Best Jim Lardner Podcasts (2025)

The 1960s and the 2020s: Michael Ansara on the Civil Rights struggle, the New Left, the anti-Vietnam-War movement, and what do we do now?By Jim Lardner

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A Chance to Reconnect 38:44

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Joan Williams on the Left and the working class.By Jim Lardner

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We Can't Go Back 19:47

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The country can't, says economist Mark Blyth. And the Democrats can't.By Jim Lardner

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Searching for Solidarity 37:26

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Heather McGhee on the challenge of building a multi-racial democracy when powerful interests are determined to prevent it.By Jim Lardner

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Why Do They Talk Mush? 27:32

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Democrats, that is. Brian Beutler looks under the hood of their rhetoric machine, and imagines a better model.By Jim Lardner

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Choosing Our Words 20:18

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Something too many Democrats, progressives and Resistors have in common: we talk fancy. Harold Meyerson has some language tips for us.By Jim Lardner

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Crossing the Divide 34:37

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Part two of a conversation with Arlie Russell Hochschild about the “deep story” that animates a large segment of the Trump base.By Jim Lardner

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Most Corrupt President Ever 21:01

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Jonathan Rauch makes the case for corruption as the central theme of the Trump resistance.By Jim Lardner

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On Beyond DEI 37:09

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The courts and the polls have said no to racial preferences. Richard Kahlenberg sees this as good news for Democrats, progressives and the cause of racial justice.By Jim Lardner

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The Language of Trump Country 29:29

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Arlie Russell Hochschild has spent a stretch of her recent life in the reddest parts of two of America's reddest states. She helps us understand how people come to vote for Donald Trump without necessarily admiring him. And how we can begin to reach them with a better message.By Jim Lardner

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Tariff Madness 26:24

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Robert Kuttner explores the economics and politics of Trump's attempt to drag us into a trade war.By Jim Lardner

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Billionaires! 27:12

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They’ve had a large hand in causing some of America's worst problems. And the world's worst problems, too. Chuck Collins connects some of those dots.By Jim Lardner

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How We Win 25:45

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George Lakey has been getting arrested for six decades. He's got tales to tell. And tips to offer.By Jim Lardner

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The Modern Autocrat's Playbook 46:16

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Kim Lane Scheppele dissects the plan that Victor Orban passed on to Donald Trump.By Jim Lardner

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The Oak Trees of Takoma Park 28:28

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Mike Tidwell, founder of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, built an army of climate activists by enlisting his neighbors in a novel project: saving oak trees from invasive vines.By Jim Lardner

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Polluters Pay 20:19

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Under a newly-enacted New York State law, the fossil fuel industry will have to put billions of dollars a year into a fund to help the state's residents, communities and businesses deal with climate change. Michael Richardson retraces the journey to passage of this landmark legislation.By Jim Lardner