Slow Boring
Conversations that aim to bring passion and perspective to the big issues of the day. www.slowboring.com
Part of Slow Boring. Follow the publication for all its platforms.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Jul 16, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 9, 2026
Latest episodes
Is there any “oligarchy” to fight? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.slowboring.com I respect the power of a good slogan as much as the next guy. And clearly the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour that Bernie Sanders headlined last year resonated with lots of people. Even outside the Sanders factions, we’ve seen Amy Klobuchar warn of a MAGA “broligarchy” that threatens America. What’s more, oligarchy discourse has been a live topic for a long time. I remember that back in 2014 write-ups of a political scien
Jane Jacobs’s urbanism without economics (opens the original)
Read excerpt
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.slowboring.com I grew up in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s. Specifically, I grew up in Greenwich Village. My dad was a novelist, and my mom was a graphic designer and an artist. Lots of their friends were eccentric Village artists and intellectuals. In that milieu, Jane Jacobs was an icon. She saved the Village from Robert Moses and also explained what made dense urban neighborhoods great. So I knew all about her and her wor
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.