News Trap 7.10.26 - The End of Curiosity w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
Release Date: 07/10/2026
No One Wants to Work Anymore w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
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This week Justin joins me to explore the tall claims made in a recent New York Times piece, Are we really experiencing a generational revolt against centuries of American attitudes about education, work, wages, and life itself? Let's see what these Gen Z kids have to say.
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News Trap 7.10.26 - The End of Curiosity w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
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This is a preview clip from a subscribers-only episode. Does economic crisis predictably produce extreme political movements? History's lessons are a bit unclear on that point and, as we investigate in this episode, the summer of 2026 is testing our understanding of the relationship between political economy and social reality. Strap in, folks: we just found a new planet hiding behind the sun!
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New Trap 6.26.26 - Thread the Needle w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
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This is a preview clip from a subscribers-only episode. As a wave of Mamdani-supported COMMUNISTS win power in New York, Justin and I ask the question that's on everyone's minds: is this the future of the Democratic Party? And more importantly, what will American politics look like in the wake of the Trump era?
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News Trap 6.12.26 - Only the Orcas Can Save Us Now w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
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This is a free preview of a subscribers only episode. With news that Elon Musk in the world's first trillionaire after the historic SpaceX IPO, Justin joins me to discuss the financial gamesmanship at work in the AI industry, the planetary limits of this particular phase of capitalism, and the reasons why the #TeslaTakedown moment is long in the past.
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News Trap 5.29.26 - This Time It's Different, Charlie Brown w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
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This is a free preview of a subscribers-only episode. Since the Iran war began many weeks ago, it feels like we're living in some kind of surreal rhetorical purgatory. Surveying the wider news landscape, though, a wider pattern emerges, and a "Charlie Brown" analogy reveals something a bit darker hidden in our collective basement.
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News Trap 5.15.26 - K Hole w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
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It's the best of times and the worst of times, as average Americans are paying more for pretty much everything while the stock market breaks records. What's up with that? Justin joins us this week to talk about the contradictions currently bracing up the global economy, as we map out how the Ukraine and Iran Wars are reshaping global power and the outlook for everything from gas and food prices to the "AI bubble." Plus, our usual speculations on the possibilities for progressive politics and leftist revolution within this particular social and economic climate. BUY BUY BUY or SELL SELL SELL?
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News Trap 5.1.26 - Hasan Piker and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Bar... w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
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Recent debates about whether or not leftist streamers like Hasan Piker should be embraced by the Democratic Party lead Justin and me to explore how the "marketplace of ideas" intersects with the broad historical and economic forces that govern our collective destiny.
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News Trap 4.10.26 - Summoning Aliens w Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
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This week we check out the and consider the intersection of AI, climate crises, and sociopathic personalities that defines this historical moment. Who is really in the driver's seat of our collective future?
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Enshittification Hits the Left (PREVIEW)
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Did Bernie's loss break the left's brain?
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News Trap 3.26.26 - Kill Box w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
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By joining Israel in a reckless attack on Iran, Trump has put the entire global system in the kill box, which begs the question, what's more dangerous: Trump when he's winning or Trump when he's trapped like a dog? And what happens when the material realities unleashed by this attack come home to roost?
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Does economic crisis predictably produce extreme political movements? History's lessons are a bit unclear on that point and, as we investigate in this episode, the summer of 2026 is testing our understanding of the relationship between political economy and social reality. Strap in, folks: we just found a new planet hiding behind the sun!