Dr. Jamieson Webster: Dreams, Mental Health, Parenting, Mass Media, & How it All Interacts

Mr. Lev Moscow: Teaching & Learning, ChatGPT, Podcasting, & Media in a Broken Democracy

This episode has a long intro so skip to 3:46 to jump straight to the interview. Lev Moscow, affectionately known to many as Mr. Moscow, talks to me about everything from ChatGPT to media in a broken democracy, how the more you know the less you know, a new fascist age, BookTok, and more. Moscow's Podcast: https://www.acorrectionpodcast.com/ Mentioned: Ones and Tooze How to Watch TV News by Neil Postman The Chickenshit Club by Jesse Eisinger Elite Capture by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman The Century Trilogy - Ken Follett Kingsbridge Series - Ken Follett Timothy Snyder Understanding Power - Noam Chomsky Tyler Cowen Ezra Klein Doug Henwood Marginal Revolution Developing Economics Jacobin Open Democracy Hammer and Hope The Black Agenda Report Vox ZNetwork

Dr. Jamieson Webster: Dreams, Mental Health, Parenting, Mass Media, & How it All Interacts

In this episode, I talk to Jamieson Webster, psychoanalyst and author of several books on Freud and psychoanalysis as well as essays on mental health and American life. We discuss dreams, psychoanalysis, freud, teen suicide, mass media, the 2008 crisis and how it all interacts. This is the last episode of my series on teen trends and mental health!

Malcolm Harris: Kids These Days

In this episode Malcolm Harris, author of Kids These Days and Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, among others, talks with us about what a generation means, how Gen-Z and millennials differ, generational trends, mental health and more.

William Deresiewicz: On Meritocracy, Elite Education, Affirmative Action, Mental Health, and More

In Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life, author William Deresciewicz talks about elite college admissions and the effect it has on students before and after starting college, how society tries to trap us in a rat race and what we can do to get out. I talk with him about everything from affirmative action, social media, and NFTs to what it means to be a meritocracy, how students cope with mental health issues and what causes them.

Matthew Continetti: Conservatism, Populist History, Trump, Sarah Palin, and More

Matthew Continetti, author of The Right: The Hundred Year War writes about the history of The Right, how it has shifted, populist strands throughout The Right, and how Trump fits into that. We talk about history, current events, and what that tells us about the shape of the Republican Party, Sarah Palin, and more.