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“I used to be the largest dairy consumer on the planet. I used to eat so much dairy and meat. The more that I looked into the dairy industry, the more that I saw that it was the singular, most inhumane industry on the planet, that we've all been lied to, including myself, for years. I always believed that the picture on the milk carton, the cow standing next to her calf in the green field with the red barn in the back was true. It’s certainly the complete opposite.” – Richard (Kudo) Couto Richard (Kudo) Couto is the founder of Animal Recovery Mission (ARM), an organization solely dedicated to investigating extreme animal cruelty cases. ARM has led high-risk undercover operations that have resulted in the shutdown of illegal slaughterhouses, animal fighting rings, and horse meat trafficking networks. Recently, they released a damning investigation into two industrial dairy farms outside of Phoenix, Arizona supplying milk to Coca-Cola’s Fairlife brand. What they uncovered was systemic animal abuse, environmental violations, and a devastating betrayal of consumer trust. While Fairlife markets its products as being sourced "humanely," ARM’s footage tells a very different story—one of suffering, abuse, and corporate complicity. Despite the evidence, this story has been largely ignored by mainstream media—likely due to Coca-Cola’s massive influence and advertising dollars.…
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Politics discussion and stuff of that sort, hosted by Andrew Xu. Episodes air every other Thursday.
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Politics discussion and stuff of that sort, hosted by Andrew Xu. Episodes air every other Thursday.
Jessica Grose is an opinion writer for The New York Times. What I admire about Jessica's writing is that she doesn’t just cover politics as a horse race or culture as a meme war; she zooms into the kitchen tables, classrooms, and waiting rooms where policy choices land on real bodies. Her beat is parenthood and education, faith and loneliness, COVID aftershocks and TikTok doom-scrolls — basically, all the places where our ideals crash into our everyday lives. In this episode, I got a chance to speak with her about how our social media has been affecting kids, how student performance has changed in recent years, and the ways that modern medicine has become a victim of its own success. Show Notes "Parents Don’t Know It but K-12 Students Are Falling Into ‘the Honesty Gap’" by Jessica Grose, The New York Times "Measles, MAHA Moms and Robert F. Kennedy Jr." from The Opinions…
Micah Sifry is a writer and organizer behind the Substack "The Connector." He has decades of experience in covering how technology is changing politics, and how to participate productively in the political process. In this episode, I got a chance to talk with him about the history of mass protests in the US, the recent authoritarian cuts to government spending, and public perceptions of government service. Show Notes "A Different Kind of Anti-Trump Resistance Is Brewing" by Micah Sifry, The New York Times…
Announcement: this podcast will be publishing episodes twice as often as before (so every single week on Thursdays) for the next several weeks at least, and hopefully for longer. Count yourself lucky in that regard :) Noah Smith is an economist who writes the Substack "Noahpinion" and co-hosts the podcast "Econ 102." He is known for his commentary on economic issues like inflation, trade policy, deficit spending, and more. In this episode, I got a chance to speak with him about Trump's latest tariffs, how harmful they will be for all of us, and how the economic world order is changing.…
Cathy Reisenwitz writes the Substack "Sex and the State," which covers the intersection between feminism, sex advocacy, and how our society shapes our perception of gender roles. In this episode, I got a chance to talk with her about her upbringing as an Evangelical, how her views on gender and sex have changed over time, and the tension between our desire for rigid structure and our desire for autonomy. Show Notes "How to fight fascism" by Cathy Reisenwitz, Sex and the State "Politics, Sex, and Sexuality: The Growing Gender Divide in American Life" from Survey Center on American Life "Our intelligentsia has abandoned our illiterati" by Cathy Reisenwitz, Sex and the State…
Shauna Daly is the co-founder of the Substack "Young Men Research Initiative," which covers how people can reach out to young men who are increasingly drifting rightward. In this episode, I got a chance to talk with her about the ways that young men are lacking a script for what type of person they should be, the recent decline in romantic relationships between young men and women, and which masculine-coded traits might be worth promoting in the future. Show Notes "What’s Love (And Sex and Porn) Got to Do With Elections?" by Young Men Research Project Timestamps 00:00 Graceful Dialogue on Gender Issues 10:37 Gen Z's Growing Political Divide 16:09 How Digital Media Consumption Affects the Gender Divide 22:55 Changing Gender Roles and Economic Disparities 27:31 Rethinking Gender Performance Differences 33:13 Diversity Enhances Health and Connection 37:32 Marriage and Population Policy Debate 42:41 The Right-Wing Ideological Divide 49:38 Balancing Gender Equality and Modern Masculinity 53:18 Reimagining Modern Masculinity 59:30 Negativity in the Left's Sex Discourse 01:07:25 Election Trends and Gender Attitudes 01:11:21 Condemning Blatant Misogyny Check out my Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/FramesofSpace…
When we see people acting in ways that seem irrational or incomprehensible, it’s easy to see them as ignorant or evil. But what if there’s more to it? What if, beneath the surface, there’s a much more complex mix of emotions—joy, fear, loyalty, and even desperation—that we tend to dismiss or fail to see? Erik Engheim writes the Substack "Erik Explores," which covers politics, history and culture from a Nordic perspective. In this episode, I got a chance to talk with Erik about how he was wrong about Trump supporters, and his apology to them for misjudging their morality. We discuss the nature of Republican support for Donald Trump, and the sense of joy that is present within the MAGA movement. Show Notes "My Apology to Trumpers" by Erik Engheim, Erik Examines President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress, March 2025 "The 3 cognitive scripts that subtly rule our lives" by Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Big Think "I Welcome Trump Supporters" by Erik Engheim, Erik Examines "David French: Checks, Balances, and the New Trump Era" from Good Faith…
Lauren Harper Pope is the co-founder of WelcomePAC, an advocacy organization to help elect centrist Democrats in swing districts. Beyond helping to raise political funds in that regard, she is known for her political commentary, including Substack writing and hosting the podcast The Depolarizers . In this episode, I got a chance to talk with her about the most productive Democratic candidates to fund, the nature of political polarization, and the importance of reaching out to politically disengaged voters. Show Notes "The Awkward Politics of Evasion" by Liam Kerr and Lauren Harper Pope, WelcomeStack "The Case for Strong Parties" from The Depolarizers "Democrats Are Losing the War for Attention. Badly." from The Ezra Klein Show "Invest to Win The Middle" from WelcomePAC…
Check out my Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/FramesofSpace Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and a former research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He is known for his commentary on cultural drift, which examines how the nature of cultural shifts has changed over time. In this episode, I got a chance to talk to him about what causes cultural change, how that relates to the debate over declining fertility rates, and what could be done to address cultural drift. Show Notes Fertility Rate from Our World in Data…
Greg Sargent is a staff writer at The New Republic and the host of the podcast "The Daily Blast." In this episode, I got a chance to talk with Greg about the electoral popularity of immigration reform, how shifts in voter turnout have affected Democrats, the role of media responsibility during election cycles, and how to cover Trumpism without burnout or fatigue. Show Notes "Why Democrats Got the Politics of Immigration So Wrong for So Long" by Rogé Karma, The Atlantic "Trump Just Laid a Brutal Trap for Dems, and They're Walking into It" by Greg Sargent, The New Republic "Democrats Have a Better Option that Biden" by Ezra Klein, The New York Times This interview was recorded on January 17th, 2025.…
Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and director at the Mercatus Center. He is also the host of the podcast "Conversations with Tyler," where he talks about a wide range of topics from AI to economic inequality to social media, and much, much more. In this episode, I got a chance to talk with Tyler about quite a few of those topics: the extent of his libertarian ideology, why he's less pessimistic about social media, what movies have influenced him, etc. In that regard, this episode has quite a few parallels to an average Conversations with Tyler episode: you'll hear quick pivots, broad range, and a willingness to see where the host might lead. Hope you enjoy! Show Notes "Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media" from Conversations with Tyler…
Miriam Elder is an American journalist known for her coverage of the Russian government. She has written for Vanity Fair, BuzzFeed News, The Guardian, and recently, The New York Times. In this episode, I got a chance to talk to her about her response to Trump's recent victory, and the parallels she sees between Russian authoritarianism and Republican authoritarianism. Sources "Don't Let Trump Drive You Into Internal Exile" by Miriam Elder, The New York Times "How's the GOP's Trans Panic Has Shades of Putin's Anti-LGBTQ+ Playbook" by Miriam Elder, Vanity Fair…
Darrell Owens is a Substack writer who is known for his commentary on housing, culture, and progressive politics. In this episode, I got a chance to talk to him about the prevalence of homelessness in blue cities, how progressives could respond to right-wing media influencers, and the way that Twitter affects important political discourse. Show Notes Liberal NIMBYs Are Helping Red States by Darrell Owens, The Discourse Lounge Why Harris Lost Uninformed Voters by Darrell Owens, The Discourse Lounge…
Jessica Grose is an opinion writer for The New York Times. She is known for writing about issues related to education and culture, such as how the pandemic has affected schools in the long run, or what has been causing declining fertility rates. In this episode, I got a chance to talk to her about the current baseline quality of US education, the increase in distrust towards societal institutions, and what the 2024 election results say about our culture. Show Notes Emma's Torch "2024 is Suddenly About Having Kids" from Matter of Opinion "Trump Doesn’t Care Enough About K-12 Education to Break It" by Jessica Grose, The New York Times "Good Marriages Are Good. Bad Marriages Are, Well, Bad" by Jessica Grose, The New York Times "Rachel Wiseman and Anastasia Berg on Millenial Concerns Surrounding Parenthood" from Frames of Space Yes Day "The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking" by Brendan I. Koerner "Young Women Will Never Stop Talking About Sexism" by Jessica Grose, The New York Times…
Noah Smith is an economist who writes the Substack "Noahpinion" and co-hosts the podcast "Econ 102." He is known for his commentary on economic issues like inflation, trade policy, deficit spending, and more. In this episode, I got a chance to talk to him about why Democrats lost the 2024 Election, how Trump's proposed policies would affect the economy, and the tradeoff between inflation and unemployment. Show Notes "Identity politics isn't working" by Noah Smith, Noahpinion "Americans hate inflation more than they hate unemployment" by Noah Smith, Noahpinion…
What does Dylan Matthews think of the US's capital gains tax policies? What does Regan Arntz-Gray think of trad culture? What are Jamie Weinstein's views on Israel-Palestine? Today's episode is a collection of cut content from past interviews I've done, plus a brief explanation for this podcast's name.…
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