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Patrick Farnsworth
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Host of Last Born In The Wilderness podcast / lastborninthewilderness.com
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Preview of my discussion with @emcahan.bsky.social, with the full release next week

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Preview / Long Covid Is Changing an Entire Generation / Eli Cahan
Investigative journalist and pediatrician Eli Cahan joined me to discuss the magnitude of the long Covid crisis in the youth population of the United States, addressed in his October Rolling Stone pie
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December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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395 / Wakara’s America / Max Perry Mueller
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December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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"In some ways, I argue the most dangerous myth of Manifest Destiny is that it succeeded."

- @maxperrymueller.bsky.social / #WakarasAmerica

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But he was also defending Native sovereignty. So he's both this person who participates in the settler colonial enterprise very explicitly, but he is also doing so in a lot of ways to defend Native sovereignty. And so he is, I think, this pretty unique figure who exists—he's kind of fully settler and fully Native. But the point of the book is to collapse those distinctions in a lot of ways by pushing back on the narrative that both of the tropes reinforce, that Manifest Destiny succeeded. In some ways, I argue the most dangerous myth of Manifest Destiny is that it succeeded. Because that reduces Wakara and his living descendants, of whom there are many, to the past—relegating him to the past. Instead of seeing him as part of the continual process of what is the renewal, the restoration, the change, the evolution of what is America. - Max Perry Mueller
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Our discussion covers the thematic sweeps of @maxperrymueller.bsky.social's rich history of the American West and one of its central and oft-forgotten founders—intersecting with indigenous ecological knowledge, settler-colonialism, and Mormonism. #WakarasAmerica

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395 / Wakara’s America / Max Perry Mueller
Max Perry Mueller, professor of religious studies and author, joined me in this sweeping interview to discuss his new book, Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American We
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December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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"I just want to be really transparent and honest about the fact that I, too, feel many of the feelings that people have about this, while also having this other part of myself, which I don't want to describe as pessimistic as much as just realistic."

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Preview / You will be disappointed, and that's okay.
I speak to the enormously successful campaign of Zorhan Mamdani, his charisma, the very practical policy goals set by his run for mayor of New York City, and how you will be disappointed.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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New Cheney Memoir Reveals He's Going To Live Full, Satisfied Life Without Ever Feeling Remorse And There's Nothing We Can Do About It
New Cheney Memoir Reveals He's Going To Live Full, Satisfied Life Without Ever Feeling Remorse And There's Nothing We Can Do About It
NEW YORK—The publication this week of Dick Cheney’s memoir, In My Time, has revealed the former vice president enjoys a fulfilling life unaffected by any sense of guilt or regret and there’s absolutel...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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"Luigi is part of a larger phenomenon, and then when you think about that larger phenomenon, you think about what the social contract on violence is, and then why so many people feel that it's okay to violate it right now."
- @jhr54.bsky.social

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This impulse to correct through revolutionary violent means is a pretty widespread impulse now. It's not just Luigi’s; it's also racist killers who target synagogues and churches and groups of Black people in supermarkets. So I think Luigi is part of a larger phenomenon, and then when you think about that larger phenomenon, you think about what the social contract on violence is, and then why do so many people feel that it's okay to violate it right now. That's a deeper conversation, and it doesn't focus on personalities and causes as much necessarily and specifically. I think the first thing that happens with a killing like this is they try to invalidate it through one thing or another—defuse it. “Invalidate” isn't the right word—defuse it, and for good reason. You don't want to trigger mass violence. Unless you're in a more explicitly revolutionary context. I don't know. These are deep and complex issues. - John H. Richardson
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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In his full book treatment of the case, Richardson follows the breadcrumbs #LuigiMangione left behind, painting a vivid picture of his influences and thinking, situating this violent act within our revolutionary moment.

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394 / Luigi / John H. Richardson
Author and journalist John H. Richardson joins me to ruminate on his new book, Luigi: The Making and the Meaning, published by Simon & Schuster. In line with the book’s title, we discuss the making an
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November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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A 5-min preview of my interview with John H. Richardson, discussing the making and the meaning of Luigi Mangione.

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Preview / Luigi / John H. Richardson
Author and journalist John H. Richardson joins me to ruminate on his new book, Luigi: The Making and the Meaning, published by Simon & Schuster. // Support the work + listen to the full interview: ht
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October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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They are, damn. Thank ya
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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"We're talking about a full-scale assault on free speech, even the concept of it." - @shaneburley.bsky.social

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What's happening now is the most concerted assault on speech that I have ever seen, at least in the United States in this kind of public thing. We're talking about hundreds of teachers, healthcare workers, and pilots being put on leave or openly fired—people talking about opening hate crime investigations on them, threatening to pull business permits and driver's licenses. People are being asked at immigration status [hearings] about whether or not they're posting on Charlie Kirk. We're talking about a full-scale assault on free speech, even the concept of it. And yet we're still talking about this as though Charlie Kirk was the victim of this anti-free speech mentality, which just simply is not true. - Shane Burley
October 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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@shaneburley.bsky.social situates Kirk in the constellation of right-wing figures in the MAGA coalition since the rise of Trump and his brand of far-right politics. We speculate on who may fill his coveted position in the highly competitive MAGA universe.

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393 / Political Violence / Shane Burley
Journalist and author Shane Burley joined me to discuss the specter of political violence in the United States, remarking on the recent assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder and right-win
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October 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM