Archive - The Unspeakeasy with Meghan Daum

The Catastrophe Hour Book Club: Week 11

An excerpt from A Handsome Woman

Aug 19 •

11:20

The Catastrophe Hour Book Club: Week 10

An (overdue) excerpt from Problematized

Aug 18 •

9:09

Christopher Rufo vs. The New Yorker

Old tweets, new norms, and the 2014 tipping point

Aug 17 •

Is Everything Terrible?

Tablet editor Alana Newhouse on the problem with burning it all down.

Aug 16 •

1:05:12

How Are Those Luxury Beliefs Working Out?

Rob Henderson on the mating crisis, the Mamdani moment, and the coinage that keeps on giving.

Aug 11 •

and

1:05:37

Tarot Truth Bomb: Penelope Reads Luba

(Trigger warning) Recording from Thursday's livestream with Penelope Trunk.

Aug 8 •

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Luba Kaplanskaya

, and

1:02:28

The Catastrophe Hour Book Club: Week 9

An excerpt from What I Have In Common With Trans Activists

Aug 5 •

11:01

Penelope Trunk Is Back!

Join us in the livestream Thursday Aug 7 at 3pm ET. Send in your questions!

Aug 3 •

Is the Racial Reckoning Over?

John McWhorter on language, the arts, podcasting with Glenn Loury, and defunding the grammar police.

Aug 2 •

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1:11:06

July 2025

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