No Politics at the Dinner Table - Podcast
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No Politics at the Dinner Table - Podcast
Podcast by Amit Prakash
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119 episodiThe Wars for Palestine (w/Seth Anziska) - Ep126 - 2.24.24
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony needed some informed perspective on the war in Gaza, so they spoke with historian Seth Anziska of University College of...
The Fog of War in Israel and Palestine - Ep125 - 12.18.23
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony are back after a...half a year break! They dedicate their comeback episode to the war in Gaza and try to figure out how...
SCROTUS - Ep124 - 7.12.23
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss the latest from the highest court in the land and try to assess just how terrible the rulings this year were (Sp...
Racist? Who? Moi? - Ep123 - 7.7.23
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony bring on a true friend of the show to discuss policing in France: Amit! The police murder of Nahel Merzouk last week is...
GOP Field vs. AI Apocalypse - Which is Worse? - Ep122
Brothers-in-law (or are we just all robots?) Amit and Tony discuss what comes next for the GOP presidential primary race and the looming figure of the...
This Podcast Might Be Classified w/Matthew Connelly - Ep121 - 4.3.23
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony talk confidentiality, secrets, and top secrets...and whatever other superlatives that somehow beat out top secrets with...
Social Media? No Thank You. - Ep120 - 4.1.23
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony talk Trump indictment and its relative meaning--good, bad, and probably definitely ugly. The main event, however, is the...
American Fantasia: The Iraq Invasion at 20 - Ep119 - 3.18.23
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony think about the 20th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq. We will never understand why George W, Bush, Dick Che...
Florida Man - Ep118 - 3.8.23
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony take stock of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' pro-school and pro-children policies: more guns, less books. Do you like it...
Eastern Promises - Ep117 - 3.3.23
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony consider what a year of the Russo-Ukrainian war has meant for the world order, how much and how long America will contin...
Catch Me If You Can - Ep116 - 1.19.23
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss Amit's new obsession--a certain freshman Congressman from New York and all of his tales.
Fascists, Strongmen, and Authoritarians, Oh My! (w/Ruth Ben-Ghiat) - Ep115 - 12.13.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony mull over Warnock's win and Sinema's official defection, and then flip the script by starting with Party Favors! After t...
The Barbed World (w/Todd Miller)- Ep114 - 11.12.22
In this special episode, Amit has a solo interview with renowned border control journalist Todd Miller about his latest book, Empire of Borders. Among...
The Red Puddle - Ep 113 - 11.12.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony break down the outcome of the midterms and do some forecasting. Fo example: Ron DeSanctimonious? Not going to stick.
Celebrity Politicians: JD and Oz
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony reboot the reboot after a looong summer break. And it's just time to talk mid-term elections in PA and OH and, unfortuna...
The Reputation Laundromat - Ep111 - 6.21.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss their takes on the January 6th Commission and Amit gives the kiss off to SCOTUS.
Title 42 and the Man Who Sold the World - Ep110 - 4.26.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss just how and why the Biden administration has not departed from Trump's border policy. Along the way, we get to...
Appetite for Destruction (w/Benjamin Teitelbaum) - Ep109 - 4.7.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss what makes Sufis, neo-fascists, and Russian imperialists get hyped up: a weird theory called Traditionalism. We...
Judge Jackson and QAnon Questioning - Ep108 - 3.24.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony rank the Republic Senators on the Judiciary Committee we love to hate the most. Along the way, we discuss Judge Jackson'...
De-Escalation Game - Ep107 - 3.16.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony ponder why Putin never learned that to assume makes an ass out of u and me. Also, what does de-escalation look like and...
Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia- Ep106 - 3.3.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony talk over Biden's State of the Union Address--what he said and didn't say--the war in Ukraine, and why the NY Times is b...
Ukraine and Putin's Empire - Ep105 - 2.25.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony tackle Putin's stress test of the liberal order in eastern Europe: his aggressive war on Ukraine. One thing to remember:...
Educating for Freedom (w/Roosevelt Montas) - Ep104 - 1.31.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony get educated by Roosevelt Montás on why reading some old books--very old books--might be just what our society needs rig...
The Adams Family - Ep103 - 1.24.22
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony mull over the early weeks of the Eric Adams' administration in New York City. He's appointing family members to high pos...
Happy Anniversary to the Stupid Coup - 1.6.22 - Ep102
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss the causes and consequences of the storming of the Capitol on its first anniversary. Upshot: America is polarize...
The American War (w/Spencer Ackerman) - Ep101 -12.6.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony have on one of the most accomplished national security reporters, Spencer Ackerman, to discuss his new book Reign of Ter...
The 100th Episode Special - Ep100 - 11.24.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony celebrate their 100th (!!!) episode with some highlights from the past--from shows going back to early 2016 to all the w...
War with a Human Face (w/Samuel Moyn) - Ep99 - 10.8.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony welcome back historian and law professor Sam Moyn to discuss his new must-read book -- Humane: How the US Abandoned Peac...
War Machine - Ep98 - 9.11.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony are back from a summer hiatus to discuss 9/11 and its aftermaths in American society and globally. Also, we discuss one...
Cuomosexual Harassment - Ep97 - 8.12.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss your favorite soon-to-be former governor Andrew Cuomo, his serial harassment, and also think about slogans to ge...
Dicks in Space - Ep96 - 7.29.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony ponder why the hell billionaires are trying to outdo each other in achieving space flight, something that's been done si...
Judgment Day (w/Michael Clune) - Ep95 - 7.9.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony speak with the brilliant Mike Clune about how we all need to acknowledge the fact that we are all judgy and that's ok. I...
Burn, Rummy, Burn! - Ep94 - 7.6.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony contemplate the passing of that other horrible Donald (Rumsfeld) and the legacy of the US response to 9/11. Also, did Ka...
New York State of Mind - Ep93 - 6.8.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss their ranked choices for New York's mayoral Democratic primary. Yang? Adams? Nah. We've got much better choices.
Rosaries and Ovaries - Ep92 - 6.4.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony fulfill every woman's dream: two men talking about abortion. We also ponder why the Dems are in power yet so weak.
Free Palestine - Ep91 - 5.14.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony talk about the ongoing Israeli attack on Gaza why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is covered in the way it is in the US...
The SuperDuperMega League (w/Michael Davies) - Ep90 - 4.25.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony get an education on soccer/football, the 48-hour history of the Super League, and why all soccer fans are really Eagles...
Problems From Hell - Ep 89 - 4.14.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss yet another police killing in Minnesota just a few miles away from the Derek Chauvin trial. They also tackle the...
The Trials of Amazon and Derek Chauvin - Ep88 - 4.1.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony talk about Amazon's anti-union tactics in Alabama and the Derek Chauvin trial. Literal and figurative shittiness is the...
The Archives of Anti-Asian Fear (w/Jack Tchen) - Ep87 - 3.24.21
Brothers-in-law Amit and Tony discuss the Atlanta massacre, anti-Asian ideology, and culture in the plural with historian, museum curator, and archivi...