Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Christopher Lydon

Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics

  1. 14. SVI

    Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed

    We’re talking about the new magic of money, or Musk-ism, as our guests call it. Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff are historians of different sorts—historians of the future. Oddly enough, their hair-raising new book is ... The post Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.

    55 min

  2. 23. TRA

    The Pope and the President

    We’re tuning in on the Pope and the President in what can sound like a historic showdown. Are we in the first rounds of an epic struggle between church and empire? Are we perhaps looking ... The post The Pope and the President appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.

    41 min

  3. 16. TRA

    Kings and Pawns

    It’s Jackie Robinson Day, 2026, when every player in Major League Baseball wears the immortal Dodger’s number 42. Listeners, if you think you know the Jackie Robinson story, think again with us around the most ... The post Kings and Pawns appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.

    47 min

  4. 3. TRA

    Thoreau Meets ICE

    In 1854, when the escaped slave Anthony Burns was captured in Boston and returned in chains to slave-owners in Virginia, despite riotous resistance on the dock in Boston, Henry David Thoreau himself was shattered. Lewis ... The post Thoreau Meets ICE appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.

    41 min

  5. 26. OŽU

    Fear and Fury

    Who remembers Bernie Goetz? Who remembers his victims? Or was Bernie Goetz the victim—the subway shooter who, back in 1984, fired at four black teenagers in a crowded subway car in Manhattan because he felt ... The post Fear and Fury appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.

    38 min

  6. 20. OŽU

    Hit-and-Run Belligerence

    How should we see the Israeli-American War on Iran? How should we understand it, or maybe even escape it? The writer and historian Daniel Immerwahr is our guest, with the essential qualifications, starting with his ... The post Hit-and-Run Belligerence appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.

    35 min

  7. 11. OŽU

    Sleepwalking into World War III

    I must say, among all the wise people commenting on this world’s situation, I honor Jeffrey Sachs especially for being relentless on the dangers out there, going back to the Biden years. Jeffrey Sachs. He ... The post Sleepwalking into World War III appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.

    37 min

  8. 6. OŽU

    War with Iran

    We’re sorting puzzle pieces from the opening rounds of war with Iran. The U.S. and Israel started it. The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic in Iran was among the first to die in it, ... The post War with Iran appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.

    32 min
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Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics

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