Josh and Joe are joined by Liberal Currents’ executive editor Samantha Hancox-Li to discuss Hanxcox-Li’s analysis of the 2025 Prairieland ICE detention center protest and aftermath. We also talk about Liberal Currents’ mission and wrap up with a discussion of speculative fiction. We cover a lot of ground in the Social Club.

Kate and Josh discuss the (most recent) polling freakout, Tuesday’s primary results in the Florida and Alaska Senate races and renewed interest in “human printer” Natalie Harp.

Joe is joined by special guest host Derick Dirmaier to talk about the state of sports in America. They talk about the experience of being a sports fan, the state of youth sports, and the effect of money and private equity.

Josh and Joe are joined by Jake Bittle, a reporter covering climate change at Grist to discuss the state of the Colorado River Basin. Seven states depend on this water system, but between overuse and aridification, it’s sustainability is in question. We discuss this and then touch on some other climate related issues, such as the relationship between data centers and coal. It was an amazing episode and if you don’t listen idk what’s wrong with you tbh.

Kate and Josh talk Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan victory, big progressive ballot wins and more in this post-primary day special.

Josh and Joe are joined by Joel Christensen, classics professor at CUNY Graduate School to discuss The Odyssey, both the Homerian epic and Christopher Nolan’s recent adaptation. The three talk through the differences between the movie and the original, what modern actor could fit the bill for Odysseus, and what Gods we should all be worshipping and sacrificing to.

Kate and Josh talk Ken Martin’s woes, a new Democratic primary calendar and Trump’s self-defeating obsession with the SAVE Act.

Josh and Joe are joined by Devin Kennedy, history professor and author of the new book “Coding Capitalism: Computers and the Remaking of The Postwar US Economy”.

Kate and Josh talk Senate primaries and new innovations in the Trump corruption space.

TPM’s Kate Riga joins Josh and Joe to talk about sports and the right, specifically the tendency of the current administration to make itself the main character. We talk Kash Patel and the Olympics, Trump and FIFA, and everything Caitlin Clark/WNBA.