36 episodes
The Same, but Worse Andrew Hart, Marshall Steinbaum, Jerry Vinokurov
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4.9 • 14 Ratings
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A podcast about politics, history, philosophy, sociology, and, ultimately, whether anything can be known and if so, how. Featuring Andrew Hart, Marshall Steinbaum, and Jerry Vinokurov.
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The Same, But Worse - Higher Ed
Marshall and Andrew got together to chat about Marshall's piece on the LPE blog about higher education: https://lpeproject.org/blog/should-higher-education-ratify-privilege-or-public-service/.
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Election Watch
Andrew and a couple of special guests go deep on the Turkish election. Sorry for the lack of content lately, it's been a busy spring for all of us.
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High Plains Billionaire Drifter
With Marshall sidelined by actual work, Andrew and Jerry discuss the recent FTX meltdown, Musk's acquisition of Twitter, and develop a typology of billionaires. Along the way we also discuss the repudiation of expertise as a relevant aspect of decision-making and establish which games are good for dads.
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Planet of Scams
We discuss the proliferation of scams of all kinds in late capitalism and the failure of regulators to come to grips with this problem. After Marshall departs, Andrew and Jerry talk about the shortcomings of localism and the most important thing in politics, owning your ideological enemies online.
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Abortions for None, and Miniature American Flags for All
Marshall, Andrew, and Jerry discuss the Dobbs decision, how we got here over the decades, and the ultimate failure of Democratic centrism to protect abortion rights. In the second half, we sketch an outline of the evolving American constitutional order and come up with an ingenious solution to the problem of global warming and world peace (must credit TSBW if implemented).
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On Elite Capture
Andrew, Marshall, and Jerry take a dive into Olufemi Taiwo's book "Elite Capture" and try to figure out what diagnostic as well as prescriptive lessons it can teach us.
Customer Reviews
Great podcast by Renaissance men.
Two well-read men of the world sit down for a literate discussion every two weeks, sometimes with guests. Older and wiser than most podcasts.
A little dense…
The stuff from 2018 and earlier was more interesting and more accessible. These podcasts you’ve been recording recently have been very academic—like going to a grad school lecture. I liked the earlier stuff better. Hopefully you’ll get back to your roots.
Lefty Politics without the Douchebaggery
Great, left leaning political podcast that attempts to contextualize the current climate with a wide ranging theoretical and pragmatic bent, minus the overwheening douchebaggery of Chapo. Dense and thought-provoking, each episode produces a valuable reading list for the week, this is definitely fine.