Episode Reviews

As recovering academic, esp. appreciate specific call-out to James Sweet's 2022 reactionary essay 𝙄𝙎 𝙃𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔 𝙃𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔? 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵. Entire episode welcome [if belated] antidote to the mess New Yorker New Hour made of the topic. Erin Bartram excellent guest, obv. v. nuanced thinker. Over the top hyperbolic tone that occasionally undermines 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 credibility at a minimum [thank you v. much for that!] outside of final few minutes. Easy to just stop listening when Bartram leaves; will likely give first 01:14:10 a second & even maybe third listen.