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Jordan Ellenberg Controls the Weather
Season 4, Ep. 12
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Wherein I am joined by the estimable Jordan Ellenberg, whose daytime cover is as a math professor at the University of Wisconsin, but who secretly controls the weather.
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29. On the Origin of Disinformation
01:02:36||Season 4, Ep. 29Wherein Ben tells a spell-bound Holly Berkley Fletcher about his new paleontological discovery: Our hominin ancestors were fucking with us. Antti Ruokonen drops by to tell us why he's thankful for the Finnish education system.28. The Greek Chorus Plans The Show
01:00:47||Season 4, Ep. 28Wherein Ben, Eve Gaumond, and Holly Berkley Fletcher try to plan future episodes by pondering what grim fate will befall us next.27. Gossip Sesh
01:00:34||Season 4, Ep. 27Wherein Holly Berkley Fletcher joins us as a new cohost, and she and Ben get started by gossiping wildly about feet pics, young women writing Trump love letters, and George Will.26. Two Holes in Ben's Foot
01:00:00||Season 4, Ep. 26Wherein a fanged monster has attacked Ben in the dead of night, and he decides to make it about Ric Grennell. Samuel Moyn also joins us for a slightly more serious discussion about his latest op-ed. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/opinion/trump-legalism-trials.html25. A Burnt Offering of Matt Gaetz
01:00:36||Season 4, Ep. 25Wherein Ben explains the process of sacrificing Matt Gaetz on the altar of the US Senate, Antti Ruokonen tells us about a Finnish ballot initiative, and everyone argues about when and how to change your passwords.24. On the Nature of Truth
01:00:18||Season 4, Ep. 24Wherein Ben talks Bob Woodward, Anastasiia Lapatina talks Ukraine, and Alicia Wanless opines on the nature of truth.23. Legal Accountability, Judicial Activism, and Other Weighty Matters
01:00:53||Season 4, Ep. 23Wherein Ben dares to defend (gasp) Merrick Garland, which is a much bigger deal than he thought it would be, apparently. Then Antti Ruokonen drops in to give us a Finnish perspective, and Roger Parloff joins us to discuss the Trump trials, the impact of Russian election influence, and various acts of shameless judicial hypocrisy.CORRECTION: In this episode, Roger Parloff mistakenly misattributed this New York Times oped to Thomas Friedman. It is, in fact, by Thomas Goldstein.22. Eve Seizes Control and Interviews Ben
01:00:30||Season 4, Ep. 22Wherein Eve Gaumond decides that she is in charge and turns the show into an extended interview with Ben about the news that happened yet this week: the crazy cabinet appointments to come, what Ukraine is going to do with the new power to use long-range missiles to hit targets in Russia, and more.21. On Populist Movements Elsewhere
01:00:21||Season 4, Ep. 21Wherein we get a report on the populist movement in Canada from Eve Gaumond, and a report from the analogous movement in Finland from Antti Ruokonen.