13. Daniel Oppenheimer on Couples Therapy, Terry Real, and the Dream of a Normie Left

Daniel Oppenheimer is a cultural and political critic, the author of Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century, and the host of the Eminent Americans Podcast.Subscribe nowWe discuss… Dan’s terrific NYT Magazine story, “How I Learned That The Problem In My Marriage Was Me.” Why some people expose themselves in front of a therapy audience (exhibitionism + desperation + wanting a really good therapist?) How epiphanies are a dime a dozen Terry Real’s I Don’t Want to Talk About It On raging near golf courses and roundabouts David Eddings, fantasy writer A Mitt Romney favorite and a good sci-fi book (not so much a good movie): The gravitational pull of a good series. Dan’s latest obsession—Dungeon Crawler Carl. Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” Patriarchy—a term suffering from “concept creep?” How the Left needs to get comfortable with asserting power again It’s Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics I have a dream: a left wing made up of normies. But also, get me some of that rhydonium: The “Are Monkeys Inherently Racist?” episode that made me unfollow the Blocked and Reported podcast. What needs to be said to a lot of podcasters beating dead horses and triggering our outrage: Dan talking about the legacy of Rush Limbaugh Dan chatting withBlake Smith.