How My View Grew Podcast
1) Status Differences Matter
Status differences, real and perceived, and the resentment that comes with them.Republicans use them to fire up voters and win elections. Democrats largely ignore them. To regain power and reverse the...Show More
2) Five Thoughts That Are Not Profound Or Useful
In this five-minute episode, which concludes season three, I share five thoughts that I think you will enjoy even though they're neither profound nor useful.Co-ed SleepoversLove OverestimatedPronouns ...Show More
3) David Storey (Part 2): Alpha Energy Plus Economic Populism Plus Christianity Equals?
Part two of a provocative conversation with David Storey, associate professor of philosophy at Boston College. **Key takeaways**0:45 The right has coded expertise as feminine2:45 How ironic: the manos...Show More
4) David Storey (Part 1): Raw Egg Nationalists and the Rise of the Manosphere
Part one of a fascinating and just plain fun conversation about the manosphere with David Storey, associate professor of philosophy at Boston College. Our first experiment in doing a "high-brow brocas...Show More
5) No Kings Protest—Kudos and Disappointment
This past Saturday, I attended the No Kings protest in a Midwestern college town. I walked in with a spring in my step, yet left early with a frown on my face. In this 5-minute episode of How My View ...Show More
6) Greg Thomas: Can Injustice Catalyze a Hero's Journey?
In this episode of How My View Grew, Greg Thomas describes how jazz saved him from hating so-called "white people" and how he learned to see the Black American experience as a hero's journey that is c...Show More
7) Two Audacious Ideas for a Post-Trump America (Really)
When right-wingers in the United States were in the wilderness for decades, they didn't just sit on their hands. They envisioned bold ways to change the country. When they came to power, they were rea...Show More
8) Seven Causes of Trump Mafia State Fatigue
Let's admit it. The Trump presidency isn't just creating chaos and destruction with sadistic glee. It's also exhausting.What's exhausting isn't only the President, but also the mafia state he has buil...Show More
9) Ten Bright Spots in the First 100 Days
The first 100 days of the Trump presidency have brought destruction and chaos at astonishing speeds.Yet we've also seen demonstrations of courage, strength, and grace.In this 4-minute episode, I descr...Show More
10) Nine Suggestions For Facing An American Warlord
In this episode of How My View Grew, I offer nine ways that leaders of key American institutions—Congressional Democrats, the Supreme Court, universities, and law firms—can act differently when facing...Show More