Play along at home and see how well you score (and if you beat the hosts!) as political scientist Lonce Bailey quizzes Utterly Moderate hosts Ali and Lawrence about their U.S. government knowledge! Episode music: “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons) “Make Your Dreams Reality” by Scott Holmes Music (creative commons) “By Grace” by Podington Bear (creative commons) “Happy Trails (To You)” by the Riders in the Sky (used with artist’s permission) See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
Jul 26, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 27
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by economists Heidi Hartmann and Ariane Hegewisch to discuss the gender pay gap in the U.S., including its definition, size, causes, and possible solutions. Episode music: “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons) “Make Your Dreams Reality” by Scott Holmes Music (creative commons) “Reading by Lamplight” by Maarten Schellekens (creative commons) “Happy Trails (To You)” by the Riders in the Sky (used with artist’s permissi...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 26
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory researcher Varoujan Gorjian and New York Times columnist and science author Carl Zimmer . We discuss black holes, the value of science, the importance of good teachers, the work of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the nuclear age, duck and cover drills, the Castle Bravo nuclear bomb test and its aftermath, the world of viruses, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Carl Zimmer tapeworm, and much more! Episode...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 25
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by actress and best-selling author Hilarie Burton Morgan to discuss her childhood, breaking into Hollywood, MTV, One Tree Hill, The Walking Dead , her new podcast Drama Queens , Mischief Farm , Samuel's Sweet Shop , and much more! P.S. Always consume credible information - our democracy depends on it! Episode music: “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar (creative commons) “The Washington Post March” by the United States Marine Band (pu...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 24
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast , the hosts are joined by Lee McIntyre , author of the forthcoming book How to Talk to a Science Denier , to discuss the process of doing science, the importance of scientific and information literacy, how conservatives AND liberals deny facts, flat-Earth conventions, the debunked vaccine-autism link, the problems of misinformation and disinformation in our current post-truth era, and more! Episode music: "Please Listen Carefully" by Jahzzar (creat...
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 23
On this special Juneteenth 2021 episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Dr. Rodney Coates (Miami University of Ohio) to discuss the Juneteenth holiday, racial inequality in America, prospects for future progress toward equality, and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 22
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by cognitive scientists Steven Sloman (Brown University) and Philip Fernbach (University of Colorado) to discuss the cognitive biases that we all have that get in the way of rational thinking -- and the implications of this for our post-truth era in the U.S. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 21
On this episode the hosts are joined by Alka Gandhi, an economist from the University of Maryland, to discuss the field of economics, worries about inflation, the future of the minimum wage, GameStop, income inequality, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 20
On this episode Ali and Lawrence salute the U.S. Armed Forces by remembering those who have fallen, celebrating veterans and those currently in the armed forces, and discussing the U.S. Special Operations Forces with retired SOF member Bill Fleser. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 31, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 19
On this episode we are joined by internationally-acclaimed inequality scholar Richard Wilkinson. Wilkinson studied at the London School of Economics before training in epidemiology. He has published a number of peer-reviewed articles as well as multiple books, including the best-selling The Spirit Level , which explores economic inequality and its consequences. Wilkinson is Professor Emeritus of social epidemiology at the University of Nottingham Medical School, Honorary Professor at University ...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast , Pastor Andy of the Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring joins the show to talk about various topics related to Christianity in America today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 18, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 17
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast , James Warren joins the show to discuss the work that he does as executive editor at NewsGuard. NewsGuard is an organization that rates the credibility and transparency of over 6,000 news and information websites. NewsGuard’s rigorous methodology allows news consumers to have confidence in their ability to determine which sites are reliable and which ones are not. Before joining NewsGuard, Warren’s long and distinguished journalism career saw him ...
May 10, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In part one of the “Grading the News” episode, Ali and Lawrence sit down with the founder of Ad Fontes Media, Vanessa Otero. You are probably familiar with the “Media Bias Chart,” which is produced by Otero’s company. The mission of Ad Fontes Media is “to make news consumers smarter and news media better.” They do this by rating the news for reliability and bias to help people navigate the news landscape. In this episode we discuss the work that Ad Fontes Media does and why it is so important. S...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 15
America’s favorite cowboys, the Riders in the Sky, join the show to discuss their almost 44-year career as a musical act, yodeling, the "Cowboy Way," their two Grammy wins for their work on Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc., their Grand Ole Opry membership, their big role in the “Paul is Dead” hoax, fine fashion (black tie versus cac-tie), their SiriusXM show, finding true love, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 27, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 14
On this episode of Utterly Moderate , hosts Ali and Lawrence answer questions submitted by their wonderful listeners! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 19, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode of Utterly Moderate , Ali interviews Mark Robert Rank and Lawrence Eppard, who have written a new book from Oxford University Press titled, Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty . Their discussion focuses on the myths and realities of American poverty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 12, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 12
On this episode of Utterly Moderate, the authors of The Death of Expertise and Post-Truth join the show to discuss how we got to the point in the U.S. where facts seem to matter less than feelings and millions of Americans deny reality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Charlie Sykes joins the show to discuss the future of the GOP. Sykes is a founder and editor-at-large of The Bulwark and host of The Bulwark Podcast . He has written nine books, including How the Right Lost Its Mind . Sykes has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, Commentary, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time.com, USA Today, National Review, The New York Review of Books , the New York Daily News , and other...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Brian Kilgore and Kim Blake-Kilgore join the show to discuss their lives as musicians in LA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 9
International affairs scholars Georges Masse (American University of Science and Technology) and Matt Killingsworth (University of Tasmania) join the show to discuss how the United States is viewed from their respective vantage points in Lebanon and Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode we interview Jim Swift, who is a senior editor at The Bulwark. We talk to him about the work that the Bulwark does, his thoughts on the future of the GOP, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 7
On this episode of UM the hosts are joined by former Chicago Tribune editor and current Northwestern University journalism professor Michael Anthony Deas to discuss the importance of good journalism and how to identify it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 04, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 6
A discussion of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with Ida Bergstrom, a doctor of internal medicine who practices in the nation's capital, including her personal reflections from when the pandemic first hit the U.S. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 5
A discussion of the pros and cons of universal healthcare with Kaiser Family Foundation vice president Cynthia Cox and author T.R. Reid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 4
A discussion of free speech and cancel culture with legal scholar Stephanie Jirard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 11, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 3
A discussion of the public and political discourse around immigration in the U.S.: what is fact, and what is fiction? We are joined on this episode by Alex Nowrasteh from the Cato Institute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 2
