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Hello! Today, we talk about Tyler’s big article in the Atlantic about his experiences as a college professor and why he left. A lot of talk about the economic precarity that a lot of professors feel these days and some spirited back and forth and disagreement for those of you who complain we agree too much. (actually nobody really says this but I imagine some of you do think this) And then we talk…
Hello! Today, we talk about Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan, how the center probably won’t win it’s “but the margin of victory was smaller than the polls said it would be” gambit and Kang rants about the media’s obsession with 2020 tweets and the concern trolling way in which it consistently has missed the bigger data center story when it comes to Francesca Hong. Enjoy! This is a public episode.…
Hello! Today our guest is Adam Carlson, the founding partner of Zenith Research and a pollster who has worked for Democratic candidates and organizations for over a decade. We talk about the big race in Michigan, why certain races captivate the public’s attention, what the El-Sayed race says about the Democratic establishment, and where we’re going with the Democratic Tea Party moment. Enjoy! This…
Hello! Today we talk about the worldwide online hate for Argentina, the World Cup as politics in the online age, the new senate hopeful from Maine who might just be a better version of Graham Platner, especially for the general, and then we break our rule (once) and talk a bit about college professors. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to…
Today we talk to Grace Mausser is Co-Chair of New York City DSA, the largest chapter of DSA with over 15,000 members. She has worked on dozens of democratic socialists campaigns in New York, building robust canvassing operations, creating broad left coalitions, and raising millions of dollars from grassroots donors. We talk about Graham Platner, vetting candidates, the need for organizations on…
Hello! Today we talk about Melat Kiros’s resounding win in Colorado over a 30 year incumbent, Israel as the wedge issue in places other than New York City, and the right’s freakout over the SCOTUS decision on birthright citizenship. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
Hello! This week, we have back on our World Cup and War Correspondent Patrick Hultgren to talk about sportswashing, why the USMNT hasn’t traditionally captured the public’s imagination, at least when compared to the women’s team, youth soccer in America and what Landon Donovan said, and the politics of patriotism about a sport we claim we don’t care about all that much in the States. This is a…
Hello! This week we have on Sam Moyn, a professor at Yale Law School and the author of the new book Gerontocracy in America: How the Old are Hoarding Power and What to do about it. We talk about how the elderly exercise their political and financial power in the country and explore some of the ideas in this book about how to get more money and political power into the hands of the young. This is a…
Hello! Today, we talk about the LA Mayoral election, what to think of the population of professional upper middle class voters who seem to be the new vanguard of left economic policies, and we talk a whole lot about Graham Platner’s latest scandal, his big victory, and what populism means in 2026. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
Hello! Today we talk about Trump’s endless and incorrigible corruption, the steady stealing of taxpayer dollars into weird slush funds, and we talk about Graham' Platner’s latest scandal and whether we might now have too much smoke to just ignore. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…
Hello! Today, we talk about A.I. (again) but mostly about what we feel might be lost in a future where everyone is writing A.I. papers and turning in A.I. work and emailing each other in friendly A.I.- ese. Is it a new problem or is it just a breaking point of a digital life where so much of our human interactions have been farmed out to one robot or another? And Jay talks about his fake writer AI…
Hello! Today we’re talking about the controversy over at Granta, who published a story from the winner of the Commonwealth Prize that appears, at least right now, to be written by AI. We talk about why this is kinda funny but also obviously distressing and whether writers should be experimenting with AI. We also talk about Thomas Massie’s election loss last night and the new crop of short form…
Hello! This week we have a fun, off-beat episode for you about fishing. Why does Tyler put on a wetsuit and go float around in rip currents to find some rock to squat on and fish? What are ethics of this sport? What land use issues effect it? Why is the future hope of the Democratic Party all these new Gen-Z Birders? We talk about all this with our guest Jerry Audet, the managing editor of the…
This week we are talking Data Centers, an intra-left fight in Jacobin over how to effectively harness or block AI from taking over everything, and the politics of physical space. Our guest to talk about all this is Aaron Regunberg, a progressive organizer and former Rhode Island state representative. Aaron writes regularly in The New Republic, among other outlets, and we’re having him on today to…
Hello! Today, we talk about the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents Dinner, our continued descent into conspiracy world, and the amazing quickness with which Trump world turned it all into a handout for the President’s ballroom project. We also talk about a new law that will put AI-enabled sensors in cars to stop people from drunk driving and the civil liberties implications.…
Hello! Today, it’s just the two of us talking about Ivy Day, the online meme where kids share whether they got into Ivy League schools, the downfall of Eric Swalwell, and Joyce Carol Oates’s interesting tweets this past week about the Butler, Pa. assassination attempt on Donald Trump, which came after polling was released that showed an increasing number of Republicans believe it was all staged.…
Hello! Today we have on Noam Scheiber of the New York Times to talk about his new book, Mutiny: The Rise of Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class . We talk about the rise of unions at Starbucks, Amazon, Hollywood, and in digital newsrooms and what to make of this post-Bernie flood of left politics that feels both extremely present now as evidenced by the election of Zohran and also…
Hello! This week, we have a long-ranging talk with Sara Yasin, a journalist and editor who helped oversee the growth of BuzzFeed News and then worked as the managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. Today, Sara is the editor-in-chief of The Key , a magazine published by the Palestine Festival of Literature. She talks with us about her journey through new and old media, how to navigate the moment…
Hello! Apologies for the late episode this week. Jay was on vacation but is now back. We talk this week about the attempted cancelation of Hasan Piker, the growing irrelevance of think tank bubble DC politics, the hopes we both have for the midterm elections, and the endless depravity of Hegseth and what’s happening in Iran. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other…
Hello! Today, we have on a guest we’re very excited about: Molly Crabapple who has a new book coming out called Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund . We talk about the years she put into this book, which required her to learn Yiddish and travel the world, the realities of identity, what lessons the Bund has for today, and then we talk about Molly’s fight against AI,…
Hello! Today we’re back with our war correspondent Patrick Hultgren and we’re discussing the shocking resignation of Joe Kent, the cracks in MAGA, (do they actually exist), more on Pete Hegseth’s embarrassing turns, and what certainly feels like it will be a prolonged war in Iran. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,…
Hello! Today, we have on Jonathan Shainin, one of the founders of Equator Magazine , a new venture among very smart, thoughtful writers and editors that “is our collective response to a crisis that is as much spiritual and intellectual as it is political and economic. It is a venture that aims to create a more cosmopolitan home for thought and art than the one assigned to them by provincial…
Hello! Today we’re fast-tracking an episode just so we keep on pace with breaking news and bring you a talk with Robert Malley, a lecturer at the Yale Jackson School who worked as a lead negotiator on the 2015 Obama Iran Nuclear Deal, and Stephen Wertheim, a historian of US foreign policy and one of the best follows on Twitter . They discuss the recent op-ed they authored in the Times and lay out…
Hello! Today we have back on our trusty War Correspondent Patrick Hultgren to talk about the war in Iran, the utter nihilism of Trump, Rubio and Hegseth’s justifications, and what enlisted men might be feeling in this moment as we gear up for yet another incursion in the Middle East. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
Hello! Today, we talk about Graham Platner’s lead in Maine, the Olympics Patriotism Complex and everything Alysa Liu. Also, is the right annoying everyone away right now? That question and more in this week’s episode. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
Hello! Today, we have a big episode with two parts. First is an interview about a new book by Emily Galvin Almanza, a former public defender in California who has worked with nonprofits the Stanford Three Strikes Project and the Bronx Defenders. More recently, she is the co-founder and executive director of Partners for Justice, a nonprofit creating a new collaborative model of public defense. Her…
Hello! Today we talk about Bad Bunny and the right’s fake outrage and then we bring back war correspondent Patrick Hultgren who is reporting live from New Jersey 11 about the primary victory of Analilia Mejia, the former Bernie campaign director and labor organizer who just upset a whole lot of big money candidates and will almost certainly be representing New Jersey in the House. Enjoy! This is a…
Hello! This week, we’re talking about the files, the media and how they’ve handled the story, and the coming populist revolt that feels both inevitable and impossible at this point. Also, we have a YouTube page that we’ve finally populated with enough videos to make it worth sharing. Will be posting there from now on as well. Please check it out.…
Hello! Today we talk the killing of Alex Pretti, the depravity of the administration’s response, and Tyler’s recent article about the second amendment and how it should be for everyone, not just the right. How does a society organize against tyranny and the sight of masked agents shooting someone dead in the street? Can such a vision not include an armed populace? All this and more in today’s…
Hello! Today, we are back talking about Minneapolis and ICE with Will Stancil, an attorney from Minneapolis who has been posting about neighborhood rapid response in the Twin Cities. We talked to him about a whole range of topics — what it feels like in Minneapolis, how these neighborhood watches have been organized, the resilience of the city, and, at the end, even a moment of hope that Will has…
Hello, This week, we talk about ICE in Minneapolis, the killing of Renee Good, and the destruction of a whole lot of what we hold sacred in this country. Is there something to do about all this? And how much of the country do we really think is cheering on what amounts to an invasion of people’s neighborhoods? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get…
Hello! Today, we have Matt Duss on the show. Matt is an executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, co-host of the Un-Diplomatic podcast , and the former foreign policy advisor for Bernie Sanders. We talked about what the hell Trump is doing in Venezuela, what Rubio’s vision for the world might be, the dangers of a fully unrestrained Trump administration, what Democrats could…
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Kang did a Substack Live with repeat TTSG guests Max Read and John Ganz. We talked about the Trump Reiner tweet, the Compact white men article, and the future of the news. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
Hello! Today, we have an episode about how nobody can read anymore, AI, humans, and why we’re so afraid of the robots with Celine Nguyen, the great author of the Personal Canon substack, and repeat guest Leif Weatherby, who came by to talk about his book Language Machines: Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other…
Hello! This is a good episode of the show and about something we’ve been thinking about for a while: What is the role of organized religion going forward and will we see a return to the church as the cruelty of politics, technology, and the general malaise of modern life start to overwhelm us? Our guest, Matt Sitman, has thought a ton of about this. He’s the co-host of Know Your Enemy and on the…
Hello! Today we have back our Consultant of War and the Joe House of the podcast, Patrick Hultgren, to talk about Pete Hegseth, the war crime memes, and we go over our favorite new theory about Trump: He’s spending all his time planning his big new fancy ballroom and doesn’t care anymore what happens with the government, which is why all these cabinet dudes are just doing their own agendas and…
Hello! Today, we have on Bhaskar Sunkara, President of The Nation and founding editor of Jacobin. We talk about his best sports bets, the Larry Summers email scandal, and what Zohran’s early days and robust popularity might mean for the left. Very lively episode here so please give it a listen! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
Hello! Today, we talk about the big cave by the Democrats over the shutdown, whether it actually matters and a little bit about the declining box office numbers across the country and why people no longer seem to be going to the movies. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
We went live at 9PM as the polls closed in New York City and talked about Zohran, voting demographics, Graham Platner, and the “future of the Democratic party.” Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
Hello, Today we play a game called “I didn’t read that article” in which one of us has read an article and the other one hasn’t and we ask questions about it. Today’s topics are the NBA betting scandal which made front page news last week and a new feature in Harper’s about the “Gooniverse” of young, pornography addicted young men. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this…
Hello! We’re both back this week to talk about the No Kings protests, the space comedians take up in political commentary these days. Do we really want Andrew Schultz and other comedians to be the new pundits? Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
On today’s episode, Tyler talks to Joshua Wheeler about his brilliant debut novel, The High Heaven. Focusing on a UFO cult survivor who is obsessed with NASA, the novel spans her entire life and decades of American history. Josh talks about his literary influences, how his working class upbringing in New Mexico shaped his work, and the state of contemporary fiction. Tyler also asks Josh about his…
Hello! Today we’re talking the media business, the news that Bari Weiss will now be the Editor in Chief of CBS News, and what we think will happen during a period of inevitable fracturing and consolidation. Our guest is longtime listener and excellent reporter Maxwell Tani of Semafor . Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
Hello! Today we take a break from politics and talk about hobbies and a thing that Tyler coined “hobby inflation” where everything from clay pigeons to green fees to surfboards to knitting tools have all skyrocketed in price since the pandemic. What does this mean to the future of “doing fun s**t” and how does it dovetail with the never-ending rise in the amount of time we spend on our phones?…
Hello, Today, we have back on one of our favorite guests, Zena Hitz, a philosopher who teaches at St. John’s College. We talk about Kimmel’s canceling and uncanceling, the history of free speech in a conformist country like America, and the university’s place as the crucible for all discourse refereeing. Is this a good thing or is the modern university uniquely unqualified to hold such importance?…
Hello! This week we talk about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, what he meant to the GOP and the right, in general, and the space he occupied within the broader political discourse. Our guest this week is John Ganz of Unpopular Front . *Apologies in advance for a shift in audio in the middle — Kang’s internet kept freaking out and we had to switch from Zencastr to Zoom. This is a public episode.…
Hello! This week we talk about the ICE raid of the Hyundai plant under construction in Georgia, the incoherence of the Trump agenda, the threat of national guardsmen being deployed in Chicago, Ezra Klein’s op-ed about the rise of authoritarianism and the lack of preparation within the Democratic party and we even talk some Week 1 NFL. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this…
