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A Correction PodcastMargot Luftig Interviews Lev Moscow about Media, Technology and TeachingThis is a very special episode. Margot was Lev’s student and is now attending Northwestern University. She is the host of the excellent podcast Not An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and Politics. Margot has generously allowed us to post her most recent episode here. It is a lot of fun!
A note from Lev:I am a high school teacher of history and economics at a public high school in NYC, and began the podcast to help demystify economics for teachers. The podcast is now within the top 2% of podcasts worldwide in ter...
2023-08-2600 min
Not An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsDr. Jamieson Webster: Dreams, Mental Health, Parenting, Mass Media, & How it All InteractsIn this episode, I talk to Jamieson Webster, psychoanalyst and author of several books on Freud and psychoanalysis as well as essays on mental health and American life. We discuss dreams, psychoanalysis, freud, teen suicide, mass media, the 2008 crisis and how it all interacts. This is the last episode of my series on teen trends and mental health!
2023-01-3045 minNot An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsMalcolm Harris: Kids These DaysIn this episode Malcolm Harris, author of Kids These Days and Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, among others, talks with us about what a generation means, how Gen-Z and millennials differ, generational trends, mental health and more.
2022-12-2545 minNot An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsWilliam Deresiewicz: On Meritocracy, Elite Education, Affirmative Action, Mental Health, and MoreIn Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life, author William Deresciewicz talks about elite college admissions and the effect it has on students before and after starting college, how society tries to trap us in a rat race and what we can do to get out. I talk with him about everything from affirmative action, social media, and NFTs to what it means to be a meritocracy, how students cope with mental health issues and what causes them.
2022-11-031h 00Not An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsMatthew Continetti: Conservatism, Populist History, Trump, Sarah Palin, and MoreMatthew Continetti, author of The Right: The Hundred Year War writes about the history of The Right, how it has shifted, populist strands throughout The Right, and how Trump fits into that. We talk about history, current events, and what that tells us about the shape of the Republican Party, Sarah Palin, and more.
2022-09-0356 minNot An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsMichael Kazin: Historical Context on Populism, Midterms, Roe V. Wade, January 6th and MoreMichael Kazin, author of What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party and American historian at Georgetown University writes about populism throughout history and how the Democratic party has dealt with Democracy. I wanted to talk with him about how history illustrates current events and he provides invaluable historical insight for framing todays political climate!
2022-08-0538 min
Not An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsJohn Perkins: China's Economic Hitmen, COVID, Bargaining and MoreThis episode features John Perkins, New York Times bestselling author, shaman, father, ex-economic hitman, and more. We talk about what's changed since the last confessions of an economic hitman: COVID, Trump, China, and Afghanistan among other things. Also, we briefly discuss Russia and Ukraine. We filmed this episode on February 21st so the information is slightly outdated but I think it's important to reflect on what our thoughts were before the invasion and how they (and the world) have changed. Enjoy!
2022-03-1457 minNot An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsDr. Cam Grey: Rome and What It Tells Us About American Society and the Capitol RiotsCam Grey, UPenn professor of Classics and Rome, spoke with me about how Roman society is entwined in American society, what it means to be an empire, how we can be more empathetic, the capitol riots and more.
Listening to this episode, half a year after I recorded it, editing it on January 6th of 2022 and hearing how my thoughts, my own thoughts on these issues have changed and evolved, has been for me, one of the best parts of this experience thus far. I can also appreciate, as opposed to be embarrassed by, Dr. Grey’s abi...
2022-01-1158 minNot An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsErrol Louis: Polarization, Discourse and the Media, Local politics and MoreFacing a mayoral election last year and an upcoming gubernatorial election, not to mention California's recall, I wanted to talk to someone well-versed in local politics and who better than Errol Louis. Errol Louis is a journalist, teacher, and a television host on NY1 among other things! We talked about many things including the media's influence on polarization, local and federal politics, and how journalism relates to all of that as well as (fittingly) what makes a good interview!
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Ken Burns
Cindy Adams
2021-09-1720 minNot An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsJosh Fox: The Price of Climate Education, Art, and AnxietyJosh Fox is a documentary film maker primarily focused on the Climate Crisis, I watched his film, How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change, on a school trip. it has been over 6 years later and I still think about this film. The film scared me, but it scared me into trying to learn more and trying to take action. But I still have some questions, what is the price of climate education? Who is to blame for climate change and what should individuals do about it? And what role does art...
2021-09-011h 04Not An Expert: A Teen's Take On Life, Identity, and PoliticsNot An Expert: Podcast IntroductionHi, my name is Margot and I am a 16-year-old living in New York City. Over the pandemic I had the opportunity to be left alone with my thoughts and what I discovered is that I have questions, lots of them. So I decided to start this podcast, where I'll be talking to everyone and everyone I want to (who responds to my emails of course) about anything and everything on my mind!
2021-07-1903 min