What Rough Beast
By Virginia Heffernan and Stephen Metcalf
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What Rough Beast, hosted by Virginia Heffernan (Wired, Trumpcast) and Stephen Metcalf (Slate, Culture Gabfest) is a podcast where we bear witness to America’s demise, and ask what might be built from the rubble. The sludge. The sparkly phosphorescent faerie dust of recombinant DNA.
It is a spiritual successor to Trumpcast, but with a radical reimagining. Instead of focusing on opposing Trump or trusting institutions, this podcast explores imaginative, unexpected responses to our current political moment. The show takes inspiration from the '68ers' motto "all power to the imagination" and seeks unconventional solutions beyond traditional political frameworks. virginiaheffernan.substack.com
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America's First Truly Radical Experiment
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May 06, 2025 |
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Empathy as Strategy: The Meidas Method
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. watchlisted as 'repressive regime'
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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How to Build an Opposition
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Literature as Political Resistance
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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MAGA Eugenics
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Musk's Damaged Masculinity
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Pirates, Feminism, and the Future of Care
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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The Broligarchy Playbook
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Citizen as a Verb
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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The Known Unknowns
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Charisma Is Non-Negotiable
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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EXCLUSIVE: What Musk Wants Next
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Reclaiming Your Attention
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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The Inauguration Counter-Programming Event
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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First They Come for the Oysters
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Disrupting Decorum
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Why Plant Bombs?
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Episode 1: What's to Become of Us?
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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TRAILER: What Rough Beast
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Dec 23, 2024 |