The Nuance Hour

S1E13 Episode 13: Epistemic Crisis: Processing Minneapolis and Our Country’s Fraying

In this episode, we drop any pretense of emotional distance and sit with the rage, grief, and fear stirred up by the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis and the broader wave of…

S1E12 Episode 12: The One Where They Talk Religion

In this episode, we finally dive deep into religion—the topic we've been promising since day one. We're thrilled to be joined by Reverend Benjamin Cremer, who brings serious theological credentials…

S1E11 Episode 11: 2026 Bingo (Predictions)

In this episode, we kick off 2026 by throwing caution to the wind and making bold predictions across 13 topics—from politics and culture to tech, religion, and even rollerblading. After acknowledging…

S1E10 Episode 10: My First Dictatorship

In this episode, we take on the grim (and increasingly undeniable) question of America’s slide toward authoritarianism, and why naming it plainly isn’t partisan. We talk about how the two-party…

S1E9 Episode 9: Squids on Mars! Attention Farming and the New Politics of Conspiracy

In this episode, we dive into why conspiracy theories feel so irresistible and ubiquitous right now, and why they’re also so corrosive. We talk about motivated reasoning, media bias, and our…

S1E8 Episode 8: Kitchen Sink: Bad Things, Better Angels

In our first Kitchen Sink roundup, we start with the week’s heaviest news: the assassination of Charlie Kirk. We talk frankly about political violence, free speech, and why “bad things are bad”…

S1E7 Episode 7: Is Trump Replaceable? Inside the Fractured MAGA Grievance Worldview

In this episode, we try to untangle the ideological realignment of the Republican Party in the era of Trumpism. From Reagan’s conservatism to the rise of grievance politics, we unpack seven…

S1E6 Episode 6: Does Size Matter? Lessons From Civil Resistance Research

In this episode, we dive into research on violent and non-violent civil resistance movements of the past. What lessons can we learn from successful resistance movements? Is there a critical threshold…

S1E5 Episode 5: Immigration and MAGA’s Uneasy Alliances

In today’s episode, we’re tackling the Elon/Trump breakup, the rifts it reveals in the uneasy alliance between tech oligarchs and the populist far right, and immigration. It all connects, we promise.…

S1E4 Episode 4: Boiled Frogs Check the Autocracy Temp

What if you could lose your democracy and not even realize it?This week, we dive into the siren call of authoritarianism—and why so many experts believe the United States may already be living under…

S1E3 Episode 3: How to Win Every Argument

S1E2 Episode 2: This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Authoritarianism shouldn't be a partisan issue. Full stop. In this episode, we discuss America's slide into despotism and our reaction to the Trump administration's extra-judicial deportation of…

S1E1 Episode 1: The Most American Poster

Mentioned: 'We conclude' or 'I believe?' Study finds rationality declined decades ago: https://phys.org/news/2022-01-rationality-declined-decades.html#google_vignetteW. Ada considers requiring…

Episode 0: What is Nuance?

In our very first episode, co-hosts Emily Fisk and Trevor Adams introduce The Nuance Hour—a podcast about embracing the gray areas and digging into the layered, messy, interesting stuff that doesn’t…