Cancel Culture, Part 1: Where It Came From

Warning: This episode mentions suicide. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, was arrested by the British police on Thursday amid widening scrutiny over his ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The New York Times journalists Michael D. Shear and Nichol ...  Show more

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is nobody’s idea of a partisan firebrand. She’s a moderate, swing-state Democrat with a résumé steeped in law enforcement — all of which makes her an unlikely leader of the Democratic-led shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, wh ...  Show more

Cancel culture is a phrase you hear everywhere these days, whether it's over Dr. Seuss or Major League Baseball. But what exactly is cancel culture? Today, National Political Writer Brandon Tensley explains the politics behind the term, why Republicans have adopted the phrase as ...  Show more

Whats up legendaries, in this podcast episode I discuss everything cancel culture. I discuss how cancel culture is selective, today’s generation being sensitive, and how cancel culture affects the entertainment industry negatively. Furthermore, I discuss how cancel culture has af ...  Show more

Mike and Sarah have big feelings about an enduring debate. Digressions include “Carrie,” party planning etiquette and Whole Foods cafeterias. Sarah’s sound quality changes midway through because she moves from a McDonald’s parking lot to a Hardee’s parking lot.

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Whether you like it or not, these days everyone seems to be enlisted in the culture wars. But why does the debate seem so angry and intolerant? Can we find some answers in novels written 150 years ago?

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