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Talking about collapse and nihilism. 4/13/2025.

Apr 17 •

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2:13:36

Hollywood Refugee w/Joshua Turek

We talk to poet and stand-up comedian Joshua Turek about today’s cultural and political crisis and ways to deal with it.

Apr 16 •

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2:09:59

Trump and Tariffs and Political Taboos w/Joe Costello

We talk to our friend Joe Costello about Trump’s tariffs, democracy, deindustrialization, the Yeltsinification of America, and the innate human desire…

Apr 10 •

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1:58:33

Shitcoins for shitocracy w/Jacob Silverman

Listen now | People compare Trump to Hitler or to Putin. But for us the closest historical comparison is Boris Yeltsin.

Apr 2 •

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1:25:30

March 2025

Nobody likes being a loser w/Will Menaker

Evgenia and I talk to Will Menaker about the left-right whiplash of the post-Bernie years.

Mar 26 •

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1:30:26

Art Church w/Alexander Melamid

We talk with Alexander Melamid, the most famous Soviet-American artist of his generation.

Mar 20 •

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1:35:59

Vibe Shifts w/Mark Ames

We talk to our friend Mark Ames about nihilism, cynicism, culture wars, Red Scare, Matt Taibbi, Glenn Greenwald, Russia of the 1990s, and the vibe…

Mar 15 •

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1:49:59

Red Scare Bonus Pillow Talk

We recorded this in bed over a week ago while we were in Miami — mostly for our ourselves…to talk through some ideas and concepts.

Mar 7 •

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2:00:22

"Anora" and Russians at the Oscars

We record an emergency ep to talk about Sean Baker’s sweep at the Oscars with his new film Anora. We talk about Sean Baker’s sentimental style and his…

Mar 4 •

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1:38:01

We continue our discussion of Red Scare’s turn into a real red scare platform.

Mar 2 •

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1:35:13

February 2025

Back to the Future

We talk about my recent epiphany that the scary and volatile world of Russia that I grew up in post-collapse in the 1990s might be the future of…

Feb 17 •

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1:06:49

Red Scare's Wake

We talk about the rise and fall of Red Scare, America’s once-coolest Soviet immigrant podcast.

Feb 13 •

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2:00:04

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