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With Friends Like These

By Crooked Media

Is the path to hell really paved with Good Intentions?   In “With Friends Like These: Good Intentions”, host Ana Marie Cox will introduce people and organizations who set out to make positive change, as well as the ones who ended up doing more harm than good. What’s the brain science behind warm fuzzy feelings? How does altruism change the way we feel about the world? And could trying too hard somehow get us killed? (Spoiler alert: yes.) From social enterprise to social media, our intention is to find the good - and figure out how it goes bad.

  1. 1.
    How Not to Cover a Conspiracy Theory10/23/2020
    31:43
  2. 2.
    Julián Castro Had Trouble Smiling10/16/2020
    45:29
  3. 3.
    Hating on the Hiker Bro Evangelist10/09/2020
    26:34
  4. 4.
    Just Say No to Politics10/02/2020
    47:31
  5. 5.
    The Empathy Engine09/25/2020
    46:18
  6. 6.
    The Friend Zone09/18/2020
    59:42
  7. 7.
    Dark Arts Professors Against Trump09/11/2020
    38:39
  8. 8.
    What We Have Learned08/21/2020
    30:10
  1. 9.
    Can You Convert a Conversion Therapist?08/14/2020
    27:27
  2. 10.
    “Scared to Believe?”08/07/2020
    45:26
  3. 11.
    The Science Writer Who Became a Mystic07/31/2020
    33:05
  4. 12.
    America Is a Nation of Converts, with Thomas Kidd07/24/2020
    48:00
  5. 13.
    The Moment You Realize You’re White07/17/2020
    48:45
  6. 14.
    From Feminist to Fascist07/10/2020
    26:29
  7. 15.
    “The Cop Who Realized The Bad Apple Was Him”07/03/2020
    45:57
  8. 16.
    ”The Heart Decides and Reason Justifies”: A conservative climate activist’s evolution06/26/2020
    38:10
  9. 17.
    How White Light Moments Change Your Brain, with Andrew Newberg06/19/2020
    32:46
  10. 18.
    When Denouncing Racism Isn’t Enough06/12/2020
    50:03
  11. 19.
    When Protests Changed Minds06/05/2020
    53:47
  12. 20.
    When Your Thoughts Are Not Your Own05/29/2020
    34:39
  13. 21.
    Why Your Brain Doesn't Want You to Change05/22/2020
    31:26
  14. 22.
    Why (Most) People Don’t Convert05/15/2020
    34:50
  15. 23.
    It’s My Body and I’ll Live if I Want To with Alice Wong03/27/2020
    40:09
  16. 24.
    Welfare for White People with Eduardo Porter 03/20/2020
    1:02:45
  17. 25.
    A Whole Other Level of Disaster (with Dan Drezner)03/14/2020
    1:00:33
  18. 26.
    The Hopeful Feminist (with Rebecca Solnit)03/06/2020
    1:01:26
  19. 27.
    The Psychological Abyss (with Ezra Klein) 02/28/2020
    1:05:28
  20. 28.
    All Doom And Bloomberg (with Rick Wilson)02/21/2020
    1:00:09
  21. 29.
    Listen To Your Heart (with Kate Murphy)02/14/2020
    48:07
  22. 30.
    We Can Be Heroes (with Susan Neiman) 02/07/2020
    1:02:14
  23. 31.
    Feels Like We Only Go Forward (with Lori Gottlieb)01/31/2020
    46:23
  24. 32.
    The Ledge is Always There01/24/2020
    42:44
  25. 33.
    Where the Boys Are (with Peggy Orenstein)01/17/2020
    48:06
  26. 34.
    Feel the Burn with Anne Helen Petersen01/10/2020
    1:08:37
  27. 35.
    Red-Pilling Grandma (Holiday Edition) with Eli Saslow12/27/2019
    56:51
  28. 36.
    The Giant Negging Pick-Up Artist in the Sky 12/20/2019
    1:02:21
  29. 37.
    Whoever Cheats Hardest Wins with Rick Wilson12/13/2019
    25:29
  30. 38.
    Death Cab for Acutely with Esme Wang 12/06/2019
    53:11
  31. 39.
    Blame Walmart with Sarah Marshall11/29/2019
    57:14
  32. 40.
    A Very Problematic Thanksgiving with Ed Schupman11/22/2019
    52:20
  33. 41.
    A Cure For Wellness with Amanda Mull11/15/2019
    50:20
  34. 42.
    National Reality Disorder with Robert J. Lifton11/08/2019
    47:45
  35. 43.
    Rick Wilson Halloween Spooktacular (feat. Rick Wilson)11/01/2019
    43:04
  36. 44.
    Band-Aids on a Broken Leg with Lyz Lenz10/25/2019
    1:19:54
  37. 45.
    Shoot First, Therapy Later with Jason Kander (feat. Sheila Bynum Coleman)10/18/2019
    1:21:43
  38. 46.
    A Different World (with Andrew Gillum & Shani Curry Mitchell)10/11/2019
    1:28:13
  39. 47.
    Manic Investigative Phase (with Stephanie Wittels Wachs)10/04/2019
    1:17:42
  40. 48.
    Just For Today (live with Bassey Ikpi)09/27/2019
    1:12:42
  41. 49.
    Mush Love Dogs (live with Blair Braverman)09/20/2019
    1:06:44
  42. 50.
    Cheat Codes For God with Avery Trufelman09/13/2019
    54:41
  43. 51.
    Hot Bananapants Summer with Rick Wilson 09/06/2019
    30:51
  44. 52.
    My Least Favorite Murderer with Rachel Monroe08/30/2019
    1:01:26
  45. 53.
    Stage Four Metastatic Racism with Arjun Sethi and Ibram X. Kendi08/23/2019
    1:32:47
  46. 54.
    Apocalyptic Safe Spaces with Elizabeth Bruenig08/16/2019
    54:58
  47. 55.
    Real Friends Argue with Betsy Hodges08/09/2019
    1:04:07
  48. 56.
    Consequences Waiting To Happen with E. Jean Carroll08/02/2019
    1:02:57
  49. 57.
    There Is Alt-Lite That Never Goes Out with Alexandra Minna Stern07/26/2019
    1:08:03
  50. 58.
    All Along The Watchtower with Amber Scorah07/19/2019
    57:05
  51. 59.
    Mussolini's Valet with Rick Wilson07/12/2019
    42:20
  52. 60.
    Boulevard of Woken Dreams with Shannon Watts 07/05/2019
    52:36
  53. 61.
    Infiltrating UFO Culture with Anna Merlan06/28/2019
    59:15
  54. 62.
    Paranoia Is Just Having All The Facts with Vann Newkirk06/21/2019
    56:37
  55. 63.
    A Conspiracy Of Dunces with Will Sommer06/14/2019
    39:41
  56. 64.
    In League With Witches with Jesse Walker and Parker Molloy06/07/2019
    1:38:44
  57. 65.
    Go Screw Yourself with Adam Savage (feat. Rebecca Nagle)05/31/2019
    1:27:31
  58. 66.
    Native American Imposter Syndrome- Tommy Orange on There, There05/24/2019
    59:29
  59. 67.
    Polar Oppositions (feat. Rick Wilson and Jordan Klepper).05/17/2019
    1:21:18
  60. 68.
    Sweet Nothing(ness)- Heather Armstrong on Her New Book, The Valedictorian of Being Dead05/10/2019
    1:05:09
  61. 69.
    Down Ass White Boy Bingo: A Conversation with Author Damon Young05/03/2019
    1:09:04
  62. 70.
    Disrespected By the Toilet: Stephanie Land on her Book, Maid04/26/2019
    1:13:53
  63. 71.
    An Iceberg of Sh*t: Rick Wilson on the Mueller Report04/19/2019
    54:52
  64. 72.
    Are You Smart or Just Cynical? With Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Jay Rosen04/12/2019
    1:35:15
  65. 73.
    Red-Pilling Grandma with Eli Saslow04/05/2019
    1:09:28
  66. 74.
    “Teacher, Explainer, Soldier, Spy: Doing Solidarity Work with Nausheena Hussain and Beth Gendler.”03/29/2019
    1:03:56
  67. 75.
    “Sugar, We’re Cohen Down with Nina Burleigh”03/01/2019
    45:13
  68. 76.
    Hate Crimes and Crossed Lines with Jamil Smith02/22/2019
    56:50
  69. 77.
    You’ve Got Problematic Male Leads: A With Friends Like These Valentine’s Day Special!02/15/2019
    1:10:17
  70. 78.
    #TrustWomen with Tressie Cottom and Erika Christensen 02/08/2019
    1:25:44
  71. 79.
    More than Flyover Country: Sarah Smarsh on her book Heartland02/01/2019
    56:51
  72. 80.
    Bonkerpalooza! With Rick Wilson01/25/2019
    51:28
  73. 81.
    The Witching Hour with Dianna E Anderson01/18/2019
    1:18:09
  74. 82.
    "Real Shit with Ashley Nicole Black"01/11/2019
    1:15:18
  75. 83.
    "Amateur Hour with Mina Kimes"01/04/2019
    1:05:49
  76. 84.
    "Split and Knitted Back Together: Amanda Carpenter on the GOP"12/28/2018
    1:00:45
  77. 85.
    “Not Leaving on a Jet Plane: Eric Holthaus on Climate Change and Activism”12/21/2018
    1:01:05
  78. 86.
    “Stand Up and Disrupt: Live from the Women Rule Summit with Anna Palmer and Piper Perabo” 12/14/2018
    44:49
  79. 87.
    "Back to Selma and Beyond: Dr. Carol Anderson on Her Book One Person, No Vote"12/07/2018
    1:07:19
  80. 88.
    "Dive Into the Deep End: Kiese Laymon on His New Book"11/30/2018
    1:09:13
  81. 89.
    “All I Need is Right Here: Being Thankful with Diana Butler Bass.”11/23/2018
    52:42
  82. 90.
    “Maximum Man-Baby Mode: Rick Wilson on What the 2018 Midterms Mean for Trump”11/16/2018
    33:44
  83. 91.
    "White Women: Foot Soldiers of the Patriarchy"11/09/2018
    54:10
  84. 92.
    “Life During Wartime Language: Talking with a former white nationalist turned SJW”11/02/2018
    1:09:18
  85. 93.
    Where the Personal and Political Meet: In Conversation with Karamo Brown and Parker Molloy10/26/2018
    1:01:50
  86. 94.
    “The Pied Piper of Feminism”10/19/2018
    1:03:39
  87. 95.
    “Resisting Power, Oppression, and Inequality with Alice Wong.”10/12/2018
    54:53
  88. 96.
    “A Recovering Republican: How Max Boot Left His Party.”10/05/2018
    1:03:38
  89. 97.
    “Far Too Normal: An Update on the Kavanaugh Confirmation with Rick Wilson”09/28/2018
    54:32
  90. 98.
    “The Jackie Robinson of Bisexuals w/ Travon Free”09/21/2018
    56:27
  91. 99.
    "White Fragility in the Wild"09/14/2018
    1:16:07
  92. 100.
    “Why Pleasure Is Political w/ Michael Arceneaux”09/07/2018
    48:57
  93. 101.
    "ARA: Ask Rick Anything!"08/31/2018
    45:35
  94. 102.
    "White Fragility 101"08/24/2018
    57:27
  95. 103.
    “Funny Is How We Got Here: When Journalists Amplify Hate”08/17/2018
    1:18:14
  96. 104.
    “Almost Bravery w/ Rick Wilson”08/10/2018
    1:09:21
  97. 105.
    “A Country Built On a Hate Crime w/ Arjun Sethi”08/03/2018
    57:17
  98. 106.
    “Evangelism’s God Complex w/ Sarah Jones”07/27/2018
    59:08
  99. 107.
    “Contemplative Activism” with Teresa P Mateus07/20/2018
    50:49
  100. 108.
    “Spiteful and Shortsighted” with Rick Wilson07/13/2018
    52:47
  101. 109.
    "Amy Chozick on Hillary and Humility"07/06/2018
    1:09:15
  102. 110.
    "When Ideology is Identity with Lilliana Mason"06/29/2018
    59:14
  103. 111.
    "Cruelty is as American as Thanksgiving with Adam Serwer"06/22/2018
    45:14
  104. 112.
    "Hurting Unit Cohesion with Charlotte Clymer"06/15/2018
    1:01:23
  105. 113.
    "Rick Wilson Is Giving Up on Corporate Christians"06/08/2018
    58:24
  106. 114.
    "Tall Decaf, Implicit Bias, No Whip with W. Kamau Bell"06/01/2018
    1:04:19
  107. 115.
    "Grateful (in Trump-adjusted terms) with Diana Butler Bass"05/25/2018
    1:04:49
  108. 116.
    Imani Gandy on the Road to Gilead05/18/2018
    1:01:12
  109. 117.
    "Sex Robots Titillate and Childish Gambino Provokes with Ross Douthat and Doreen St. Felix"05/11/2018
    1:18:30
  110. 118.
    Rick Wilson Says Don’t Campaign on Impeachment05/04/2018
    53:17
  111. 119.
    "Alex Wagner knows the secret to belonging (spoiler alerts!)"04/27/2018
    1:00:08
  112. 120.
    “Atheism and the Alt-Right, with Chris Stedman and Diana Butler Bass”04/20/2018
    1:13:38
  113. 121.
    "Talking Ableism, Hashtag Appropriation and Rom-Coms with Keah Brown"04/13/2018
    1:01:31
  114. 122.
    The other side has a resistance too, reporting from CPAC04/06/2018
    33:58
  115. 123.
    “They’re standing at the podium” w/ Dave Weigel03/30/2018
    41:12
  116. 124.
    “The Average American White Racist” with Christian Picciolini03/09/2018
    1:03:11
  117. 125.
    “Black Future Month” with Jamil Smith03/02/2018
    49:25
  118. 126.
    “Mormon Pundit Mode” with McKay Coppins02/23/2018
    1:10:25
  119. 127.
    "Wear Your Hair Shirt More Properly"02/16/2018
    1:01:41
  120. 128.
    Not Your Mama's Interracial Relationship with Melissa Febos and Quinta Brunson02/09/2018
    1:15:46
  121. 129.
    “A Party of Men and Mobs” with Rick Wilson02/02/2018
    50:08
  122. 130.
    “If You Can’t Vlog It, It Didn’t Happen” with Katie Notopoulos and Jemar Tisby01/26/2018
    1:22:48
  123. 131.
    “Foot Servants of Wokeness” with Ijeoma Oluo and Parker Molloy01/19/2018
    1:09:33
  124. 132.
    ”At Least the Obama People Felt Bad" with James Risen and Jamil Smith01/12/2018
    1:06:28
  125. 133.
    “Two Rats In a Sack” w/ Rick Wilson and Scaachi Koul01/05/2018
    1:00:06
  126. 134.
    Winter Break Encore Part II with Ben Howe and Adam Savage12/29/2017
    1:39:40
  127. 135.
    Winter Break Encore with Rembert Browne12/22/2017
    1:08:42
  128. 136.
    “Turning Off The Gaslight” w/ Rebecca Carroll and Amy Sullivan12/15/2017
    1:14:25
  129. 137.
    “Karma Is A Magnificent B*tch” w/ Diana Butler Bass and Rick Wilson12/08/2017
    1:12:39
  130. 138.
    "Scale of Awfulness" with Adam Serwer and Lizzie O’Leary12/01/2017
    1:20:27
  131. 139.
    BONUS EPISODE: “Sometimes a Loss is More Powerful than a Win”11/28/2017
    28:06
  132. 140.
    “Families Are a Bag of Triggers” with John Moe11/24/2017
    1:09:09
  133. 141.
    “You’re Gonna Feel a Pinch” with Ira Madison III and Bob Inglis11/17/2017
    1:13:34
  134. 142.
    What about Bill? 11/10/2017
    1:10:22
  135. 143.
    “Platoon of Chicken$**t$"11/03/2017
    1:05:33
  136. 144.
    “Post Office With Guns” with Jon Lovett and Nate Bethea 10/27/2017
    1:00:11
  137. 145.
    “Look In The Mirror” with Vann R. Newkirk II and Helen Rosner10/20/2017
    1:11:47
  138. 146.
    “The Human Shock Doctrine hits Puerto Rico” w/ Naomi Klein and Jamil Smith10/13/2017
    1:02:49
  139. 147.
    “A Novel and Disturbing Place” w/ Sam Sinyangwe and Rick Wilson10/06/2017
    1:24:16
  140. 148.
    “Can’t Countenance the Bullshit Anymore” w/ Michael Steele09/29/2017
    1:20:35
  141. 149.
    “A Brick Through The Overton Window" w/ Timothy Faust09/22/2017
    1:17:25
  142. 150.
    "Too Tired to be Angry" w/ Rembert Browne09/15/2017
    1:12:38
  143. 151.
    “Nothing messier than sex” with Kim Cavill09/08/2017
    1:20:26
  144. 152.
    “We Act Like It’ll Never Happen” w/ Neena Satija and Jon Lovett09/01/2017
    1:01:48
  145. 153.
    One God, Under Trump w/ Jack Jenkins and Parker Molloy08/25/2017
    1:15:46
  146. 154.
    "Are you going to join the fight?”08/18/2017
    1:28:16
  147. 155.
    “Keep it” with Kat Rosenfield and Ira Madison III08/11/2017
    1:09:17
  148. 156.
    "Enormous waste and loss": What it's like to report on the death penalty08/04/2017
    1:14:23
  149. 157.
    “A President Who Makes Us Less Safe” with Greg Howard and Rick Wilson07/28/2017
    1:26:09
  150. 158.
    “A Daily Insult” with Kim Cavill and Michelle Goldberg07/21/2017
    1:25:28
  151. 159.
    “Health Care Is a Civil Right” with Anita Cameron and Vann Newkirk07/14/2017
    48:36
  152. 160.
    “An existential crisis happening to America every day” w/ Neera Tanden07/07/2017
    51:35
  153. 161.
    “Typical white dude attitude”06/30/2017
    51:02
  154. 162.
    “It’s not who we’re supposed to be, but it is who we are”06/26/2017
    43:48
  155. 163.
    “I have no regrets”06/23/2017
    48:57
  156. 164.
    “Surprised you called me a feminist”06/16/2017
    55:49
  157. 165.
    “Justice is a mechanical duck”06/09/2017
    1:38:04
  158. 166.
    “Proud pigheadedness”06/02/2017
    1:01:22
  159. 167.
    “You can’t build things with pitchforks and torches”05/26/2017
    1:11:50
  160. 168.
    “Poetic justice and justice are not the same thing”05/19/2017
    1:17:56
  161. 169.
    “Women in power are always complicit”05/12/2017
    1:23:58
  162. 170.
    “More of a Fetish Than a Mission”05/10/2017
    1:02:30
  163. 171.
    “The Help Is Coming From Inside the House”05/05/2017
    1:26:35
  164. 172.
    “I always assume everyone knows”04/28/2017
    1:12:53
  165. 173.
    "Being Called Racist is White People's Kryptonite"04/21/2017
    1:17:10
  166. 174.
    “Let’s create messy coalitions”04/14/2017
    1:35:32
  167. 175.
    “Contentment is a professional risk”04/07/2017
    1:10:24
  168. 176.
    “No one cries, no one gets asked to prom”03/31/2017
    1:05:39
  169. 177.
    “If you’re worried about the future, look at the past”03/24/2017
    1:04:10
  170. 178.
    "Police violence didn't just stop happening"03/17/2017
    48:53
  171. 179.
    "Too soon to start shooting"03/10/2017
    1:05:00
  172. 180.
    "Discomfort is a tool of oppression" 03/03/2017
    50:41
  173. 181.
    "Hope and Trust in Trump." The first episode! 02/24/2017
    52:27
  174. 182.
    With Friends Like These: Converts 02/18/2017
    0:45

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