In January, World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) Monday night show, Raw, moved to Netflix. The move comes around the time that a known WWE fan and Hall of Famer, President Donald Trump, entered the White House.

Josephine Riesman, author of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, argues that understanding WWE can help us understand Trump and his politics. This hour, we learn about WWE and its impact on Trump, and discuss the experience and appeal of watching wrestling.

GUESTS: 
Josephine Riesman: Author of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
Tim Kail: Creator of “The Work of Wrestling” website and podcast. He is also the host and producer of “The Sarah Lawrence College Podcast”

In January, World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) Monday night show, Raw, moved to Netflix. The move comes around the time that a known WWE fan and Hall of Famer, President Donald Trump, entered the White House.
Josephine Riesman, author of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, argues that understanding WWE can help us understand Trump and his politics. This hour, we learn about WWE and its impact on Trump, and discuss the experience and appeal of watching wrestling.
GUESTS:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Josephine Riesman: Author of <a href="https://josie.zone/ringmaster">Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America</a></li>
<li>Tim Kail: Creator of &ldquo;<a href="https://www.workofwrestling.com/">The Work of Wrestling</a>&rdquo; website and podcast. He is also the host and producer of &ldquo;The Sarah Lawrence College Podcast&rdquo;</li>
</ul>

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How WWE got a chokehold on U.S. politics

The Trump administration’s messaging around the war with Iran feels reminiscent of stuff like … cowboy movies. And video games. And the manosphere. This hour, a look at the rhetoric around the war and where it’s all coming from.

GUESTS:
Casey Ryan Kelly: Professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and author of books including Manifesting Violence: White Terrorism, Digital Culture, and the Rhetoric of Replacement
Jonathan Guyer: Program Director at the Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia Group, and a reporter and editor focused on foreign policy, national security, and the Middle East. He is host of the podcast “None of the Above”
Roger Stahl: Author and Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Georgia. He is director of the documentary Theaters of War

Music featured (in order):
“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo – Aaron Copland, NYO-USA, Michael Tilson Thomas
You Should Have Seen the Other Guy – Nathaniel Rateliff
Under My Thumb – Rolling Stones
Son of Your Father – Elton John
Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other – Orville Peck and Willie Nelson
I Am a Rock – Simon and Garfunkel

The Trump administration&rsquo;s messaging around the war with Iran feels reminiscent of stuff like &hellip; cowboy movies. And video games. And the manosphere. This hour, a look at the rhetoric around the war and where it&rsquo;s all coming from.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Casey Ryan Kelly:&nbsp;Professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and author of books including&nbsp;Manifesting Violence: White Terrorism, Digital Culture, and the Rhetoric of Replacement</li>
<li>Jonathan Guyer:&nbsp;Program Director at the Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia Group, and a reporter and editor focused on foreign policy, national security, and the Middle East. He is host of the podcast &ldquo;None of the Above&rdquo;</li>
<li>Roger Stahl:&nbsp;Author and Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Georgia. He is director of the documentary&nbsp;Theaters of War</li>
</ul>
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYdDYSTEuWo">&ldquo;Hoe-Down&rdquo; from Rodeo</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Aaron Copland, NYO-USA, Michael Tilson Thomas</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IB9bO4XD7I">You Should Have Seen the Other Guy</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Nathaniel Rateliff</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBdKMv9_vPE">Under My Thumb</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Rolling Stones</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL-gy1VyIa0">Son of Your Father</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Elton John</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BirJMnMcfBs">Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Orville Peck and Willie Nelson</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2nN-Yrt1EU">I Am a Rock</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Simon and Garfunkel</li>
</ul>

How cowboys, action movies, and hypermasculinity can help us understand the war with Iran

From the Golden Globes, to global conflicts, to elections, prediction markets have moved into the mainstream. What happens when we can bet on anything? What are the cultural impacts of that? This hour, we take stock of the status of prediction markets, and look at what they might do to politics and polling. Plus, a look at the "Wisdom of Crowds".

GUESTS:
Kate Knibbs: Senior Writer at WIRED
Danny Funt: Reporter and author of Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling
Sarah Hughes-Berheim: Postdoctoral researcher in the Special Education Department at Vanderbilt University
James Surowiecki: Journalist and author of The Wisdom of Crowds

Music featured (in order):
Future Lover – Thee Sacred Souls
Everybody Knows – Leonard Cohen
Something’s Gotta Give – Sammy Davis Jr.
We Can’t Predict the Future – The Flaming Lips
What Comes Next? – Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan

From the Golden Globes, to global conflicts, to elections, prediction markets have moved into the mainstream. What happens when we can bet on anything? What are the cultural impacts of that? This hour, we take stock of the status of prediction markets, and look at what they might do to politics and polling. Plus, a look at the "Wisdom of Crowds".
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Kate Knibbs:&nbsp;Senior Writer at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wired.com/author/kate-knibbs/">WIRED</a></li>
<li>Danny Funt:&nbsp;Reporter and author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Everybody-Loses/Danny-Funt/9781668062029">Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling</a></li>
<li>Sarah Hughes-Berheim:&nbsp;Postdoctoral researcher in the Special Education Department at Vanderbilt University</li>
<li>James Surowiecki:&nbsp;Journalist and author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/175380/the-wisdom-of-crowds-by-james-surowiecki/">The Wisdom of Crowds</a></li>
</ul>
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eABalevWjQM">Future Lover</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Thee Sacred Souls</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu8u9ZbCJgQ">Everybody Knows</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Leonard Cohen</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzgiP1N6e8M">Something&rsquo;s Gotta Give</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sammy Davis Jr.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIZ_5ZQC2Po">We Can&rsquo;t Predict the Future</a>&nbsp;&ndash; The Flaming Lips</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKw6n0PnTMY">What Comes Next?</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Jonathan Groff, Hamilton</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXn9ZKPx6CY">A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Bob Dylan</li>
</ul>

What happens when we can bet on anything?

We’ve been doing these shows where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. And your calls have been interesting and surprising and amusing.

This hour, the conversation winds around to Anthropic, cataract surgery, the burrito vs. bowl debate, Saturday Night Live, the general unhappiness in the U.S., plastics … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.

These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.

Music featured (in order):
Destination Heaven – Euphoria Again & Dogwood Tales
Farther Along – Ron Carter, Ricky Dillard
Coming Up Roses – Harry Styles (orch. Jules Buckley)
Love, Love, Love – Stephen Sanchez
Sirius – Katherine Priddy
Blind – Yonder Mountain String Band
With a Little Luck – Paul McCartney, Wings

We&rsquo;ve been doing these shows where we don&rsquo;t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. And your calls have been interesting and surprising and amusing.
This hour, the conversation winds around to Anthropic, cataract surgery, the burrito vs. bowl debate,&nbsp;Saturday Night Live, the general unhappiness in the U.S., plastics &hellip; Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmrlniCB1GY">Destination Heaven</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Euphoria Again &amp; Dogwood Tales</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxO7MwW4nNs">Farther Along</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Ron Carter, Ricky Dillard</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3GKsIFtEoE">Coming Up Roses</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Harry Styles (orch. Jules Buckley)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZaOon6Yhms">Love, Love, Love</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Stephen Sanchez</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5OkDsykYoo">Sirius</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Katherine Priddy</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi0ho-hTG-U">Blind</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Yonder Mountain String Band</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6KNiKchr-8">With a Little Luck</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Paul McCartney, Wings</li>
</ul>

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