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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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September 16, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
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
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
More Reasons to Hate the Dentist
Is the field of dentistry rife with overtreatment?
June 23, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
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
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
The Best of TNR’s Politics Podcast
This summer, catch up on our favorite episodes of “The Politics of Everything.”
May 27, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Music for Nothing
Everyone streams music. Musicians make pennies. Is Spotify to blame?
May 5, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Andrew Yang Takes New York
A celebrity candidate is leading in New York City’s mayoral race. Should we be worried?
April 21, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
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
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
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
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
The Cousinhood That Still Rules Britain
Why do the Tories keep winning?
March 4, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
The Unnatural Endurance of Bipartisanship
How did “working across the aisle” become the goal and not merely the means?
February 17, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Mistakes Were Made, but Not by Us
An anatomy of error
February 17, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Transcript: On Being Wrong
February 3, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
The Case of the Sick Spies
Has Russia been zapping American embassies with a secret weapon?
February 3, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Transcript: The Unsolved Mystery of Havana Syndrome
January 13, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
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?
January 13, 2021
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Transcript: The Future of Telecommuting
December 16, 2020
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
How Pandemics End
The first Covid-19 vaccines have arrived. But when will life as we knew it finally resume?
December 16, 2020
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Transcript: The Vaccine Pipeline
December 2, 2020
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
American Military Supremacy is Not Inevitable
The United States decided to rule the world. We can also decide to step back.
December 2, 2020
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Transcript: Questioning U.S. Military Primacy

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Kate AronoffClimate & Energy
Matt FordLaw & The Courts
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ Rights
Jason LinkinsPower & Plutocracy
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Edith OlmstedBreaking News
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