The Anti-Pundits
Episodes
13 episodes
Episode 13: Soup's On! ... Van Gogh
The Anti-Pundits are back! Season 2 is here! Join Oleg, Andy and Dan as they unpack the latest argle-bargle foofaraw.
Episode 12: The Anti-Pundits in the Multiverse of Sadness
As the world burns, Andy and Dan dissect, scrutinize and fret over the most ephemeral of pop cultural ephemera. What else are two nearly middle-aged men to do?
Episode 11: Ukraine
Oleg and Dan discuss the invasion of Ukraine and provide resources and information to support humanitarian efforts.
Episode 10: What is Anti-Punditry?
Hold on to your butts ... In the Season 1 finale, the Anti-Pundits put all of their cards on the table. Join Oleg, Andy and Dan as they answer the question: What is Anti-Punditry?
Episode 9: ...That's Much Too Subjective For My Taste, Part 2
In part two of a continuing series, Andy and Dan further explore the nature and rhetoric of Taste. Specifically, they consider what an objective engagement with the arts might look like, and how that engagement, as another form of the goo...
Episode 8: ...That's Much Too Subjective For My Taste, Part 1
How was the movie? I liked it. I didn't. We hated it! We loved it! But was it good? Who knows? But moviegoers everywhere can agree you've asked a question that goes against the prevailing ortho...
Episode 7: Anti-Pundits, Assemble!
Hot takes! It's not a clip show, we swear. Oleg, Andy and Dan tour each of the previous six episodes, making surprising connections and identifying some common, running themes.
Episode 6: The Extreme Centrism of American Revolution
Andy and Dan invent and explore the concept of violent centrism as it pertains to the Founding Fathers and the new revolution.
Episode 5: Cult of Personality
Oleg and Dan explore the history and meaning of the term "cult of personality," tracing its origins and considering its appropriate applications in contemporary American society. They begin with a deep dive into the personality-cult...
Episode 4: What is the Good Conversation?
Andy and Dan explore the nature and purpose of the good conversation. Rhetoric, psychology and the health of our democracy -- listen inside!
Episode 3: The Rehabilitation of Hatred
Just Say No to hatred. We're familiar with the campaign. But hatred worthy of rehabilitation? Hatred ... rehabilitated? Hatred ... as a good thing? A thousand times, yes, the anti-pundit replies. ...
Episode 2: The Failures of Education
Andy hops aboard the ship of anti-punditry as he and Dan take to task the failures of American education. What went wrong? What can we do? And what does it take to shape and preserve the educated citizen in our modern American...
Episode 1: A Jew and a Catholic Walk Into a Podcast
Oleg and Dan embark upon the odyssey of anti-punditry in this no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners showdown between the two oldest major Abrahamic faiths, which American society gleefully elides into a dubious Judeo-Christian fusion cuisine. &n...