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The Nuance Hour Podcast

Discussions at the intersection of politics, religion, culture, and current events.

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Trevor Adams

Trevor Adams

Emily Fisk

Emily Fisk

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Episode 9: Squids on Mars! Attention Farming and the New Politics of Conspiracy
Episode 9: Squids on Mars! Attention Farming and the New Politics of Conspiracy

In this episode, we dive into why conspiracy theories feel so irresistible and ubiquitous right now, and why they’re also so corrosive. We talk about motivated reasoning, media bias, and our crumbling trust in experts, from JFK and 9/11 truthers to lab-leak debates, QAnon, RFK Jr., and the evergreen “do your own research” refrain.

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Episode 8: Kitchen Sink: Bad Things, Better Angels
Episode 8: Kitchen Sink: Bad Things, Better Angels

In our first Kitchen Sink roundup, we start with the week’s heaviest news: the assassination of Charlie Kirk. We talk frankly about political violence, free speech, and why “bad things are bad” should be a baseline instead of a partisan Rorschach test. From there, we hit a scatter of stories we’ve been tracking.

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Episode 7: Is Trump Replaceable? Inside the Fractured MAGA Grievance Worldview
Episode 7: Is Trump Replaceable? Inside the Fractured MAGA Grievance Worldview

In this episode, we try to untangle the ideological realignment of the Republican Party in the era of Trumpism.

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Episode 6: Does Size Matter? Lessons From Civil Resistance Research
Episode 6: Does Size Matter? Lessons From Civil Resistance Research

In this episode, we dive into research on violent and non-violent civil resistance movements of the past. What lessons can we learn from successful resistance movements?

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Meet the team behind the nuance! We’re lucky to be old friends slash college buddies slash family. The Nuance Hour—in the grand tradition of podcasting—was born out of the massively egotistical idea that our conversations might in