Samantha and guest Bret Devereaux talk the fall of the Roman Republic, Elon Musk's obsession with the dictator Sulla, and what it takes to make constitutional change stick. The Sulla FantasyPodcast Episode · Neon Liberalism · 03/25/2025 · 1h 16mApple Podcasts Neon Liberalism can be heard on Spotify, on
Accountability in theory, impunity and incompetence in practice.
Samantha and fellow Liberal Currents editor Paul Crider talk to Matt McManus, author of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism, about a forgotten political tradition, the intellectual fallout of the Russian Revolution, and what this all means for how we think about the contemporary dangers of oligarchy and reaction. Liberal.
The intellectual history of this seemingly contradictory political tendency.
Schmitt's ideas help explain—and thus help us counter—the radical right's assault on American constitutional democracy.
Misogyny is a preeminent feature of authoritarian politics.
Francis Fukuyama seeks to promote liberal democracy, but from underneath his own feet the specter of illiberalism reproduces itself.
Samantha and fellow Liberal Currents editors Caitlin Green and Trent Nelson talk the crisis of misinformation, taking responsibility for your own beliefs in the social media age, and their new podcast, Half the Answer. Knowing the Question Is Half the AnswerPodcast Episode · Neon Liberalism · 03/18/2025 · 51mApple Podcasts Neon
Despite the self-pity of some, there has never been a better time to be a man.
Canada does not need your permission or your approval to exist.
Enough is enough. We need leaders capable of resisting the rising tide of fascism.
The question of trans women in sports has little to do with the cultural practice of sport itself. Rather, it’s merely a convenient way of normalizing transphobia.
Democrats must lead public opinion rather than merely following it.
Democratic values must be actively cultivated and defended, or they will be captured and deformed.
It would not be undemocratic to remove Eric Adams.
What statistical forgery in other regimes can tell us about what to expect.
For all the well-meaning stereotypes about Canadian Nice, the truth of the country is one of a flawed, disputatious pluralistic work-in-progress that can emerge as a beacon for the democratic world.
The Trump Administration's first big salvo against the achievements of the Civil Rights Era.
Yes, Elon Musk wants more power.
Despite the claims of some liberals, the MAGA Right is not unchristian, but the apotheosis of a violent strain of entirely American Christianity.
American conservatism is largely an intellectual corpse, killed by people who claim to be conservatives.
We cannot have a mayor who answers to Trump's DOJ.
The Civil Rights Movement is worth studying not just because they were right, but because they won.
It is bad, it is illegal, and it is a self-coup.