In the Meanwhile

In the Meanwhile

Marcus Harrison Green & Nora Kenworthy

Episodes 55
Avg. Duration 1h 3m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (13)
Since Jun 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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No hot takes. No empty platitudes. No easy hope. Just real talk about how we hold onto our humanity, build something better—and maybe even laugh along the way. Bring snacks. Bring questions. We're figuring this out together.

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S1E52 Ep 52: Your Labor is Your Power with Mark Paschal

May 22, 2026 1h 9m

This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and Marcus sit down with worker-owner Mark Paschal of Seattle co-ops Jude's Old Town and Rosette for a conversation about what happens when workers stop asking…

S1E48 Ep 51: Still Here: A Year in the Meanwhile

May 15, 2026 58m

Fifty-one episodes. Countless headlines. Several existential spirals. At least one national meltdown per week. And somehow, against all odds and several algorithms designed to emotionally flatten us…

S1E50 Ep 50: Billionaires Get Galas, Moms Get Burnout - with Maggie Humphreys

May 08, 2026 1h 5m

This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and Marcus sit down with policy powerhouse Maggie Humphreys for a conversation about motherhood, caregiving, misogyny, and why American families are forced to hold…

S1E49 Ep 49: How We Justify the Unjustifiable with Peter Beinart

May 01, 2026 1h 12m

This week on In The Meanwhile, Marcus and Nora sit down with Peter Beinart for a searching conversation about identity, power, and moral reckoning in the wake of Gaza. Drawing from his book Being…

S1E48 Ep 48: The AI Hype Industrial Complex with Emily M. Bender

Apr 24, 2026 1h 2m

This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and Marcus sit down with Professor Emily M. Bender for a reality check that cuts through the Silicon Valley fever dream. Because apparently we're all supposed to…

S1E44 Ep 47: If it Bleeds it Misleads with Alec Karakatsanis

Apr 17, 2026 1h 7m

As headlines spiral from burning warehouses to unholy warfare between the Vatican and White House, Nora and Marcus sit down with civil rights attorney and Copaganda author Alec Karakatsanis to ask a…

S1E46 Ep 46: The End of the Billionaire Discount with Brianna Thomas

Apr 10, 2026 58m

This week on In the Meanwhile, Marcus and Nora wade through a truly unhinged news cycle: war threats, political absurdity, late-stage empire vibes, and land on something rare: a conversation that…

S1E45 Ep 45: Fighting Predatory Social Media with Laura Marquez-Garrett

Apr 03, 2026 1h 7m

This week, Nora and Marcus sit down with Laura Marquez-Garrett, a plaintiff's attorney at the forefront of a landmark legal battle against Big Tech. Fresh off two historic court victories, Laura…

S1E44 Ep 44: The Wars No One Wins with Gina Baskin

Mar 27, 2026 1h

In this week's episode of In The Meanwhile, we do that uncomfortable, but necessary, thing where the abstractions of war fall away, and the human cost steps all the way into the room. Nora and Marcus…

S1E43 Ep 43: ​​Two Nations, One Grief with Nilu Jenks

Mar 20, 2026 59m

This week, Nora and Marcus sit down with Iranian American democracy advocate Nilu Jenks for a deeply personal conversation about war, diaspora grief, authoritarianism, and the deadly lie of…

S1E42 Ep 42: ​​Staying in the Fight with Ijeoma Oluo

Mar 13, 2026 1h 2m

This week, Nora and Marcus sit down with author and activist Ijeoma Oluo for a searching conversation about movement work, harm, belonging, and the radical choice to stay. Together, they explore the…

S1E41 Ep 41: The Bill Chill vs. the Epstein Files with Tim Schwab

Mar 06, 2026 1h 1m

It's been another "37-day week" in America, and In The Meanwhile is doing what it does best: refusing to let the chaos set the agenda. Nora and Marcus open on the latest Washington-fueled disaster (a…

S1E40 Ep 40: They Skipped Black History Month. We Didn't.

Feb 27, 2026 47m

This week on In The Meanwhile, Marcus and Nora do what America refuses to do: pay attention. They skim the State of the Union so you don't have to, drag the idea of replacing epidemiology with…

S1E39 Ep 39: The Price of Mercy with Emily Galvin Almanza

Feb 19, 2026 1h 10m

We're back with a question that sounds obvious until you say it out loud: if you're picking a North Star… why is "more prisons" anywhere on the map? This week, Nora and Marcus wade through the usual…

S1E38 Ep 38: It Takes Three to Tango with Tyranny with Jelani Cobb

Feb 13, 2026 1h 7m

This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and Marcus start with civic sunshine(yes, the Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl champions), and end in the deep waters of power, protest, and historical memory. From…

S1E37 Ep 37: Grief and Solidarity from Minneapolis to Seattle

Feb 06, 2026 58m

Nora and Marcus are back in Seattle after Marcus's whirlwind reporting trip to Minneapolis, and what he saw there stayed with him. From vigils and memorial sites honoring Alex Pretti and Renee Good,…

S1E36 Ep 36: Make Universities Unruly Again with Brian Soucek

Jan 30, 2026 1h 6m

This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and Marcus do what every emotionally stable person does in a collapsing empire: eat dessert first and deal with the vegetables later. They speed-run the Trump…

S1E35 Ep 35: Immigrant Rights are Human Rights with Angelina Godoy

Jan 23, 2026 59m

This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and Marcus open with global chaos: tantrum diplomacy, Greenland confusion, and peace-as-a-timeshare, before turning to something far more urgent and close to home:…

S1E34 Ep 34: Same War Machine, Different Neighborhood with Michael McPhearson

Jan 16, 2026 1h 10m

This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and Marcus stare into the news-cycle roulette wheel, where every slot reads "are you kidding me?" and land on America's default coping mechanism: militarism. Press…

S1E33 Ep 33: When They Come for Your Ballot with Hannah Fried

Jan 09, 2026 1h 8m

When politics feels less like a news cycle and more like a full-body stress test, we hit pause and ask the real question: how do we actually defend democracy, right now, with real people? This week,…

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