Sacred Tension: Burning My Leftist Card | Jonathan Rauch

In this episode of Sacred Tension, author and journalist Jonathan Rauch takes the helm to interview me about my political transformation from progressive leftist to liberal centrist. We talk about cancel culture as a form of thought control, why I have turned against identitarianism, how the left’s response to the Hamas invasion of Israel galvanized me, and much more.

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Sacred Tension: Uncanceling Ourselves | Jonathan Rauch

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I’m joined by gay activist, author, and Brookings Institute scholar Jonathan Rauch to discuss his recent article Uncanceling Ourselves. We discuss how a tiny minority of activists have an outsized chilling effect on necessary discourse, and steps we can take to free ourselves from a fearful mindset.

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Sacred Tension: Getting Canceled with Katie Herzog

In this episode of Sacred Tension I talk to controversial journalist and podcaster Katie Herzog about online cancel culture. We discuss online queer communities, the helpfulness of the term “cancel culture,” resiliency, how big social media companies are destroying local news outlets, and the article that got her canceled in the first place.

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