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Compact PodcastBonnie Blue JeansThe United States and the European Union cut a trade deal, a gunman targets several NFL executives at their New York office, a recent Sydney Sweeney ad sparks controversy, and Channel 4 airs a documentary on Bonnie Blue. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-07-3153 minCompact PodcastThe Last Show with ColbertTrump attacks Fed Chair Powell, Ari Aster's Eddington exposes the horrors of the Covid-era, and NPR and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert face funding cuts and cancellation. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-07-2551 min
Blame TheoryThe Crisis of Liberalism (Part 5): The Origins of EugenicsIn conversation with Geoff Shullenberger, Ashley Frawley explains how eugenic thinking and practices emerge out of the crisis of liberalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit compactmag.substack.com/subscribe2025-07-221h 22Compact PodcastLabubu BlockchainThe hosts reflect on the Trump administration's successes and misses, the internet celebrates Cryptoweek, and Labubu skeptics worry the faddish toy is demonic. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-07-1657 minCompact PodcastThe Third Secret of Epstein IslandThe Epstein controversy splits MAGA, Elon Musk may launch a new "America Party," and the hosts contemplate the nation of Greece. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-07-101h 05Compact PodcastHawks and DovesTrump weighs US involvement in Iran, authorities investigate the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers, and the trial of Sean Combs is underway. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-06-1952 minCompact PodcastChaos in the CanyonThe Trump administration deploys US Marines to California to protect ICE agents, and the world mourns the death of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-06-1350 minCompact PodcastThe Last DragTwelve people are injured in an antisemitic attack in Colorado, Britain increases its defense budget, the European Union goes after pornographers, and France bans public smoking. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-06-0458 min
Blame TheoryThe Crisis of Liberalism (Part 4): The End of Woke?Geoff Shullenberger and Ashley Frawley discuss Andrew Doyle’s new book The End of Woke, which Ashley reviewed in Compact. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit compactmag.substack.com/subscribe2025-06-021h 14Compact PodcastTrump Bonds or Bust?Trump wages war on Harvard, Germany joins the US and other countries in a cautious escalation of the war in Ukraine, and the Trump administration proposes a program to turn every baby into a budding capitalist. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-05-2954 minCompact PodcastThe Big Beautiful PodcastTrump negotiates his big beautiful bill, Biden is diagnosed with cancer, and South African refugees resettle in the United States. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-05-2255 min
Blame TheoryThe Crisis of Liberalism (Part 3): The Trans-ing of the Political SubjectAshley Frawley joins Geoff Shullenberger to discuss her Compact column, "How Society Got a Sex Change," and its relevance to the evolution of liberalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit compactmag.substack.com/subscribe2025-05-151h 15Compact PodcastHabemus Papam!The new pope has taken the name Leo, alluding to Pope Leo XIII who developed modern Catholic social teaching, and the Trump administration might accept the gift of a luxury airliner from Qatar. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-05-1447 minCompact PodcastEscape from HollywoodThe AfD gets labelled an extremist organization, and Trump plans to reopen Alcatraz and to impose tariffs on foreign film production. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-05-0650 minCompact PodcastPowering up, powering outTrump makes a mineral deal with Ukraine, the liberal candidate wins the Canadian election, and Spain faces power outages. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-05-0150 minCompact PodcastPassing onPope Francis passes, Elon Musk departs from DC, and Zelensky and the Trump administration argue over peace in Ukraine. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-04-2557 minCompact PodcastSend 'em back [to the moon]!Controversy ensues over Trump's immigration policies and Lauren Sanchez leads an expedition to outer space. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-04-1547 minCompact PodcastA Taxing SeasonTrump's Liberation Day tariffs garner mixed reactions and White Lotus Season 3's finale disappoints. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-04-0953 minCompact PodcastHappy Liberation Day!Trump imposes tariffs on US trading partners, Maurine Le Pen is banned from candidacy, and Musk turns X into an AI machine. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-04-0252 minCompact PodcastLeaks and LossesBernie Sanders and AOC tour across the country, 23andMe goes bankrupt, and White House groupchats get leaked. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-03-2658 minCompact PodcastLocking Down and Locking InA new report on funding for gender ideology in the EU comes out, a new progressive agenda focused around abundance rolls out, and the fifth anniversary of the Covid lockdown is upon us. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-03-201h 15
Blame TheoryThe Crisis of Liberalism (Part 2)Geoff Shullenberger and Ashley Frawley continue to explore the crisis of liberalism. They begin by discussing recent reversals around free-speech debates in the United States and the odd fact that ostensible post- and anti-liberals have often positioned themselves as defenders of a central liberal value: free speech. They then begin to explore the postliberal critique and other blame narratives that have arisen around liberalism in recent years and ask whether the problem with liberalism is that it grants too much freedom, or too little. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...2025-03-171h 08Compact PodcastStrike 'n ShakeThe Trump administration makes moves against Columbia University's student protestors, Trump test drives a Tesla, and RFK has lunch at Steak 'n Shake. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-03-1359 min
Blame TheoryThe Crisis of Liberalism (Part 1)Liberalism is in crisis. Its parties and institutions are suffering one setback after another across the West, and forces described as “illiberal” are on the rise globally. But when did this crisis begin? Was liberalism ever not in crisis? Is liberalism itself a kind of crisis? In the first episode of a longer series on the meanings and legacies of liberalism, Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger lay out the themes and questions that will inform their exploration of an ideology that has received plenty of blame from both the right and the left—in part because it has been the do...2025-03-071h 15Compact PodcastDustups and BreakdownsTrump addresses a joint session with congress and has a dustup with Zelensky, and Meghan Markle releases a new Netflix series. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-03-061h 04Compact Podcast[Who's] Got a Golden TicketAndrew Tate makes his way to the United States, Trump institutes "golden visas," and the team discusses their Oscar picks. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-02-2853 minCompact PodcastFather Knows Best(?)Negotiations ensue between the United States and Russia, and the reproductive career of Elon Musk sparks controversy. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-02-2055 minCompact PodcastThe Super BoreTrump and his DOGE team shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Super Bowl no longer features woke virtue signaling. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-02-1343 minCompact PodcastThe Rise of Dark WokeTrump plans to redevelop Gaza and poses a tariff stand-off with Mexico and Canada, and Dark Woke arises. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-02-0641 minCompact PodcastTurning the Cold ShoulderThe confirmations hearing for Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. begin, and a woman is sued in France for refusing to have sex with her husband. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-01-2855 minCompact PodcastWho swore it best?Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, and the team breaks everything down from the attendees to the fashion. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-01-2144 minCompact PodcastVibe Shift 2.0The wildfires rage on in LA and corporate America undergoes a vibe shift in the aftermath of Trump's re-election. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-01-1650 minCompact PodcastTrump's Taming or Triumph?Trudeau resigns, right-wing populism triumphs (or gets tamed?), and and the rape-gang scandal continues. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2025-01-0945 minCompact PodcastCompact Conversations: Gord MagillGord Magill joins Geoff Shullenberger and Ashley Frawley to discuss the future of Trump's relationship with Canada. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2024-12-2048 minCompact PodcastThe Christmas Wars Strike BackThe team discusses CNN's video of the release of a Syrian captive, the "war on Christmas," and our favorite Christmas movies. Ashley Frawley, Stephen Adubato, and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2024-12-1850 min
Blame TheoryThe Age of EmotionAshley Frawley, Compact’s new senior editor as well as a new co-host of Blame Theory, joins Geoff Shullenberger to explore how collective social and political problems have been blamed on individual psychic and emotional defects. We discuss her two books on this subject, examine the history of therapeutic culture, and explore to what extent particular thinkers—Pareto? Freud?—bear some of the blame for this set of developments. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit compactmag.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-151h 07Compact PodcastFarewell to ArmsBashar al-Assad is ousted from Syria, Daniel Penny is acquitted, and the assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is found. Ashley Frawley, Sohrab Ahmari, and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2024-12-1149 minCompact PodcastKilling it offThe UK considers assisted-suicide legislation and President Biden pardons his son, Hunter. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe2024-12-0446 min
Diet Soap - a podcastThe Penultimate Ashley Frawley EpisodeIn this next to last Ashley Frawley episode of the Sublation Magazine Show we'll discuss Compact Magazine, my recent debate with Ashley's next co-host Geoff Shullenberger, the escalation in Ukraine, and what's next for the Campaign for a Socialist Party.Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap2024-11-261h 03Compact PodcastCompact Conversations: Ashley FrawleyAshley Frawley joins Geoff Shullenberger to discuss her latest Compact column "Mindfulness is Mind Control."2022-11-0427 min