
Cooler Heads
Post-Literacy and its Discontents
Word on the street is that people don’t and increasingly can’t read. What does this mean for education, for society, for entertainment, for the schism between the read and unread? We’re on it.

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Hosted by Jess and Johnny · society · EN · 45 episodes
Everything’s on fire — and everyone’s yelling. Hot takes. Bad faith. Outrage as a business model.But here’s the thing: when everyone’s losing their mind… keeping yours is a radical act. This is Cooler Heads — where we cut through the noise, torch the BS, and talk like adults. No panic. No propaganda. Just cooler heads prevailing.
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Word on the street is that people don’t and increasingly can’t read. What does this mean for education, for society, for entertainment, for the schism between the read and unread? We’re on it.

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Friend of the show and author Evan Barker joins us to discuss her new book (and New York Times Bestseller!) “Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative.” Buy the book here: #evanbarker #nothingleft #woke #newyorktimes #dei

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This week we deign to question the legacy of one of America’s most mythic and well-known presidents: Abraham Lincoln. What does it mean to interrogate such well trodden territory as Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and Reconstruction? When men become myths, what historical assumptions follow?

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This week: America turns 250! 🎉 …or was that too enthusiastic? We dig into the numbers on where patriotism actually stands from a recent Gallop poll: who’s waving the flag, who’s proud, and who thinks the whole thing is deeply sus. Are we all just performing anti-American subversion for our social media followings? Is true blue pride possible in such a cynical environment? Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of cringe.

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This week, we dig into history-literally. Author Kurt Deion joins us to talk about his quest to visit every presidential gravesite, the book it inspired, and why cemeteries might be America’s most underrated history museums. For more on Kurt’s work, visit his YouTube channel:
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