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Legal analyst Liz Dye discusses how the U.S. legal system is finally holding conspiracy millionaire Alex Jones to account
Author Brandi Collins-Dexter discusses her book Black Skinhead and the varieties of Black political experience
Slate writer Molly Olmstead on how EWTN and the Catholic right are spending big to shift public opinion
New Republic writer Alex Shephard discusses the larger implications of Joe Biden’s low approval ratings
Progressive strategist Max Berger on why the American left needs to focus on building institutions and making its case
Right-wing extremism researcher David Neiwert discloses how groups are trying to force their viewpoints in cities and schools
Technology activist and author Cory Doctorow discusses 30 years of the Worldwide Web
Historian Nicole Hemmer discusses how reactionary media have radicalized millions of Americans since the 1940s
‘Decoding the Gurus’ co-host Matthew Browne on how the tools of acquiring knowledge are being used to destroy it
Authors Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx discuss their new book about why lefties need to take right-wing comedy seriously
Singer and podcaster Malynda Hale talks about why progressive and moderate Christians need to defend the faith from within
Author Elle Hardy discusses her book about the history of Pentecostalism and how it’s displacing other faiths across the globe
Sociology professor Gerardo Martí discusses how the rapid growth of evangelical faith among Latinos seems to be eroding a traditional Democratic constituency
Jen Senko discusses her book and film, ‘The Brainwashing of My Dad,’ and how to help people escape from conspiracist media
Luke Savage discusses his new book, ‘The Dead Center: Reflections on Liberalism and Democracy After The End Of History’
Pollster and demographer Daniel Cox discusses why cultural issues often dominate U.S. politics, and how much surveys can actually tell us about public opinion
Salon.com columnist Heather Digby Parton discusses how Democratic leaders seem to think flowery speeches are sufficient against hardcore reactionaries
Journalist and researcher Bruce Wilson discusses how religious hatred for a ‘fallen nation’ fueled a presidential coup attempt
Rhetoric professor Matthew Boedy describes how a far-right group is radicalizing young Christians, and how little center-left groups are doing in response
Journalist Farah Stockman discusses her new book on the meaning of work, and how educated elites have ignored the problems of others