The New Liberal Podcast

Political analyst and writer Jonathan Chait joins the podcast to discuss the 2024 race, the potential competitors to Trump, and Biden's low approval numbers. They also explore the rise and potential fall of Vivek Rama Swami in the race and the importance of owning the libs in the Republican Party. The hosts analyze the weaknesses and criticisms of certain politicians and dive into media bias in covering Democratic and Republican presidents.

New York City is one of the most expensive places in the country. Will they ever build more housing? This week's episode is another in our state-by-state housing series, and we're talking about housing in New York. Joining me are Rachel Fee, executive director of the New York Housing Conference, and Alex Armlovich, Senior Housing Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center. We discuss why housing reform efforts have failed in New York so far, what specific regulations and factors make it hard to build in New York, and the coalitions necessary to finally build more housing in America's biggest city. Got questions for the New Liberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

How do rich people keep poor folks from living in their neighborhoods? Richard Kahlenberg is a senior fellow at PPI and the author of the new book 'Excluded'. We discuss how 'snob zoning' was used to create a class-based discrimination system that replaced race-base discrimination, the benefits of having more class-integrated neighborhoods, and the most important political obstacles to overcome in order to build more housing. Got questions for the New Liberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

Joe McReynolds, author of the book Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City joins the podcast to talk about the urbanism of Tokyo. We discuss why urbanists love Tokyo so much, the role of markets vs plans and designs, how Tokyo makes use of small and neglected spaces, and what he calls emergent vs corporate led design. Got questions for the New Liberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

Why are writers and actors both striking in Hollywood for the first time since 1960? Television writer and Writer's Guild of America member Jeff Maurer joins the show to discuss the strike. We talk about how technology is changing the entertainment industry, why writers and actors feel like they're getting a raw deal, and how long the strike might last. Got questions for the New Liberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

In this episode, Jeremiah was invited to the Free The Economy podcast to talk about one of his recent articles "Ugh, Capitalism". Jeremiah details how capitalism became every commentator's favorite punching bag, why things as varied as bad architecture, loneliness, astrology and the color beige are all capitalism's fault, and what's really going on under the surface for the people who blame everything on capitalism. Recommending reading - https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/ugh-capitalism Got questions for the New Liberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

It's the return of the Best Books series! Jeremiah walks through the books he's read in the first half of 2023, including books on political theory, language, urbanism, Georgism, internet culture, technology and more. Plus, reviews of the best sci-fi and speculative fiction from this year! Got questions for the New Liberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

What on earth has been going on with social media? Threads is a brand new app with 100 m users. Reddit's moderators have revolted and the site is still feeling the effects. And Twitter continues to set itself on fire regularly. Why is all this happening? Mike Masnick of Techdirt joins the show, and we discuss the most chaotic time for social media in years. We talk about what caused Twitter's outage, whether or not twitter replacements like Threads can be successful, and how the different broadcast styles and economic models of social media influence the business and our posting. Check out Jeremiah's writing on the social web at Infinite Scroll - https://www.infinitescroll.us/ Check out Mike's work at Techdirt - https://www.techdirt.com/ Pieces mentioned in this episode: https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/why-is-threads-cringe-and-does-it https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/four-theories-of-what-the-hell-happened Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

The war to fight Russia's invasion is the most important story in Ukraine. But what comes after the war? Tamar Jacoby, head of The New Ukraine Project, joins the podcast to discuss Ukraine's efforts to build a stronger society. We discuss Ukraine's history of poverty and corruption, what's being done to address issues like corruption, what the Ukrainian people really want, and how much more liberal and democratic Ukraine can become in the near future. Check out the New Ukraine Project from PPI - https://www.progressivepolicy.org/project/new-ukraine-project/ Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/

It takes far too long to build housing, infrastructure or green energy in America, even in progressive areas that say they want those things. Why? Jeremiah explores the history of how progressives turned their back on progress in favor of process. This episode covers the myriad of ways in which bureaucratic process is killing America's ability to accomplish its goals, the understandable reasons why progressives started down this path, and what we need to do to pull ourselves out of the mess. Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@cnliberalism.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/