The Political Orphanage Podcast
1) Why Comedy Leans Left (But Doesn't Have To)
Comedians, television, and film all tend to lean Democrat. Why is that? Is there something inherently unfunny about Republicans, or do the powers that be just not let the funny ones inside the buildin...Show More
2) The Friendship Recession and Cocktail Parties
Or... how to host a party if you have Asperger's. Nick Gray is an entrepreneur and an author living in Austin, Texas. I met him roller skating. He started and sold two successful companies: Flight Dis...Show More
3) I Explain Venezuela Using Lottery Tickets
How did Venezuela become an economic basket case? Not socialism. Or capitalism. Venezuela is a textbook example of a petrostate in the thrall of the Paradox of Plenty, or "the Dutch Disease." Â Bonus:...Show More
4) Is Everyone Disabled Now? (WSPN)
College students are increasingly registering as disabled–particularly at high-end universities, which often entails longer test times and extensions on papers. Does the growing rate of accommodation ...Show More
5) Heaton and Monkey: Yuletide Spysolvers
Our Annual Christmas Comedy Special. In which, our intrepid heroes must save Christmas from a debauched algorithm, navigate treacherous honeypots, and escape a federal penitentiary in this modern yule...Show More
6) Jason Pargin on Internet Addiction and Algorithmic Horror
Former Cracked.com editor Jason Pargin explores the subject of how social media makes us insane and warps the universe we're in, in his new book "I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom." H...Show More
7) The Secret Map of Supreme Court Justices
Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at SCOTUS Blog, host of the Advisory Opinions podcast, and a contributor at ABC News. She is the author of the forthcoming book "Last Branch Standing," which available f...Show More
8) Freddie deBoer: What It's Like to Have a Mental Breakdown
Freddie deBoer is a writer, academic, and cultural critic. He is a widely-read author on Substack, an old-school Marxist, who has previously been on the program to explain what Marxists actually think...Show More
9) Squanto the Power Broker
The real story of Thanksgiving is stranger, darker, and far more interesting than what you learned in kindergarten (or college). It's a tale of slavery, plagues, ecological engineering, diplomacy, bet...Show More
10) Cash for Kidneys
Thousands of people need kidneys, right now. They are either on the precipice of death, or suffering through dialysis and low quality of life. Jeremiah Johnson of the New Liberal Podcast joins to disc...Show More