What Rough Beast
Virginia Heffernan and Stephen Metcalf
EN58 episodes
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What Rough Beast, hosted by Virginia Heffernan (Wired, Trumpcast) and Stephen Metcalf (Slate, Culture Gabfest) is a podcast where we bear witness to America’s demise, and ask what might be built from the rubble. The sludge. The sparkly phosphorescent faerie dust of recombinant DNA.It is a spiritual successor to Trumpcast, but with a radical reimagining. Instead of focusing on opposing Trump or trusting institutions, this podcast explores imaginative, unexpected responses to our current political...
Episodes (58)
EXCLUSIVE: What Musk Wants Next
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Feb 8, 20253:05pending
Reclaiming Your Attention
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Jan 29, 202557:32pending
The Inauguration Counter-Programming Event
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Jan 23, 20251:59:58pending
First They Come for the Oysters
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Jan 20, 202541:53pending
Disrupting Decorum
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Jan 10, 202537:08pending
Why Plant Bombs?
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Jan 4, 202549:15pending
Episode 1: What's to Become of Us?
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Dec 28, 202446:00pending
TRAILER: What Rough Beast
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