Flux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change)

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Flux is a media platform for change, with smart and fun podcasts like Theory of Change, Doomscroll, and So This Just Happened.

Episode Date
Trump and RFK have realized they're both going for the lunatic vote
May 01, 2024
Weekly newspapers transformed journalism by transforming dating and sex
Apr 29, 2024
Senate Democrats’ total dismissal of the sham Mayorkas impeachment should be an example to all
Apr 27, 2024
Diminished Don: Trump’s Stormy Daniels trial is completely destroying his fake macho image
Apr 24, 2024
MAGA is morphing beyond a political identity into a sexual fetish
Apr 22, 2024
The right’s abortion obfuscation reveals a truth: power is their only belief
Apr 19, 2024
After a lifetime of crime, Donald Trump is finally on trial
Apr 17, 2024
Dating in the present age has become quite the mess
Apr 15, 2024
Arizona shows what happens when you leave abortion access to the states
Apr 10, 2024
Tolerance is winning, which is why we need to keep battling for it
Apr 08, 2024
Truth Social Stock drops bigly after company's huge financial losses revealed
Apr 03, 2024
MAGA media outlets are showcasing the extreme policies a second Trump administration would enact
Apr 01, 2024
‘Free speech absolutist’ Elon Musk’s legal attempt to silence anti-hate group thrown out
Mar 28, 2024
The Truth Social stock is full of hot air
Mar 27, 2024
Jewish fascism is a very real, and very disturbing political movement
Mar 25, 2024
Peter Navarro goes to jail, doesn’t pass Go
Mar 20, 2024
Republicans built an infrastructure to attack democracy, Democrats must build one to protect it
Mar 18, 2024
Peter Navarro for prison? We can get into that
Mar 13, 2024
Katie Britt meant to sound weird, but you weren’t supposed to notice
Mar 11, 2024
Bonus: Alabama Goddam
Mar 06, 2024
Mitch McConnell’s cowardly and anti-democratic legacy
Mar 04, 2024
Weak Donald Trump still can't improve against Nikki Haley
Feb 28, 2024
The transition to electric vehicles will be inevitable, not irreproachable
Feb 26, 2024
Trumpers are trying to crowdfund his court fines
Feb 21, 2024
The decline of Black churches and independent media is impacting American politics
Feb 19, 2024
Republicans and the impeachment about nothing
Feb 16, 2024
Trump invites Russia to attack while evangelicals try to foot-wash away hatred
Feb 14, 2024
Black Americans want something more from Democrats
Feb 12, 2024
Vince McMahon and Michael Rappaport deserve each other
Feb 10, 2024
The Mormon tradition is a lot bigger than you may realize
Feb 09, 2024
Iowa Satanic Temple vows to use new GOP law
Feb 07, 2024
Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, and toxic gravitation
Feb 06, 2024
Today’s disinformation economy was built on the lying techniques of Big Tobacco
Feb 05, 2024
Wisconsin Republican cites veterinary experience in debate about abortion
Feb 04, 2024
After losing abortion ballot initiatives, Republicans are trying to block them in several states
Feb 02, 2024
When will Trump actually have to pay up to E. Jean Carroll?
Jan 31, 2024
Israel has dropped its two-state pretense, what will the world do in response?
Jan 31, 2024
The right-wing media landscape has been reshaped completely by Donald Trump
Jan 29, 2024
In the general election, Donald Trump is a weak candidate
Jan 26, 2024
Trump wins NH primary, Haley says she'll stay in
Jan 24, 2024
Bonus: Ohio grand jury spares woman from miscarriage prosecution, but other women won't be so lucky
Jan 23, 2024
The ‘post left’ grift is as lucrative as it is unpersuasive
Jan 22, 2024
Stop pretending Nikki Haley has a chance
Jan 19, 2024
Republicans destroyed their 'voter fraud' argument in the Iowa caucuses
Jan 17, 2024
Democrats haven't realized they must do more than attack Donald Trump
Jan 15, 2024
STJH Bonus: Mass grave discovered in Mississippi
Jan 14, 2024
Doomscroll Bonus: Hunter Biden, Roger Stone, and the Florida surgeon general walk into a bar
Jan 13, 2024
Democrats divide on Palestine as Bill Ackman exposes himself
Jan 12, 2024
Nikki Haley renamed her husband and the great 'cancel culture' scam
Jan 10, 2024
Seeing the bigger picture of Moms for Liberty
Jan 08, 2024
Bonus: Kevin Spacey, AI models, and Mickey Mouse
Jan 06, 2024
The attacks on Claudine Gay weren’t actually about plagiarism or antisemitism
Jan 05, 2024
Maine bans Trump from ballot as Vanilla Ice stars at pathetic Mar-a-Lago New Year's
Jan 03, 2024
Encore: The Christian right plotted against democracy long before January 6th
Jan 01, 2024
A cozy holiday crossover
Dec 29, 2023
Doomscroll Rewind: Matt and Lisa on comedians crying cancel culture
Dec 27, 2023
Should Trump be banned from the ballot for his insurrection?
Dec 23, 2023
Clarence Thomas wanted more money for SCOTUS, threatened to quit
Dec 20, 2023
Democrats have a failure to communicate
Dec 18, 2023
Texas abortion law's ugly tyranny exposed in court case
Dec 15, 2023
Taylor Swift triggers MAGA (again)
Dec 13, 2023
Biden trails Trump a year out from the election, does it matter?
Dec 11, 2023
Kevin McCarthy announces resignation as MAGA plots revenge against America
Dec 08, 2023
What's next for George Santos? And why are people lying about Pramila Jayapal?
Dec 06, 2023
Republicans are horribly unpopular, why haven't Democrats been able to win big?
Dec 04, 2023
'Right privilege' and America's broken politics
Dec 01, 2023
Doomscroll Special: Lisa's first comedy album
Nov 29, 2023
How conspiracy theories about the famous Rothschild family tell the history of antisemitism
Nov 27, 2023
Elon Musk sues Media Matters for telling the truth about Twitter
Nov 24, 2023
Mike Lee won't retract absurd conspiracy theory about vaping pen
Nov 22, 2023
Bonus: Should Biden ban menthol cigarettes?
Nov 21, 2023
Encore: How Mormonism has been reshaped by Evangelicalism
Nov 20, 2023
Congressional Republican fisticuffs and the right's history of violence
Nov 17, 2023
Fascism or incompetence? Trump and his toadies can't decide which they prefer
Nov 15, 2023
Inside TESCREAL, the new techno-religion that's becoming an obsession of billionaires
Nov 13, 2023
Is the far right's anti-democratic agenda finally becoming an electoral liability?
Nov 10, 2023
NY judge shocks Trump by holding him accountable
Nov 08, 2023
As libertarianism has radicalized, some of Silicon Valley's biggest names are turning toward fascism
Nov 06, 2023
Mike Johnson and the inverted worldview of religious fundamentalism
Nov 03, 2023
Mike Pence finally realized that everyone hates him
Nov 01, 2023
How the far right built a political machine that's crushing the opposition
Oct 30, 2023
Mike Johnson: Speaker of the House of Christian nationalism
Oct 27, 2023
House Republicans hate each other and we are here for it
Oct 25, 2023
Theory of Change #091: Blake Chastain on evangelicals and exvangelicals
Oct 23, 2023
Jim Jordan is horribly incompetent, in addition to having horrible views
Oct 20, 2023
House of Chaos: Jim Jordan humiliated in first Speaker vote
Oct 18, 2023
Theory of Change #090: David Paleologos on how 'unlikely voters' could change American politics
Oct 16, 2023
Doja Cat and the lies we tell ourselves about sex and race
Oct 14, 2023
Trump rages after being booted off Forbes richest list
Oct 11, 2023
Bonus: Republicans think you're ugly
Oct 11, 2023
Encore: Edward H. Miller on how Republicans became the John Birch Society party
Oct 09, 2023
Kevin McCarthy succumbs to the inevitable
Oct 06, 2023
Doomscroll #012: Kevin McCarthy's pathetic last stand
Oct 04, 2023
The forgotten history of how right-wing college students invented 'cancel culture'
Oct 02, 2023
Is the Fox RFK Jr. hype going to boomerang?
Sep 29, 2023
Doomscroll #011: Trump's fake union show
Sep 27, 2023
Theory of Change #088: Rich Logis on waking up from MAGA
Sep 25, 2023
So This Just Happened #005: Country music and Confederate Christianity
Sep 22, 2023
Did Trump 'break' political comedy?
Sep 18, 2023
Theory of Change #087: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on fitness and fascism
Sep 18, 2023
Why Republicans can't get a date
Sep 15, 2023
Doomscroll #009: Impeachment Groundhog Day
Sep 14, 2023
Theory of Change #086: Nyomi Banks on sex, intimacy, and self-care
Sep 11, 2023
Doomscroll #008: Burning Man floods and porta-potty wrastlin'
Sep 06, 2023
Adult media has gone mainstream and changed itself for the better, star Tasha Reign says
Sep 04, 2023
So This Just Happened #003: Oliver Anthony and the coolness gap
Sep 01, 2023
Doomscroll #007: Fox thinks mugshot Trump is hot??
Aug 30, 2023
The ‘world’s oldest profession’ is attaining new relevance in the internet age
Aug 28, 2023
Personal insecurity and political extremism
Aug 25, 2023
Doomscroll #006: Rudy Giuliani needs your money
Aug 22, 2023
Theory of Change #083: Marty 'DoktorZoom' Kelley on Idaho #InTheStates
Aug 21, 2023
MAGA is rapping about demons in Target now
Aug 19, 2023
Doomscroll #005: We're not getting that billionaire death match
Aug 17, 2023
Doomscroll #004: Presidential indictments from outer space
Aug 12, 2023
Theory of Change #082: Julie Millican and Olivia Little on right-wing media's new Satanic Panic
Aug 07, 2023
Doomscroll #003: Fox Freakout Factory
Jul 30, 2023
Doomscroll #002: Entertainment strikes, AI fails, and Republican voter fraud
Jul 27, 2023
Theory of Change #081: Jonathan Howard on the epic failure of covid contrarianism
Jul 25, 2023
Doomscroll #001: The first one
Jul 22, 2023
Theory of Change #080: Lance Aksamit on living and leaving far-right evangelical Christianity
Jul 22, 2023
Theory of Change #079: Ty Ross on race, religion, and the Black Republican experience
Jul 15, 2023
CNN and Fox are having very different identity crises
Jul 08, 2023
An ancient Greek philosophical tradition is surprisingly relevant in today's world of instant information
Jul 01, 2023
Theory of Change #076: Tim Whitaker on 'The New Evangelicals'
Jun 24, 2023
You can’t really understand the Christian right without knowing the history of the religious left
Jun 17, 2023
Social media moderation standards are more about epistemology than technology
Jun 10, 2023
Theory of Change #073: David Masciotra on the ‘fanfiction left’
Jun 03, 2023
Encore: Angie Maxwell on how Confederate Christianity took over the Republican party
May 26, 2023
Theory of Change #072: Matthew Remski on Marianne Williamson and the strange hybrid worldview of self-help
May 20, 2023
Theory of Change #071: Phil Christman on Rod Dreher and Christian radicalization
May 13, 2023
Theory of Change #070: Dan Gillmor and Darius Kazemi on Mastodon, the Fediverse, and decentralizing the internet
May 06, 2023
Theory of Change #069: Elisa Shearer on why people listen to podcasts
Apr 29, 2023
Encore: Christopher Douglas on how evangelicals turned politics into Bible fan-fiction
Apr 22, 2023
Most movements to make political change fail, what do the ones that succeed have in common?
Apr 15, 2023
Theory of Change #067: Stephen Clermont on public opinion and AI
Apr 08, 2023
Theory of Change #066: Simon Willison on technical and practical applications of ChatGPT and AI
Apr 01, 2023
Theory of Change #065: Jeff Schatten and Gary N. Smith on AI and its implications
Mar 25, 2023
Theory of Change #064: Philip Bump on Baby Boomers and what comes next
Mar 18, 2023
Dominion’s Fox lawsuit has incontrovertibly exposed that Fox isn’t news
Mar 11, 2023
The Christian Right was a theological rebellion against modernity before it became a force for Republicans
Mar 05, 2023
Theory of Change #061: Wajahat Ali on finding truce between religion and equality
Feb 26, 2023
Theory of Change #060: Seyward Darby and Katherine Abughazaleh on the sexuality of reaction
Feb 19, 2023
Theory of Change #059: Douglas Rushkoff on the doomsday fantasies of billionaires
Feb 11, 2023
Theory of Change #058: Nils Gilman on how the "designer economy" will replace neoliberalism
Feb 05, 2023
Theory of Change #057: David Golumbia on the political ideology behind Bitcoin and crypto
Jan 28, 2023
Theory of Change #056: Richard Barbrook on libertarianism, neoliberalism and "Californian Ideology"
Jan 22, 2023
Theory of Change #055: Lisa Curry on comedians crying "cancel culture"
Jan 14, 2023
Male popular culture is obsolete, and many men are suffering because of it
Jan 08, 2023
Theory of Change #053: Melissa Peltier on how Trump superfans changed their minds about him
Dec 12, 2022
Theory of Change #052: Jonathan Friedman on America's censorship epidemic
Dec 05, 2022
After envisioning themselves as centrists, tech billionaires like Elon Musk have moved to the far right
Nov 28, 2022
Theory of Change #050: Liz Dye on the many lawsuits against Alex Jones
Sep 26, 2022
Theory of Change #049: Brandi Collins-Dexter on why Democrats shouldn't take Black votes for granted
Aug 07, 2022
Theory of Change #048: Molly Olmstead on how the Catholic right is doubling down on media
Jul 30, 2022
Theory of Change #047: Alex Shephard on how Democrats aren't responding to the moment
Jul 24, 2022
Theory of Change #046: Max Berger on what the left can learn from the right
Jul 18, 2022
Theory of Change #045: David Neiwert on how the radical right is the mainstream right
Jul 16, 2022
Theory of Change #044: Cory Doctorow on anti-trust and the original promise of the internet
Jul 10, 2022
Low-quality pundits are getting rich telling people what they want to hear, inside the economics and psychology of how it works
Jun 28, 2022
Theory of Change #041: Matt Sienkiewicz & Nick Marx on the explosive growth of right-wing comedy
Jun 25, 2022
Theory of Change #040: Malynda Hale on why progressive and moderate Christians must stand up
Jun 13, 2022
Theory of Change #039: Elle Hardy on how Pentecostalism is displacing other forms of Christianity
Jun 07, 2022
Theory of Change #038: Gerardo Martí on how Latino evangelicalism is reshaping American politics
May 23, 2022
Theory of Change #037: Jen Senko on how her father escaped far-right media
May 15, 2022
Theory of Change #036: Luke Savage on "The Dead Center"
May 13, 2022
Theory of Change #035: Daniel Cox on polling, demographics, and what parties know about their voters
Apr 07, 2022
Theory of Change #034: Heather Digby Parton on Joe Biden's first year as president
Jan 23, 2022
Theory of Change #032: Matthew Boedy on the cult of Turning Point USA and Charlie Kirk
Jan 03, 2022
Theory of Change #031: Farah Stockman on the meaning of work and what elites missed on free trade
Dec 19, 2021
Theory of Change #030: Edward H. Miller on the John Birch Society and the roots of Republican rage
Dec 11, 2021
Theory of Change #029: Former libertarian Will Wilkinson on the right's epistemic crisis
Dec 03, 2021
Theory of Change #028: David Adams on how technology repeats itself
Nov 23, 2021
Theory of Change #027: Barry Meier on the 'Steele Dossier' and private spy agencies
Nov 20, 2021
Theory of Change #026: Nandini Jammi and Claire Atkin on the economics of disinformation
Nov 12, 2021
Theory of Change #025: Jim Swift on Glenn Youngkin and ‘Never Trump’
Nov 05, 2021
Theory of Change #024: Moustafa Ayad on jihadist and white nationalist fusion
Nov 02, 2021
Theory of Change #023: Christopher Douglas on Satan and far-right Christianity's daily apocalypses
Oct 22, 2021
Theory of Change #022: Greg Sargent on Republican obstructionism and the Biden policy agenda
Oct 16, 2021
Theory of Change #021: Nimmi Gowrinathan on political extremism and women militants
Oct 09, 2021
Theory of Change #020: Miguel de Icaza on 30 years of Linux & open source
Oct 02, 2021
Theory of Change #019: Matthew Harris on Ezra Taft Benson and Mormon and evangelical extremisms
Sep 25, 2021
Theory of Change #018: Brooke Binkowski on fact-checking and fighting disinformation
Sep 19, 2021
Theory of Change #017: Melanie Trecek-King on teaching critical thinking and science literacy
Sep 11, 2021
Theory of Change #016: Michele Mitchell on the "anger industrial complex"
Sep 03, 2021
Theory of Change #015: Angie Maxwell on white Southern grievance and how it changed U.S. politics
Aug 28, 2021
Theory of Change #014: Paul Glastris on Democrats' identity crisis
Aug 21, 2021
Theory of Change #013: Eric Boehlert on ‘both sides’ journalism and the return of Fox News liberals
Aug 13, 2021
Theory of Change #012: Richard Carpiano on Covid misinformers and vaccine conspiracies
Aug 07, 2021
Theory of Change #011: Pat Bagley on politics, Mormonism, and Utah
Jul 31, 2021
Theory of Change #010: Misogyny, the Christian Right, and Brandi Love (Featuring Robyn Pennacchia)
Jul 22, 2021
Theory of Change #009: What happened to American media? (Featuring Parker Molloy)
Jul 16, 2021
Theory of Change #008: Aaron Smith on how Twitter users see politics differently
Jan 20, 2020
Theory of Change #006: Editorial cartoons in the age of the meme (Nick Anderson and Nate Beeler)
Dec 13, 2019
Theory of Change #005: Can polls be trusted? (With Courtney Kennedy of the Pew Research Center)
Nov 26, 2019
Theory of Change #004: Bruce Bartlett on whether Trump really changed the GOP
Nov 06, 2019
Theory of Change #003: Sanders vs Warren and the battle over how to make change, feat. Carl Beijer
Oct 30, 2019
Theory of Change #002: How do you impeach a president? (With Lee Miringoff of Marist)
Oct 09, 2019
Theory of Change #001: Political scientist Matt Grossman on why state-level Republicans keep failing to cut government to the bone
Oct 06, 2019