The American Age
Season 3
Episodes
![Middle Class Dreams: Gentrification is Complicated, Part I](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-EkdvANJ7rtkXseYu-RnQjKw-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
137 – One of the hosts, Seph Rodney, who is a senior editor at Hyperallergic and contributor to the NYTimes, recently moved from the Bronx to Newburgh, New York—a distant suburb of NYC. The hosts ask if we can begin a more nuanced conversation about gentrification.
![Jeffrey Epstein: How Much Does Innocence Cost? Part II](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-kzzjo3yoKMPo7KPc-k4W2KA-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
136 – With the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein is back in the news. The hosts continue their discussion of the American preoccupation with innocence--both literal and figurative.
![Jeffrey Epstein: How Much Does Innocence Cost? Part I](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-ZLxljtom8QeeOD2h-Gp1MKA-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
135 – With the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein is back in the news. The hosts discuss his crimes, and both our cultural and institutional responses to them.
![From Kanye to Hamilton: Part II](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-pf2BbQdQi6m5qTRn-8nxIKg-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
134 – The hosts continue their two part conversation about Kanye West and the musical Hamilton. What happens when social media informs our historical thinking?
![From Kanye to Hamilton: But First, Guns](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-SMX27Zdb4yrsz9TQ-ITPFuQ-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
133 – Before talking about Kanye West and the musical Hamilton, the hosts revisit last week's conversation. How comfortable are you with justified violence?
![The Brownshirts Are Coming: Institutional Force and Reconciliation](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-P60iQ3a1Unsa2bgW-HwXUyw-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
132 – Steven, Seph, and Travis discuss the difficult but necessary work of involving those we oppose in progressive reforms. Why is it okay to make sweeping generalizations about "the police"?
![Kente Cloth: Symbols and Sympathies](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-QoaNm2CGW9xOTQsk-Qarcfg-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
131 – The hosts use the kente cloth Congressional photo op on June 8th as a way to talk about race, generosity, and how to go about dismantling "race" without reifying it.
![Juneteenth: Liberation and Violence](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-qYOGvAMuZ75hryq1-voCGEQ-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
130 – The hosts discuss Juneteenth, the debate around police disinvestment, and the role of violence in the history of liberation.
![George Floyd: What Does Progress Look Like?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-kkNHR9ODvKHqYtGc-qokp9Q-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
129 – The hosts continue their conversation about the recent protests against racism, and why progress is so difficult to make.
![George Floyd: Reason and Rage](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9884374/artworks-ida5lBkrALffs1Dx-jk3J4g-t3000x3000_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
128 – The hosts try their best to make sense of a chaotic week. They discuss police tactics, race, and the various communities' responses to Floyd's murder.