Toxic and Problematic with Kurt Andersen, 01.25.25

Kurt Andersen is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Evil Geniuses and Fantasyland, as well as the bestselling novels You Can’t Spell America Without Me, True Believers, Heyday, and Turn of the Century. With Steven Soderbergh he co-created the streaming series COMMAND Z (2023), and has previously written for TV, film and the stage. He co-founded Spy magazine, co-created and hosted the Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast Studio 360, and hosted and co-produced the podcast Nixon At War (2021). He’s also a journalist - regular contributor to the New York Times and The Atlantic, formerly a New Yorker columnist, Time critic and columnist, and New York editor-in-chief. Thanks to our friends at Mitra 9 for making this show possible. Visit www.mitra-9.com and use the promo code PROBLEMATIC at checkout. You’ll get a nice discount and it really helps us out. Thanks to Dick Ray Master Plumber Heating and HVAC for keeping us cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Without their help, Slim would be living with his mom again.