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

Episode Date
America's First Truly Radical Experiment
May 06, 2025
Empathy as Strategy: The Meidas Method
Apr 27, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. watchlisted as 'repressive regime'
Apr 14, 2025
How to Build an Opposition
Apr 03, 2025
Literature as Political Resistance
Mar 28, 2025
MAGA Eugenics
Mar 22, 2025
Musk's Damaged Masculinity
Mar 13, 2025
Pirates, Feminism, and the Future of Care
Mar 07, 2025
The Broligarchy Playbook
Mar 05, 2025
Citizen as a Verb
Mar 01, 2025
The Known Unknowns
Feb 19, 2025
Charisma Is Non-Negotiable
Feb 11, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: What Musk Wants Next
Feb 08, 2025
Reclaiming Your Attention
Jan 29, 2025
The Inauguration Counter-Programming Event
Jan 23, 2025
First They Come for the Oysters
Jan 20, 2025
Disrupting Decorum
Jan 10, 2025
Why Plant Bombs?
Jan 04, 2025
Episode 1: What's to Become of Us?
Dec 28, 2024
TRAILER: What Rough Beast
Dec 23, 2024