A Twitter Pill To Swallow

In American politics, candidates often say they care about kitchen-table issues and working-class voters. Yet, if you look at both parties' candidates, you'll find they are more alike than you think: the same five universities and four careers. Jane discusses how American politic ...  Show more

Secretary of War/little boy Pete Hegseth will be testifying before Congress this week — starting with a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee today. And if you ask him, everything in Iran and everything else is going just fine! Great, even! But Colorado Democratic Rep ...  Show more

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 Billion, Dr. Fauci declare the U.S. out of “pandemic phase”, and Trump incites violence over “dangerous” fruit. Here’s what happened this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic ...  Show more

At the beginning of 2023, Twitter was still called Twitter. It was facing multiple challenges in the wake of an acquisition. Elon Musk had reduced the staff by more than half. Advertisers were getting antsy. And then it all got much worse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i ...  Show more

It’s been a wild ride these past two weeks with Twitter under the ownership of Elon Musk, including Musk showing up at Twitter headquarters with a sink and laying off half of the company’s global staff. Just about every day there’s a new headline about what’s happening in the com ...  Show more