Bella Freud’s fashion inquisition
The pool of guests on the podcast is a commendably eclectic one
Podcasts
Thursday
Monday
How the legacy media became powerless
The 2024 election seems to sound the final knell for an industry that managed to hang on well past its prime
Why we dramatize history — and why we should stop
The melding of truth and fiction is both culturally limiting and the kind of dangerous terrain which breeds conspiracy theories and fake news
Digging it
Tunnel 29 reviewed
Tuesday
Cockburn at the Trump inauguration
A capital city on its worst behavior
Wednesday
Trump’s tariff threat
Plus: DoGE sets up congressional subcommittee & Kamala campaign digs deep
Thursday
How podcasts swayed the 2024 election
A new generation armed with microphones and little else takes center stage
Wednesday
Podcasts dominate the 2024 election
Trump will sit down with Joe Rogan in the final days of the campaign
Thursday
Inside the unlikely success of Patrick Bet-David
The YouTuber and entrepreneur has improbably emerged as one of the most prominent voices in right-wing media
Wednesday
Exploring the rise of vaping
It began with defensible intentions
Friday
Trump courts Gen Z on the pods
Plus: GOP infighting over intel committee appointments
Tuesday
The death of good conversation
Ours is an age that prefers the battle of ideas and opinions rather than pleasure of discovering the mysteries of another person
Friday
The rise of the underground free speech groups
Independent thought makes a comeback in progressive cities
Wednesday
The best cooking podcasts
Cooking involves all senses, and a purely auditory recipe feels more like ASMR than education
Monday
Dan Savage has fallen out of love with the left
Savage is no cookie-cutter lefty, for all his haranguing in favour of baroque sexual lifestyles
Thursday
Power couple
Cover Story: Power Trip and Power Corrupts reviewed
Sunday
Crazed and confused
The dark, strange, twisted and irrational moments of American history aren’t just fringe tales
Monday
Carry that weight
Not just women’s health but sexual health in general has been understudied by the medical community for a long time
Thursday
Fashion, fairies and folklore
As every sullen teenager knows, headphones are a great way to escape the family gathering and retreat inward
Monday
Delivery woes
The exorbitant transaction fees Grubhub and DoorDash and Uber Eats charge mean restaurants often lose money
