Punching Out

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the recent rise of gambling, and prediction markets, which are gambling by another name.

Ryan, Hannah, and Reece discuss recent layoffs in the video game industry, and the role AI might be playing.

Ryan, Noah and Lou discuss the World Cup and international sport in the shadow of a nationalist administration

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the state of AI in 2026: pushed by the weirdest of executives, reviled by the public.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss another round of layoffs in the news media.

Ryan and Lou talk to Greg about his work as a public defender and why Monroe County's Public Defenders have unionized.

Ryan, Lou, and Hannah discuss the American labor movement's disappointing record when it comes to opposing war.

Ryan, Lou, and Jade deliver the case against Wellness™

Ryan, Red, and Megan discuss the impact of grief on

Ryan and Noah talk to K.A. about the NY State Nursing Associaton's ongoing strike, and the organization that made it possible

Ryan, Hannah, and Lou discuss ICE's recent actions through the lens of their 2025 ramp up in hiring

Ryan, Noah, and Zoe discuss the labor battles that are currently taking place in the WNBA and NWSL.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss developments from other countries in 2025, and the lessons the US may learn from them.

In a year without Geniuses, Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss some of the people who fought to make 2025 better.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the arc of Jeff Bezos, once held up as one of the good billionaires, now happy to help the Trump administration.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss waves of layoffs and consolidations that have hit the TV and video game industries.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the ongoing federal government shutdown

Ryan, Lou, and Matt discuss the shutdown's impact on healthcare, and hospital closures caused by the GOP megabill.

Ryan and Noah are joined by James to discuss academic freedom and the threats to it that have emerged over the last couple years.

Ryan, Hannah, Miriam, and Edwin discuss homelessness amid crackdowns by the Trump administration and Mayor Malik Evans

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the new requirements imposed on American safety net programs in the GOP omnibus bill

Episode 235 - Anti Intellectualism by Punching Out

Lou, Megan, and Kate discuss the Girlboss aesthetic, its flaws, and the attempts at replacing it.

Ryan, Hannah and Lou make the case against productivity

Ryan, Noah, Lou and Matt discuss the militarized response by the Trump administration towards pushback against its deportations.

Ryan, Scott, and Lou discuss the nebulous concept of the Middle Class

Ryan, Noah, Zoe, and Matthew discuss the hamfisting of AI into the field of education

Ryan, Lou, and Hannah discuss the nostalgia many Americans feel towards the post-war era of manufacturing labor, warts and all.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Trump administration's efforts to cut social security

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Trump administration's resumption of workplace immigration raids, and ICE's roots in the War on Terror

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the widespread layoffs being illegally undertaken in the federal government, and what they portend for labor more broadly.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the omnipresence of scams in modern American life

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the rightward shift of tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos

Ryan, Noah, and Lou conclude the 2024 Genius Awards with discussions of New York's elected officials

Ryan, Noah, and Liz discuss undocumented farm labor in light of the electoral victory by a candidate promising mass deportations.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou hand out the first batch of 2024 Genius Awards

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the recently-finished strike at Boeing, a company that may be representative of the country.

Ryan, Noah, and Zoe discuss the remarkable growth in popularity women's sports have experienced over the past couple years, and whether all that new attention and revenue will benefit the players at the center of it all.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the impacts of climate change on workers, and the Supreme Court on climate change.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Republican nominee for Vice President, and the weird ideology that guides him

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the efforts at shutting down pro-Palestine protests on college campuses.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the labor abuses that have been required to build the upcoming Olympics in Paris.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the changing landscape of youth athletics, and a wave of graduate student unionization

Ryan and Kathryn discuss the ways in which non-profits mirror profit-driven workplaces

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss a disturbing trend of crowdsourced labor in games targeted to children.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss good news coming from the UAW and, of all places, the federal government

Ryan and Noah are joined by Rajesh and Howard to discuss the challenges faced by urban school districts like RCSD.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the connections between conservatives' targeting of diversity in education and America's ongoing teacher shortage.

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the long-lingering effects of the "Red Scare."

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss something called ZIRP