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The Politics of Everything

Hosted by Alex Pareene and Laura Marsh, The Politics of Everything explores the intersection of culture, media, and politics in biweekly interviews with scholars and journalists.

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November 24, 2021
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Rats on the Brain
In the pandemic, reports of rat sightings have risen dramatically. But is it all in our heads?
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November 10, 2021
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Hollywood Blues
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max.… With so much content, why does it feel like there’s nothing to watch?
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October 27, 2021
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Tax Haven, South Dakota
If we stopped letting the rich hide their treasure in the Mount Rushmore state, would anything change?
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October 13, 2021
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Succession’s White-Collar Criminals
The HBO series written by Jesse Armstrong isn’t often described as a crime show. That’s because its main characters are billionaires.
September 29, 2021
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The Cops Who Touched Fentanyl
Police around the country have claimed to overdose on fentanyl merely from handling the drug. What’s really going on?
September 16, 2021
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The Lyme Vaccine That Got Away
Twenty years ago, you could get a vaccine for Lyme disease. Now you can’t. What happened?
July 21, 2021
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More Reasons to Hate the Dentist
Is the field of dentistry rife with overtreatment?
June 23, 2021
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An Herbal Viagra Scam and the Hard Truth About the Dietary Supplement Industry
A prolific seller of “all-natural” sexual enhancement pills was shut down by the FDA. So why can you still buy Stiff Nights all over the place?
June 10, 2021
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The Best of TNR’s Politics Podcast
This summer, catch up on our favorite episodes of “The Politics of Everything.”
May 27, 2021
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Music for Nothing
Everyone streams music. Musicians make pennies. Is Spotify to blame?
May 5, 2021
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Andrew Yang Takes New York
A celebrity candidate is leading in New York City’s mayoral race. Should we be worried?
April 21, 2021
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Mark Bittman’s Beef With Capitalism
On junk food, cash crops, Oatly, and how to fix what’s broken in our food system
March 31, 2021
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Andrew Cuomo, the Creepy Tyrant of Albany
Why did it take so long for the New York governor’s bad behavior to catch up with him?
March 17, 2021
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The Cousinhood That Still Rules Britain
Why do the Tories keep winning?
March 4, 2021
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The Unnatural Endurance of Bipartisanship
How did “working across the aisle” become the goal and not merely the means?
February 17, 2021
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Mistakes Were Made, but Not by Us
An anatomy of error
February 17, 2021
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Transcript: On Being Wrong
February 3, 2021
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The Case of the Sick Spies
Has Russia been zapping American embassies with a secret weapon?
February 3, 2021
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Transcript: The Unsolved Mystery of Havana Syndrome
January 13, 2021
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Against Remote Work
After decades of being about to catch on, remote work may have finally arrived for good. But at what cost to our privacy and sanity?

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