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The Boston Watch Party
Jun 19, 2026
Unknown duration
America’s Orwell
Jun 11, 2026
49m 39s
Here Where We Live Is Our Country
May 29, 2026
45m 19s
Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
May 14, 2026
55m 19s
The Pope and the President
Apr 23, 2026
40m 39s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/19/26 | The Boston Watch Party | We’re in a sort of watch party for a season when World Cup soccer, championship basketball, sports of every kind, all seem to run deeper, more believable, much better played than the rest of our ... The post The Boston Watch Party appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | America’s Orwell✨ | Cold Warpolitics+3 | — | — | — | Dwight MacdonaldCold War+5 | — | 49m 39s | |
| 5/29/26 | Here Where We Live Is Our Country✨ | Yiddish SocialismJewish Labour Bund+4 | Molly Crabapple | Jewish Labour Bund | EuropeRussia | Molly CrabappleJewish Labour Bund+5 | — | 45m 19s | |
| 5/14/26 | Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed✨ | Muskismmoney+3 | Quinn SlobodianBen Tarnoff | Muskism | — | Muskismmoney+5 | — | 55m 19s | |
| 4/23/26 | The Pope and the President✨ | churchempire+4 | — | Open Source with Christopher Lydon | — | PopePresident+4 | — | 40m 39s | |
| 4/16/26 | Kings and Pawns✨ | Jackie RobinsonMajor League Baseball+3 | — | Major League BaseballKings and Pawns | — | Jackie RobinsonMLB+5 | — | 47m 07s | |
| 4/3/26 | Thoreau Meets ICE✨ | slaverycivil disobedience+5 | — | — | BostonVirginia | Anthony BurnsHenry David Thoreau+5 | — | 40m 52s | |
| 3/26/26 | Fear and Fury✨ | subway shootingBernie Goetz+4 | — | — | Manhattan | Bernie Goetzsubway shooting+4 | — | 38m 15s | |
| 3/20/26 | Hit-and-Run Belligerence✨ | Israeli-American WarIran+4 | Daniel Immerwahr | Open Source with Christopher Lydon | IsraelIran | Israeli-American WarIran+4 | — | 35m 15s | |
| 3/11/26 | Sleepwalking into World War III✨ | World War IIIgeopolitics+3 | — | Open Source with Christopher Lydon | — | World War IIIJeffrey Sachs+5 | — | 37m 28s | |
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| 3/6/26 | War with Iran✨ | warIran+4 | — | U.S.Israel | Iran | Iranwar+5 | — | 31m 51s | |
| 2/19/26 | Bernie’s Journey✨ | Bernie Sanderspolitical campaigns+3 | — | — | BrooklynVermont | Bernie SandersBrooklyn+4 | — | 51m 28s | |
| 2/5/26 | George Saunders on Life and the Afterlife✨ | lifeafterlife+4 | George Saunders | — | — | George Saundersafterlife+5 | — | 31m 54s | |
| 1/22/26 | Pico Supreme✨ | global citizenshipBuddhism+3 | Pico Iyer | Marty Supreme | — | Pico IyerMarty Supreme+4 | — | 45m 50s | |
| 1/8/26 | Age of Hemispheric Empires | We’re getting our heads around the invasion of Venezuela and what feels like a rough new rule book for the so-called world order. Cue Greg Grandin, the hemispheric historian who wrote that big book America, ... The post Age of Hemispheric Empires appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 11/26/25 | A Thousand Years of Capitalism | We’re talking about capitalism this time, trying to reckon the power of big money to shape—even rule—the human species. Capitalism is the one-word name given to a thousand-year-old force. It’s not a science or doctrine ... The post A Thousand Years of Capitalism appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 11/15/25 | John Updike’s Vocation | We’re rediscovering John Updike in the afterlife of a great writer. The Selected Letters of John Updike, just published, come to 800 pages of unguarded messages to his wives and lovers, to his mother and ... The post John Updike’s Vocation appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 10/28/25 | Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope | Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope is Brandon Terry’s long-awaited personal and philosophical case for struggle and optimism in the long civil rights movement in our country. It’s a map of our minds and our memories, a ... The post Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 10/9/25 | Stress-Testing the Rule of Law | What is breaking down or what’s broken when the governor of Illinois says he’s being invaded by the National Guard of Texas under President Trump’s orders, or when the president is dueling with Oregon and ... The post Stress-Testing the Rule of Law appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 9/25/25 | Mrs. Dalloway at 100 | Call this Mrs. Dalloway’s podcast. We’re reading classic fiction from a century ago for light on the strangeness of the world in our day, or maybe just for relief reading a great old book. The ... The post Mrs. Dalloway at 100 appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 9/11/25 | Where Are the Intellectuals? | We’re with the cultural historian Robin D.G. Kelley at UCLA, who has the nerve to ask: where have our thinkers gone in Trump time? Not the experts or the influencers, but the grander minds who ... The post Where Are the Intellectuals? appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 8/29/25 | Russia and Ukraine in 2025 | We’re in the fourth summer of hot warfare between Russia and Ukraine. It’s a cruel and deadly war that doesn’t know how to stop. Anatol Lieven. Our guest to offer a helping hand is the ... The post Russia and Ukraine in 2025 appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 8/14/25 | America, América | We’re grappling with the prize historian Greg Grandin’s take on the making of the modern world. There’s a 600-page version in hard covers, but also a two-word version in his title, America, América, code for ... The post America, América appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 7/24/25 | The Hard Work of Organizing | We’re retracing our steps out of the last bad-dream era in American life. Michael Ansara was in the thick of that struggle too, around war and justice. The Hard Work of Hope is his memoir ... The post The Hard Work of Organizing appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
| 7/10/25 | Occupied America | We’re in Saratoga, New York, with the soulful American believer Marilynne Robinson, prize novelist and teacher of novelists. She’s known over the decades as the storyteller we trust to observe the troubled heart of our ... The post Occupied America appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon. | — | ||||||
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