Archive - Theory of Change of Flux

How Jeffrey Epstein did it

Greg Olear on the life and crimes of the deceased billionaire

Jul 7 • Matthew Sheffield and Greg Olear

58:25

June 2026

Antivax arguments haven’t gotten any better in 300 years

Science writer Thomas Levenson on his new book, ‘A Pox on Fools,’ a history of anti-vaccine movements

Jun 16 • Matthew Sheffield

1:02:15

The U.S. is inexperienced as a democracy, and it’s showing

Historian Lisa Corrigan on how Democrats haven’t learned how to wield power to preserve democracy

Jun 9 • Matthew Sheffield

52:03

May 2026

Trump is at record-low approval, but Democrats have not been able to build their own public support

Historian Rick Perlstein on how America got this way

May 30 • Matthew Sheffield

1:03:52

Pope Leo, Opus Dei, and the battle for the soul of Catholicism

Author Gareth Gore on Opus Dei and reactionary Catholics’ battle against modernity

May 25 • Matthew Sheffield

1:11:08

Uncertainty makes science powerful — and incredibly vulnerable

John Horgan, author of ‘The End of Science,’ on how the biggest threat to science was not its own limitations

May 19 • Matthew Sheffield

1:04:35

Chatbots aren’t conscious, but the specific details as to why are important

A discussion about minds, meaning, and artificial intelligence

May 15 • Matthew Sheffield

2:12:07

MAGA is not a monolith, and that’s why Trump’s poll numbers have fallen

Pollster Stephen Hawkins on a new report that examines the seams in the MAGA coalition

May 8 • Matthew Sheffield

1:04:31

In the AI-powered job market, knowing what truth looks like will matter most

Nils Gilman on why a classic liberal arts education is a safer bet in an age of machine-augmented intelligence

May 5 • Matthew Sheffield

1:03:36

April 2026

How the myth of ‘liberal media bias’ warped American politics

A.J. Bauer on the origins and purpose of the myth that the establishment press is progressive

Apr 30 • Matthew Sheffield

1:27:44

To achieve a beautiful future, we must always imagine

Monika Bielskyte on rescuing futurism from Big Tech dystopianism

Apr 25 • Matthew Sheffield and Monika Bielskyte

1:50:08

Is liberal Christianity making a comeback?

Alan Elrod on James Talarico and why the U.S. left needs to speak to all Americans

Apr 3 • Matthew Sheffield

56:29

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