Bafflercasts

Camping Trip

Corey Pein — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:09:00 +0000

Corey Pein shares his podcast, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, with The Baffler. Note that previous episodes can be found here and here. For future episodes, subscribe to Corey’s feed on iTunes, please. Episode 17: Camping Trip Corey talks concentration camps, from Auschwitz to Guantanamo, with Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night.

Fire and Fury

Corey Pein — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:05:43 +0000

Corey Pein shares his podcast, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, with The Baffler. Note that previous episodes can be found here and here. Episode 16: Fire and Fury Corey Pein receives a report from Jason Wilson in Charlottesville, and speaks to Tim Shorrock about North Korea.

Media for the Apocalypse

Corey Pein — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:45:22 +0000

Corey Pein shares his podcast, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, with The Baffler. Note that previous episodes can be found here and here. Episode 15: Media for the Apocalypse Corey scopes out the far-right media landscape, from Breitbart to Infowars, with Jason Wilson, who reported from the white nationalist AmRen conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Then he speaks to Michael Brooks about podcasts, persuasion...

The Online Culture Wars

Corey Pein — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:33:33 +0000

Corey Pein shares his podcast, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, with The Baffler. Note that previous episodes can be found here and here. Episode 14: The Online Culture Wars Corey Pein chats about online right-wing movements with writer and academic Angela Nagle.

The Secret Policeman at the Marathon

Corey Pein — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:22:49 +0000

Corey Pein shares his podcast, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, with The Baffler. Note that previous episodes can be found here and here. Episode 13: The Secret Policeman at the Marathon Corey Pein talks about the Spanish Civil War with writer and historian Adam Hochschild.

Techies and Tankies

Corey Pein — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:05:47 +0000

Corey Pein shares his podcast, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, with The Baffler. Note that previous episodes can be found here and here. Episode 12: Techies and Tankies Corey Pein discusses tankies with Michael Brooks and all things life-extending with Elmo Keep.

Great Jezpectations

Amber A’Lee Frost, Sam Kriss — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:21:32 +0000

Welcome to this Baffler podcast. WHALE VOMIT is an entertaining yet cutting state of the union delivered by Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss, with the ocean between them. Episode 8: Great Jezpectations Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss absorb a rare piece of good news: the British election result. Subscribe to Whale Vomit

Against the Fascist Creep

Corey Pein — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:51:12 +0000

Corey Pein shares his podcast, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, with The Baffler. Note that previous episodes can be found here and here and here. Episode 11: Against the Fascist Creep Corey Pein traces the history of 20th century fascism with Alexander Reid Ross, the author of Against the Fascist Creep (AK Press, 2017).

Hope in the Time of Cholera

Amber A’Lee Frost, Sam Kriss — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:15:25 +0000

Welcome to this Baffler podcast. WHALE VOMIT is an entertaining yet cutting state of the union delivered by Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss, with the ocean between them. Episode 7: Hope in the Time of Cholera How hopeful can we be about Jeremy Corbyn’s surge in the polls? Also, we regret to inform you that Hillary Clinton never went away, and Amber and Sam play “But Is it Art?” with the...

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity, Memos

Amber A’Lee Frost, Sam Kriss — Fri, 19 May 2017 00:16:37 +0000

Welcome to this Baffler podcast. WHALE VOMIT is an entertaining yet cutting state of the union delivered by Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss, with the ocean between them. Episode 6: Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity, Memos Amber and Sam inquire about the supposedly quirky “culture of note-keeping” at the FBI, celebrate the British Labour Party’s election manifesto, and talk...

Hashtag Resistance

Corey Pein — Sat, 13 May 2017 14:22:42 +0000

Corey Pein shares his podcast, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, with The Baffler. Note that previous episodes can be found here and here. Episode 10: Hashtag Resistance Corey Pein talks to Michael Brooks about his Baffler piece, coauthored with David Slavick, on the failure of institutional centrism to provide adequate resistance to the far right. The article was “No Time for a Negative Peace.” ...

Startup Monarchy

Amber A’Lee Frost, Sam Kriss — Fri, 05 May 2017 13:42:10 +0000

Welcome to this Baffler podcast. WHALE VOMIT is an entertaining yet cutting state of the union delivered by Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss, with the ocean between them. Episode 5: Startup Monarchy In our fifth episode, Amber and Sam consider whether Prince Philip is a log and the queen a robot, judge Trump’s first 100 days, and wrestle with the question: “Is Sam’s fake news...

The Wave of the Future

Amber A’Lee Frost, Sam Kriss — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:45:16 +0000

Welcome to this Baffler podcast. WHALE VOMIT is an entertaining yet cutting state of the union delivered by Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss, with the ocean between them. Episode 4: The Wave of the Future Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss set the world to rights, covering the British election that is suddenly happening, the French election that just half-happened, the strange rise of fascism...

Burn It Down

Corey Pein — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:14:41 +0000

Corey Pein shares his podcast, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, with The Baffler. Note that previous episodes can be found here. Episode 9: Burn It Down Corey discusses David Attenborough’s Planet Earth series with Amber A’Lee Frost and Will Menaker, and talks to Adrian Bonenberger about his essay on whether the left should arm.

Medusa’s Stare

Amber A’Lee Frost, Sam Kriss — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 19:29:00 +0000

Welcome to this Baffler podcast. WHALE VOMIT is an entertaining yet cutting state of the union delivered by Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss, with the ocean between them. Episode 3: Medusa’s Stare Amber and Sam go over Sam’s trip to Israel, discuss universal programs, and play “But Is It Art?” with British tabloid The Sun’s projection of its own commercial on the white cliffs of Dover.

Syphilis, Baby

Sam Kriss, Amber A’Lee Frost — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:35:16 +0000

Welcome to this Baffler podcast. WHALE VOMIT is an entertaining yet cutting state of the union delivered by Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss, with the ocean between them. Episode 2: Syphilis, Baby Amber and Sam rehash the news at home and abroad, from the Dutch election to the all-American Fat Leonard scandal, taking in along the way the great syphilis explosion of 2014 and George Orwell’s...

The Politics of Smart

Rick Perlstein, Chris Lehmann — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 23:37:09 +0000

Welcome to this Baffler podcast, EXPERTS BAFFLED. In our first episode, Rick Perlstein talks to Baffler editor in chief Chris Lehmann about his salvo “Outsmarted” in the new issue of the magazine. They discuss the curious identity of smartness, American Psycho, the dark underbelly of meritocracy, and the long-term political origins of the “libtard” insult.

They Built the Fjords

Amber A’Lee Frost, Sam Kriss — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 22:05:27 +0000

Welcome to this Baffler podcast. WHALE VOMIT is an entertaining yet cutting state of the union delivered by Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss, with the ocean between them. Episode 1: They Built The Fjords Amber and Sam get the measure of the last fortnight’s most important news and rumor, covering everything from Trump’s well cooked steak with ketchup to Mark Zuckerberg’s...