The Moynihan Report
The Moynihan Report
Podcast Description
The Moynihan Report is an in-depth 1-on-1 interview program broadcast live from 2WAY’s New York studio on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5pm EST. Hosted by Michael Moynihan (The Fifth Column, VICE News), the show centers around lively conversations with the most influential people in culture, politics, media, and beyond–not just to unpack their opinions on current events, but to better understand what makes them tick. Each episode also includes the opportunity for Michael and guests to engage with the live at-home audience via the 2WAY platform.The Moynihan Report is proud to have the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) as its official launch partner. To learn more about FIRE’s work defending and promoting the value of free speech for all Americans, please follow the link and subscribe: https://www.thefire.org/news/subscrib... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The show explores themes related to culture, politics, and media, focusing on understanding the personalities and motivations behind prominent public figures. For instance, recent episodes include interviews with Anthony Weiner discussing topics such as personal redemption and the ramifications of public cancellation.
The Moynihan Report is an in-depth 1-on-1 interview program broadcast live from 2WAY’s New York studio on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-8pm EST.
Hosted by Michael Moynihan (The Fifth Column, VICE News), the show centers around lively conversations with the most influential people in culture, politics, media, and beyond–not just to unpack their opinions on current events, but to better understand what makes them tick. Each episode also includes the opportunity for Michael and guests to engage with the live at-home audience via the 2WAY platform.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, Michael Moynihan kicks things off by dissecting Bill Crystal’s bizarre “inner social Democrat” tweet celebrating Eugene Debs, contrasting it with Debs’ actual call to “abolish the capitalist system.” This segues into busting the popular myth that socialists just “want Sweden”; as someone who lived there, Moynihan reveals Sweden is actually a “very capitalist country,” plagued by a disastrous rent control system with 10 to 20-year waitlists. Then, journalist Josh Szeps joins to reveal his “grand unifying theory”: Dick Cheney is the “most influential person… in our lifetime” and the true architect of today’s political polarization, arguing his “eat or be eaten” worldview and norm-breaking (like the Scooter Libby affair) set the stage for the Trump era. The conversation also explores the nature of faith and atheism, comparing the profound, post-tragedy wisdom of Nick Cave to the “flippant dismissiveness” of new atheists like Richard Dawkins.
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