Relaunching! Relaunch starring John Ganz, author of the his truly excellent book When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, & How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s. The conversation touches on the intellectual, political, and economic forces behind the rise of Trump and assays historical analogies to the current period from caeserism to fascism…

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Yes, we are now live with the relaunch episode of what we are calling the Berkeley Political Economy Podcast. Fight us! (Or come on it, and persuade us that something called The Berkeley Political Economy Podcast should be something else.

“We” are Dylan Riley and Brad DeLong. Here is the relaunch episode:

Inflection Point Podcast

“When the Clock Broke”, Starring John Ganz :: Inflection Point

This is the March 2025 soft launch of “Inflection Point”, the Berkeley Political Economy Podcast, hosted by Dylan J. Riley & J. Bradford DeLong. Here we have the brilliant John Ganz on to discuss his truly excellent book When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, & How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s…

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5 hours ago · 2 likes · Inflection Point Podcast and Brad DeLong

Here is the podcast landing page:

Inflection Point Podcast

The U.C. Berkeley Political Economy Podcast :: Hosted by Dylan J. Riley & J. Bradford DeLong

Here is what Brad DeLong wrote about this project late last month:

And then there is the question of podcast artwork:

Dylan had a theme like this, which is good:

Brad has been playing around with something like this:

So I ask the good plain people of the Internet: In which direction should we go for art?