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Time To Say Goodbye

A podcast about politics, culture, fishing, surfing and some other stuff with Jay Caspian Kang and Tyler Austin Harper

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Wednesday · 1 hr 3 min
Shame, shame, shame with Vinson Cunningham
Good morning! Today we have back on the Joe House of the podcast, Vinson Cunningham, our number one repeat guest. We’re talking about shame, the church, and a little bit about the WNBA playoffs. Have we lost socially mediating structures in our society that would limit people’s greed, terrible behavior and complete lack of regard for decency and kindness? And how do our phones make everything worse? Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
September 23 · 1 hr 28 min
Colin Kaepernick runs... an AI Edtech company? And Nikole Hannah-Jones’s lament with Bradford William Davis
Hello! Today, we have on a repeat guest, my friend Bradford William Davis. He tells us about his new venture EYEBLACK, a newsletter that combines his great reportage with his very keen and political perspective on sports. We talk about the Nikole Hannah-Jones article about New York City schools and her daughter and then we talk about Bradford’s new investigation on what Colin Kaepernick has been up to over the past few years. You can watch his investigation on his YouTube channel. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
September 16 · 1 hr 12 min
END TIMES FASCISM with Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein
Hello! Big guests today on the show as we talk to Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein about their new book End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World. Everyone should get this book immediately as it goes over so much of what we discuss on the show — the threat from AI, the apocalyptic evangelical right and its relationship to doomsday scenarios involving Israel, and ethnonationalist doomerism. Nothing could be more germane to today’s talk about the end of the world from AI. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
September 16 · 1 hr 12 min
END TIMES FASCISM with Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein
Hello! Big guests today on the show as we talk to Astra Taylor and Naomi Klein about their new book End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World. Everyone should get this book immediately as it goes over so much of what we discuss on the show — the threat from AI, the apocalyptic evangelical right and its relationship to doomsday scenarios involving Israel, and ethnonationalist doomerism. Nothing could be more germane to today’s talk about the end of the world from AI. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
September 9 · 1 hr 3 min
Canada Fights Back with Sam Konnert
Hello! Today, we have on Sam Konnert from Canadaland Politics to talk about the last week in tensions between Trump and Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s defiance and push to free Canada from American dependence, what that new economy might look like, and the very real stigma in Canada right now for any type of support for the United States. We also talk about what nationalism looks like when processed through a centrist figure like Carney and whether any of this can be put back together once Trump leaves office. Very informative one here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
September 2 · 1 hr 18 min
Apocalypse in Nepal and the Media’s Laziness Problem
Hello! We’re back this week to talk about the horrific tragedy in Nepal, the visions of the apocalypse we all saw, and how climate can push its way back into the greater political discourse. We also talk about why the media is reverting such lazy tropes and questions when dealing with left candidates and the renunciation pageants about 2020 tweets that accompany every single electoral victory. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
August 26 · 1 hr 20 min
ANDY LIU RETURNS to talk China Shock 2.0 and the Robot Olympics
Hello! Today, we have the emotional return of Andy Liu, one of the founding hosts of the podcast, fresh from his trip to China. We talk China Shock 2.0, how to think about the country’s high tech makeover, the hilarious robot olympics, and how the average Chinese worker thinks about the country’s new frontier. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
August 20 · 1 hr 15 min
Trump’s Korean War Games with Van Jackson
Hello! Today, we talk about Trump’s kinda weird and ultimately wishy-washy war games with South Korea, what it means about his relationship to the north and a whole lot of history with Van Jackson, an Associate Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, where he specializes in peace studies and the class politics of geopolitics. He is also host of The Un-Diplomatic Podcast, and author of The Un-Diplomatic Newsletter. I really enjoyed this pod because of something Van asked in his substack: What good are US Troops in Korea? He answers that question for us, drawing on his former life as what’s known as a Korea Hand in the Obama Pentagon and how he made a turn to the left and anti-imperialist politics. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
August 12 · 1 hr 9 min
The Last Time We'll Ever Talk about College and the Rise of the Downwardly Mobile Middle Class
Hello! Today, we talk about Tyler’s big article in the Atlantic about his experiences as a college professor and why he left. A lot of talk about the economic precarity that a lot of professors feel these days and some spirited back and forth and disagreement for those of you who complain we agree too much. (actually nobody really says this but I imagine some of you do think this) And then we talk about the rise of the Subaru Socialists and how we make sense of this powerful group in American politics. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
August 6 · 1 hr 14 min
Francesca Hong and the Media's Addiction to 2020 Tweet Narratives
Hello! Today, we talk about Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan, how the center probably won’t win it’s “but the margin of victory was smaller than the polls said it would be” gambit and Kang rants about the media’s obsession with 2020 tweets and the concern trolling way in which it consistently has missed the bigger data center story when it comes to Francesca Hong. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
July 29 · 1 hr 14 min
What's Happening with Abdul El-Sayed, How to Poll in Low Trust Times, and the Youth Vote with Adam Carlson
Hello! Today our guest is Adam Carlson, the founding partner of Zenith Research and a pollster who has worked for Democratic candidates and organizations for over a decade. We talk about the big race in Michigan, why certain races captivate the public’s attention, what the El-Sayed race says about the Democratic establishment, and where we’re going with the Democratic Tea Party moment. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
July 22 · 1 hr 16 min
World Cup as Politics, Who is Troy Jackson, and Tyler's Week on Twitter
Hello! Today we talk about the worldwide online hate for Argentina, the World Cup as politics in the online age, the new senate hopeful from Maine who might just be a better version of Graham Platner, especially for the general, and then we break our rule (once) and talk a bit about college professors. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
July 8 · 1 hr 23 min
How DSA Won with Grace Mausser
Today we talk to Grace Mausser is Co-Chair of New York City DSA, the largest chapter of DSA with over 15,000 members. She has worked on dozens of democratic socialists campaigns in New York, building robust canvassing operations, creating broad left coalitions, and raising millions of dollars from grassroots donors. We talk about Graham Platner, vetting candidates, the need for organizations on the left, what socialists should do when they actually have some wins, a lot about Zohran, and a really interesting conversation about what really matters to voters and what does not. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
July 1 · 1 hr 19 min
The Left Tea Party wins again in Colorado and the right freaks out over birthright citizenship
Hello! Today we talk about Melat Kiros’s resounding win in Colorado over a 30 year incumbent, Israel as the wedge issue in places other than New York City, and the right’s freakout over the SCOTUS decision on birthright citizenship. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
June 24 · 1 hr 9 min
LET'S TALK WORLD CUP with Patrick Hultgren
Hello! This week, we have back on our World Cup and War Correspondent Patrick Hultgren to talk about sportswashing, why the USMNT hasn’t traditionally captured the public’s imagination, at least when compared to the women’s team, youth soccer in America and what Landon Donovan said, and the politics of patriotism about a sport we claim we don’t care about all that much in the States. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
June 17 · 1 hr 16 min
How Old People Got all the Power with Samuel Moyn
Hello! This week we have on Sam Moyn, a professor at Yale Law School and the author of the new book Gerontocracy in America: How the Old are Hoarding Power and What to do about it. We talk about how the elderly exercise their political and financial power in the country and explore some of the ideas in this book about how to get more money and political power into the hands of the young. This is a fun, heated conversation with a lot of compelling ideas and takes so please give it a listen. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
June 11 · 1 hr 31 min
Subaru Socialism in the LA Mayoral Election and Graham Platner's future
Hello! Today, we talk about the LA Mayoral election, what to think of the population of professional upper middle class voters who seem to be the new vanguard of left economic policies, and we talk a whole lot about Graham Platner’s latest scandal, his big victory, and what populism means in 2026. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
June 3 · 1 hr 28 min
The Corruption is the Point. Also, we talk Graham Platner's latest scandal
Hello! Today we talk about Trump’s endless and incorrigible corruption, the steady stealing of taxpayer dollars into weird slush funds, and we talk about Graham' Platner’s latest scandal and whether we might now have too much smoke to just ignore. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
May 27 · 1 hr 13 min
Will the Robots take over College? And Why We Feel Bummed about A.I.
Hello! Today, we talk about A.I. (again) but mostly about what we feel might be lost in a future where everyone is writing A.I. papers and turning in A.I. work and emailing each other in friendly A.I.- ese. Is it a new problem or is it just a breaking point of a digital life where so much of our human interactions have been farmed out to one robot or another? And Jay talks about his fake writer AI game he made, which you should definitely try out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
May 20 · 1 hr 8 min
An AI Bot (allegedly) wins a Literary Prize, Thomas Massie loses a race, and WaPo's new video stars
Hello! Today we’re talking about the controversy over at Granta, who published a story from the winner of the Commonwealth Prize that appears, at least right now, to be written by AI. We talk about why this is kinda funny but also obviously distressing and whether writers should be experimenting with AI. We also talk about Thomas Massie’s election loss last night and the new crop of short form video that’s been coming out of the Washington Post and why it’s probably worse than AI slop. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe

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