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In this episode, we discuss how circular "inevitability" arguments have been used for centuries to justify war, expansionism and perpetual hostility — most recently with China. Our guest is organiz

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In this News Brief, we dissect the Orwellian phrase "right to exist," why it exclusively applies to Israel, what purpose it serves, and why Palestinians are never said to have such a right.

In this episode, we discuss the ideological work done by our media's default frame of immigrants, poor seniors, homeless people, and those with disabilities as "burdens" and "strains" on our limited r

In this news brief, we catch up with Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project, to discuss Abundance's PR problems, why this latest neoliberalism rebrand isn't catching on an

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In this News Brief, we talk with Emmaia Gelman, author of the new book The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State, about how the ADL functions as a vehicle of reactionary Western political agenda

In this episode, we detail the long history of generic "affordability" discourse and how, post-Mamdani it's become the go-to establishment buzzword justifying tax breaks for developers, deregulation,

In this Patreon-only News Brief, we break down the popular media trope that Democrats are "divided" over Israel when, in reality, its now a

In this News Brief, we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, authors of the new book Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers, about rising inequality and precarity in Hollywood, st

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In this News Brief, we talk with Chris Mills Rodrigo from Writers Against The War On Gaza about their campaign to boycott the New York Times and remove the "paper of record" from its liberal pedestal

In this News Brief, we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, authors of the new book Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers, about rising inequality and precarity in Hollywood, st...

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This is a live recording between Nima and Adam at the Word is Change Bookstore May 7, 2026. In this conversation, we discuss key findings that can be found in Adam's new book, How to Sell a Genocide:

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In this News Brief, we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, authors of the new book Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers, about rising inequality and precarity in Hollywood, st

In this episode, we break down the long history of reducing liberation movements to

In this News Brief, we talk with A. J. Bauer, assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama, about his new book,