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Blue City Blues — 70 episodes

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Benjamin Ryan on Cosmopolitan Elites’ Truth Problem

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2

Two Cities, One Industry: Big Tech, Power and Politics in Seattle and San Francisco (live)

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3

Jack Despain Zhou on Nikole Hannah-Jones and Why Excellence in Education Is So Controversial

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Elizabeth Glazer on How Left Progressive Blue Cities Should Tackle Public Safety

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Why Does Joe Trippi Say Democrats’ Divisions Won’t Stop Them from Sweeping the Midterms?

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Emily Dufton on the Maddening History of Our Broken System for Treating Opioid Addiction
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Chris Cillizza on the Media's - and the Democrats'? - Parasitic Relationship with Trump

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8

Michael Powell Pt. 2: "The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs"

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Michael Powell on Mamdani, Anti-Zionism, and the New Socialism

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10

Is the DSA a Threat to the Democratic Party (with Jake Altman)?

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Jonathan Weber on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly about How Tech Remade San Francisco

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12

Jamie Paul on the Memory-Holing of the Excesses of Woke

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13

Maia Szalavitz Makes the Case for Harm Reduction Policies in Blue Cities

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14

Mike Madrid on the Establishment vs. Populist Throwdown in the LA Mayor’s Race

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15

Sherman Alexie: An Ode to the White Urban Working Class

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16

Nancy Rommelmann on How Portland Traumatized Itself

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17

The Death of the Gatekeeper: Adam Penenberg on Traditional Journalism's Identity Crisis

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18

John Roderick on the Decline – and Comeback? – of Urban Cool

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19

Preview: Why Is David Rieff a Cultural Pessimist about Blue America?

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20

Democracy Dies in Ineffectiveness with Richard Pildes

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21

In Praise of “Solid B" Cities with Halina Bennet

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22

Three Blue City Mayors Innovating on Drug Policy with Keith Humphreys

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23

Do Public Sector Unions Wield Too Much Power in Blue Cities?

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24

Eboo Patel Says Blue America Needs to Rethink How We Do Diversity
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A Dem Socialist Insurgency in Los Angeles?

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26

John Judis Has Advice for Young Leftist Mayors in Blue Cities like New York and Seattle

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27

Why Does William Deresiewicz Believe the Culture of Elite Universities Elected Trump?

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28

Anne Applebaum (Live) on Resisting Authoritarianism Here and Abroad

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29

Ruy Teixeira on the Democrats’ Cultural Cosmopolitanism Problem
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Best of BCB: Why Is San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan Breaking So Many Eggs?

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31

Best Of BCB: Freddie deBoer on Why Blue City Progressives Need to Get Real on Involuntary Commitment

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32

Tricia Romano on the Village Voice, Alt Journalism, and the Rise of New York City’s Countercultures

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Neil Gong on How Class Dynamics Shape Our Approach to the Mentally Ill on the Streets of Los Angeles

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34

Best of BCB: Sherman Alexie Talks “Monsters,” “Colonizers” and the Urban Left's “Minor League Maoism”

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35

Kelsey Piper on the Shameful Truth that Mississippi Beats Blue Cities on Educational Equity

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36

Emily Hoeven on Whether San Francisco's Backlash Mayor Is Making Things Better
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How a Broken Foster Care System Fuels Crime, Homelessness and the Addiction Crisis in Blue Cities
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What Makes a Great City?

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39

Danny Westneat on Why Seattle Can’t Seem to Solve Its Problems

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40

Nick Gillespie on Whether Socialism Is the Future of Blue Cities

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41

Can Blue Urban America Find Common Ground with Trump on Homelessness?

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42

Blue City Crime: What Both Sides Get Wrong According to Criminologist David Kennedy

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43

Hard Hats and Blue Cities: David Paul Kuhn on the Roots of the Working Class Revolt

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44

Whitney Tilson on Why Kids in Blue City School Districts Are Being Left Behind

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45

Has Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Cracked the Code on Progressive Governance in Blue Cities?

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46

Did Blue City America Get Covid Wrong, Too?

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Nicole Gelinas: Blue City Lessons from NYC’s 100 Years' War Between Cars and Transit

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48

Dispatch from an Urban Drug Market

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49

What’s the Matter with Chicago?

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50

Trump Just Defunded Public Media. Did NPR Help Bring This Disaster on Itself?
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez on What Urbanites Get Wrong about Rural America

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52

Celinda Lake on What NYC’s Political Earthquake Means for the Politics of Blue Cities

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53

Sherman Alexie: A Res Indian Take on Monsters, Colonizers and the Urban Left's “Minor League Maoism”

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54

Katie Herzog on What the Decline and Fall of Twitter Means for Blue Cities

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Is Abundance the Answer to What Ails Blue Cities?
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Defund/Abolition Is Dead in Blue Cities. What now?

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57

Why Does Progressive Megadonor Nick Hanauer Blame Blue Cities’ Woes on … Barack Obama?

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58

Why is San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan Breaking So Many Eggs?

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59

NYT’s Peter Goodman on Tariffs, Trade Wars and the New Crony Capitalism

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60

Dan Savage: How Blue Cities Should Resist Trump 2.0

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61

The Inside Story on How Tech Billionaires Sparked San Francisco’s Moderate Backlash

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62

Mike Pesca: Is Blue City Media Up to the Challenge of Covering Trump 2.0?

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63

Has the American Labor Movement Lost Touch with the Urban Working Class?

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64

Keith Humphreys: Why Drug Reform Failed In West Coast Blue Cities

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65

Why Does Rep. Adam Smith Believe Blue Cities Contributed to Trump’s Win?

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66

Freddie deBoer: Blue Cities Progressives Need to Get Real on Involuntary Commitment

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67

Why Didn't Blue Cities Going Woke Help the Marginalized?

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68

Will Trump’s win make the rocky marriage between big tech and big blue cities even worse?
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Was the "insufferable left" to blame for Trump's big gains in blue cities?

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70

Dan Savage on Trumpism and the future of blue cities

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