9 episodes
Knowledge Wonderland Marc Ambinder
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4.5 • 8 Ratings
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Knowledge Wonderland is a podcast about curiosity, the creative struggle, and the unknown knowns of life, politics, love and work. Join host Marc Ambinder as he explore the roads less traveled, helping you build a virtual blockchain of new skills through fascinating stories and the occasional mind-bending insight.
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#009: Andrew Sullivan, Pt. 2
Marc Ambinder continues his exclusive conversation with Andrew Sullivan. They talk about the future of journalism, the future of work, and how much they love each other.
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#008: Andrew Sullivan, Pt. 1
Andrew Sullivan sees fascism descending on America. And he sees Donald Trump's election as (perhaps) inevitable. One of our time's foremost public intellectuals, Sullivan took a break from entrepreneurial journalism to let his brain recover from a decade of blogging. Marc welcomes him back for his first podcast interview since returning to print.
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#007: 2016 = 1968 ++++
In 1968, something was wrong with America. Incredible turmoil in cities, an unpopular war abroad and a president who couldn't fix what was wrong. The election that year was disruptive and its echoes can be heard today. Marc interviews Michael A. Cohen, whose new book, American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election And the Politics of Division, provides a groundbreaking look at the political decisions that shaped that cycle and offers his predictions about what to expect in November.
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#006: All Roads Lead To California
A purely political episode, with special guest Christina Bellantoni of the Los Angeles Times. If Ted Cruz thought the Bronx was awkward, wait until he campaigns in Maxine Waters's district. Plus: Bernie Sanders and the future of the Democratic Party, and a debunked Clinton Doomsday scenario.
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#005: Diary of a War Correspondent
Christian Stephen is one the coolest guys you’ll ever meet, a 21-year Brit with a sexy accent, is also an award-winning conflict journalist who suffers from PTSD. And he spoke with me right before he got kicked out of a country – this country – because he’d traveled too often to Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and whatever ISIS calls their territory these days. What drove him, when he was just a teen, to rebel by going to the West Bank? Does he have a death wish? What drives him to danger? And what has he learned about the world?
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#004: The Chaos In Brazil - A Primer
Dipping into the public till dates back to the 16th century in Brazil, but never has the country been in such a crisis now, with its president headed towards impeachment and a majority of its Congress under investigation. From São Paulo, journalist and writer Alex Cuadros, author of the forthcoming Brazillionaires, explains the origins of the constitutional and economic chaos in the world’s 5th largest country, and explains why Brazil’s crusading judiciary might be the only institution that can save the country.
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Customer Reviews
Yes!
I was wondering where Ambinder went after he stopped his politics writing. Glad to have his informed voice back with his network of great guests!
Subpar technology
I really like Marc Ambinder and have followed his career closely. However, this podcast is detrimental to his reputation because the sound quality is just terrible. While his voice comes across as if he's in someone's basement, his guests sound as if they've been recorded on a cassette tape. Some parts of Michael Cohen's interview sounded worse than the Watergate tapes.
You wouldn't record a TV show with a super 8mm camera anymore, why are you doing the equivalent to a podcast? Given that, Mr. Ambinder should abstain from begging for good ratings. Compare his interview of friend Andrew Sullivan with Ezra Klein's. Nonwithstanding the content, the quality of the sound is very grating.
Good podcast with potential.
The seeds of a good podcast are here. Great guests, solid analysis. The explainer on the Brazillian political crisis fulfilled a need that hadn't been met elsewhere in journalism--no other source successfully explained why the mood in Brazil was so anxious. The only downside is that the audio quality can sometimes be poor.