{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcurrentaffairs.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F48-an-analysis-of-birds-large-and-small-XS_FZJH7","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#48: An Analysis of Birds, Large and Small","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a8e3828a-375e-49fd-973f-025700235a18/ddb430f0-40cf-4c6d-97bd-6ee26bf1a3eb/currentaffairs.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"The panel discusses the prospect of an alliance between the left and the 'populist right', exposes their complicated relationships with Twitter, and recommends their favorite books for introducing friends to the left.\n\nThe panel this week was made up of a series of holograms cleverly designed to imitate administrative maven Cate Root, finance editor Sparky Abraham, and editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson. Your host is Lyta Gold.\n\nBook recommendations:\n\nRaising Expectations (And Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement by Jane McAlevey: www.versobooks.com/books/1648-raising-expectations-and-raising-hell\n\nAnarchy: A Graphic Guide by Clifford Harper: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/667752.Anarchy \n\nInfrastructure: A Guide to the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes (2014 ed.): http://industrial-landscape.com/#/home \n\nThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13651.The_Dispossessed \n\nThe House of Mirth by Edith Wharton: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17728.The_House_of_Mirth \n\nCurrent Affairs book collection: https://www.currentaffairs.org/store \n\nDanny Bradley: www.dannybradleymusic.com/store\n\nThis episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.\n\nMusic: Alexander Blu\n"}