written by Ed Cobb and performe...
Nancy Mace Falls From Grace
Congresswoman Nancy Mace speaking with attendees at the 2025 Young Women's Leadership Summit at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
When Congresswoman...
No Donald, You Can’t Have A Pony
We begin with a clip from the June 14 2026 UFC event on the White House Lawn, in which MMA fighter Josh Hokit declares that Jesus Christ is greater than Hulk Hogan and Michelle Obama is a man.
Our theme music this week is Kung Fu Fighting...
Paradise Will Be A Kind of Library
Have you heard of the New York Times Book Review Summer Reading Bucket List? You can read about it here, and get a few suggestions from the Times Books Staff about what they are reading. But valued subscribers—why don’t we do it together?...
Freedom Summer Changed Everything
historian Alice Echols' new book, "Black Power, White Heat: From Solidarity Politics to Radical Chic" explains why radical movements have always relied on liberals
The opening clip is from a 1969 KTVU-San Francisco feature about the Black...
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Historian | Author of "Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy" (Basic Books, 2020) | The New York Times, The New Republic, Yale Review, DAME
writer, podcaster, dog lover.
Murph Kinney is a historian of nationalism and liturgy, a retired Army officer, and a first-time memoirist, writing The Chaplain's Daughter — a memoir about growing up on Cold War Air Force bases, building a faith entirely her own.
Politics, poetry, feminism, books, life. Most recent books are Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (Picador) and The Mind-Body Problem (poems, Seren Books). Woman. Life. Freedom.
Professor of sociology and public affairs, Princeton University
JULIA SONNEVEND is as professor of sociology and co-director of the Center for the American Experience at The New School. She is the author of Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics, named one of The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024.
Writer of plays, films, podcasts. New book DANGEROUS, DIRTY, VIOLENT, AND YOUNG out May 19! https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324089315
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