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It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and today we analyze the new movie 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. A parable of humanism and dehumanization centered on two charismatic leaders, the movie hits its marks intellectually and aesthetically. We consider its themes and ideas, and ask ...  Show more

“You are correct: something is seriously wrong.” So begins Attensity: A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement (Crown, 2026) written by members of the friends of attention collective. That something is that our attention, and it is being captured and commodified by corpo ...  Show more

Muhammad Ali risked his career and even his freedom to take a stand against the Vietnam War. He followed in the footsteps of men like baseball great Jackie Robinson and singer Paul Robeson, who started out playing football. These Black athletes are all part of a heritage of wo ...

Colin’s joined by Danny Parkins, host of “Parkins & Spiegel” on 670 The Score in Chicago. They begin with their reactions to the news of the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump (5:00) and the environment of gun violence in America (13:00) They move on to the NF ...  Show more

In this episode, John sits down with San Francisco 49ers CEO, Jed York, for a rare and candid conversation. From breaking down the NFL’s unique financial model to unpacking his team’s commitment to social justice and economic empowerment, York offers a behind-the-scenes look at t ...  Show more

One of the first and most controversial things that Donald Trump has done since returning to the presidency has been to pardon the participants of the notorious January 6th Capitol attack of 2021; even the ones who attacked the police. As it was happening, Republican politicians ...  Show more