Of which Royal Air Force aircraft can it be said “it’s fair to compare it to the actor Keanu Reeves, because It’s so good looking and has such impeccable manners, people forgive its limitations?” Find out in today’s podcast, as I speak with Joe Coles, the founder and proprietor of the Hush-Kit aviation blog. Most […]

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LGM Podcast: The Cold War RAF

For our latest podcast, Scott, Paul, and myself interview the one and only Rick Perlstein, about his great new book Reaganland: America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980. Perlstein hardly needs an introduction and I am sure most of you have read at least one of his four books on the conservative turn in American politics. In this, […]

LGM Podcast: Reaganland

For the latest LGM podcast, I interview J.L. Anderson of Mount Royal University about his recent book Capitalist Pigs: Pigs, Pork, and Power in America. This is a great overview of the role of pigs in American history, including a good discussion at the end of how the taste of pork has changed and the […]

LGM Podcast: Bacon Saves the Day

For the latest podcast, I was happy to talk to Rebecca Scofield of the University of Idaho about her 2019 book Outriders: Rodeo at the Fringes of the American West. In this, we talk about the myth and appeal of rodeo generally and then move on to the different marginalized groups involved in rodeo over […]

LGM Podcast: Outriders

Enjoy the second part of our NFL podcast, where I’m joined by Erik and Rob to preview the 2021 season. LGM’s Patreon is here.

LGM Podcast: the NFL Part II

Tonight marks the return of the NFL, as Tom Brady’s Superbowl Champion Buccaneers host America’s Team [sic] in Tampa Bay. Scott, Erik, and myself decided to immortalize this moment with a two-part podcast, the first half of which concerns the NFC and is available below, and the second half of which focuses on the AFC […]

LGM Podcast: Football!

Scott, Erik and myself recorded a long podcast last night previewing the 2021 NFL season. We’ll publish the first half of that podcast on Thursday and the second half on Saturday or Sunday. At the end we decided to say a few words about the career of Michael K. Williams, who the world tragically lost […]

LGM Podcast: Michael K. Williams, RIP

How could we keep you waiting with bated breath? Part II is now up. Get your Part I here.

LGM Podcast: Ikenberry II: The ReIkening

John Ikenberry is one of the most influential scholars of “liberal international order.” It’s likely that he, along with Dan Deudney, is responsible for popularizing the phrase. John’s most recent book, A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order has reportedly shaped the thinking of the Biden foreign-policy team. In […]

LGM Podcast: I Like Ike(nberry)

This is the second half of our podcast interview with Stephen Deusner, author of Where the Devil Don’t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers. In this half we talk about our least favorite DBT songs, about the career trajectory of Jason Isbell, and some concluding thoughts on the future trajectory of the band. […]

LGM Podcast: Where the Devil Don’t Stay II

Last week Scott, Erik, and myself had the great pleasure of interviewing Stephen Deusner about his new book, Where the Devil Don’t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive By Truckers. As most readers of the blog will be keenly aware, we have been fans of the DBTs for a good long time, and between […]

LGM Podcast: Where the Devil Don’t Stay

For the latest LGM podcast, I was happy to interview Paul Adler, historian at Colorado College, on his new book No Globalization without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality published recently by the University of Pennsylvania Press. This is a longer podcast than normal due to the deep and complex issues we get into about […]

LGM Podcast: Globalization and Its Discontents

I decided to talk to Paul Musgrave about his recent piece in Foreign Policy, “Political Science Has Its Own Lab Leaks.” Here’s the gist of the metaphor, as he articulates it in the article: A political science lab leak might seem as much of a punchline as the concept of a mad social scientist. Nevertheless, the […]

LGM Podcast: When Political Science Theories Go Viral

I was happy to interview Peter Eisenstadt, Associate Editor of the Howard Thurman Papers and sometimes member of the LGM commenter community, about his new biography of Thurman, titled Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman, and published by the University of Virginia Press. You may not know who Thurman is, but […]

LGM Podcast: Howard Thurman

Paul and I were fortunate enough to be able to talk to Adam Serwer about his stunningly good new essay collection, The Cruelty is the Point. It’s a book that simply overflows with illuminations and sharp insights, succeeding in both putting into the historical record what the Trump administration was and noting in careful, analytical […]

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