The Pope and Our Rules for Woke 2.0

Hello!First off, we are putting more stuff on YouTube these days. We are so bad at publicizing anything but if you’re more video inclined, all our episodes will be posted there and you can see our sad rooms. Like and Subscribe! Link here. Today, we talk about two pivotal races in the upcoming midterms — one in California’s central valley and the other in Texas — and we talk for probably a bit too long about Obama’s Cheesecake factory joke (pretty solid) and the even more hilarious right wing meltdown over whether saying a bad thing about the Cheesecake Factory means that you’re out of touch with working class voters. 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! Our truly special guest this week is Thomas Frank, a hero for both me and Tyler, and the author of the new book “The Creativity Con: How Innovation Became America’s Biggest Racket.” We talk about Obama, the “innovation president,” so-called “creative class cities,” and how the idea of creativity went from an advertising idea devised in the 1950s into the preferred way to separate the working class from the professional managerial class. Who gets to be “creative” and who are the powers that be really talking about when they talk about creativity? Very lively episode and one that Tyler and I thoroughly enjoyed. 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 talk about Kelly Clarkson versus the Magic shoppe owners of Brooklyn Heights, Kamala’s run for 2028 (Jay makes the case for Kamala over the field, but only half-heartedly) and Tyler recommends a book for the listeners. 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

Hello!Today we talk about the pope’s discussion about whether AI has a soul or not and we note a few currents in the air that seem to indicate that progressive politics are coming back from a short slumber. We welcome the return of this but have a few rules so it doesn’t turn out like it did last time. 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

Good morning!Today we have back on the Joe House of the podcast, Vinson Cunningham, our number one repeat guest. We’re talking about shame, the church, and a little bit about the WNBA playoffs. Have we lost socially mediating structures in our society that would limit people’s greed, terrible behavior and complete lack of regard for decency and kindness? And how do our phones make everything worse? 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

Hello!Today, we have on a repeat guest, my friend Bradford William Davis. He tells us about his new venture EYEBLACK, a newsletter that combines his great reportage with his very keen and political perspective on sports. We talk about the Nikole Hannah-Jones article about New York City schools and her daughter and then we talk about Bradford’s new investigation on what Colin Kaepernick has been up to over the past few years. You can watch his investigation on his YouTube channel. 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!Big guests today on the show as we talk to Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein about their new book End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World. Everyone should get this book immediately as it goes over so much of what we discuss on the show — the threat from AI, the apocalyptic evangelical right and its relationship to doomsday scenarios involving Israel, and ethnonationalist doomerism. Nothing could be more germane to today’s talk about the end of the world from AI.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

Hello!Big guests today on the show as we talk to Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein about their new book End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World. Everyone should get this book immediately as it goes over so much of what we discuss on the show — the threat from AI, the apocalyptic evangelical right and its relationship to doomsday scenarios involving Israel, and ethnonationalist doomerism. Nothing could be more germane to today’s talk about the end of the world from AI.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

Hello!Today, we have on Sam Konnert from Canadaland Politics to talk about the last week in tensions between Trump and Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s defiance and push to free Canada from American dependence, what that new economy might look like, and the very real stigma in Canada right now for any type of support for the United States. We also talk about what nationalism looks like when processed through a centrist figure like Carney and whether any of this can be put back together once Trump leaves office. Very informative one here. 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!We’re back this week to talk about the horrific tragedy in Nepal, the visions of the apocalypse we all saw, and how climate can push its way back into the greater political discourse. We also talk about why the media is reverting such lazy tropes and questions when dealing with left candidates and the renunciation pageants about 2020 tweets that accompany every single electoral victory. 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