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Out of the Jaws

Liberal Currents 11 Episodes Sep 12, 2026

Hosted by liberal YouTuber Ryan Geddie and Liberal Currents publisher Adam Gurri, Out of the Jaws explores the state of liberalism today. With guests, the show examines liberal ideals past and present and asks how they can be defended or renewed. Each episode considers the political and intellectual challenges facing liberals in the current crisis. The podcast aims to chart a way out of that crisis rather than simply diagnose it.

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It's Not Just the Supreme Court That's Broken (with Charles Star) Sep 12, 2026 01:19:01 Attorney, podcaster, and political commentator Charles Star (Ugarles on Bluesky) join Ryan and Adam to discuss the Texas drag ban and the federal courts' handling of it, anti-left and anti-trans coverage in centrist media, the internal neuroses of the American elite, and more.Resourceshttps://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialhttps://linktr.ee/ugarleshttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arch

Exploring the Sea of Liberal Media Aug 29, 2026 01:00:53 Ryan Geddie and Adam Gurri discuss one of Ryan’s recent videos, in which he illustrates and analyzes the left-of-center new media ecosystem using the metaphor of ocean life surrounding a coral reef. See Ryan’s video on this here: https://youtu.be/BBVH65RdZqM?is=vxqwhVYzloivm1uKAdam’s essay which he refers to here: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/elites-need-some-emotional-distance-from-social-medi

Free Trade and Free People (with Joshua Eakle) Aug 7, 2026 01:05:54 Today Ryan and Adam are joined by Joshua Eakle, Co-Founder of Project Liberal and Managing Director of Development and Communications at the Institute for Humane Studies. They talk to him about his origins in libertarian organizing, his childhood in a Pentecostal community, and his journey into the liberal, pro-democracy coalition.Resourceshttps://projectliberal.org/https://www.liberalism.org/X @j

Mr. Rogers With a Steel Spine (with Brad Lander) Aug 4, 2026 00:49:58 Today on a special episode of Out of the Jaws, Adam speaks with Brad Lander, candidate for the 10th congressional district in New York, former New York City Comptroller, city council member, and general fixture of New York City politics going back decades.They talk about what the pro-democracy coalition can and should be doing today, what the new Congress should do next year, who should be prosecu

Is Liberal Socialism a Contradiction In Terms? (with Matthew McManus and Paul Crider) Jul 24, 2026 01:18:34 Are liberalism and socialism completely incompatible? Ryan and Adam talk with University of Michigan Lecturer in Political Science Matthew McManus and Liberal Currents co-founder and Associate Editor Paul Crider about their book, What Is Liberal Socialism? What does each one lack that the other one offers? To what extent is it all just arbitrary boundary drawing around particular thinkers and idea

Building Community in the Era of Personalities (with Sam Drzymala) Jul 11, 2026 01:04:54 The old institutions are being eroded and colonized by new media personalities. Is this apocalyptic or is it the path to a more hopeful future? Ryan and Adam talk with Sam Drzymala about this and more today. Sam is an expert on political new media, having founded and run organizations in that space such as Progressive Victory and, most recently At Dawn Campaigns.The trio agree that streamers in pa

The Reconstruction Papers, a Bold New Vision For the Post-Trump World, with Samantha Hancox-Li Jun 19, 2026 01:01:55 The Reconstruction Papers is a new collection published by Liberal Currents, whose authors aim to provide a comprehensive vision for the future after Trump. Discussing this with Ryan and Adam today is Samantha Hancox-Li, Executive Editor of Liberal Currents and host of the Neon Liberalism podcast. The discussion ranges from military and foreign policy to trade policy, to constitutional politics, t

Pragmatism Not Philosophy (with the Soy Pill) Jun 8, 2026 01:08:20 Ryan and Adam are joined by the Soy Pill (Niels) to discuss his political awakening, navigating the new media, whether Adam is legacy media or merely old new media, the value of philosophy or lack thereof, the existential problem of climate change and the politics it implies, and much more.

Socialism and Liberalism Reconciled? (with Silvaria Lysandra Zemaitis) Jun 7, 2026 01:04:06 Is abolishing ICE the most important path to fixing the civil service? Can socialism and liberalism be reconciled? Are neither equipped to speak to the values and feelings that animate nationalists? Ryan and Adam are joined by Liberal Currents contributing editor Silvaria Lysandra Zemaitis, who discusses these topics, how we can fix the economy by taxing rents, and more.

Has Liberalism Forgotten Civic Virtue? (with J. J. McCullough) Jun 6, 2026 01:00:24 Has liberalism forgotten civic virtue? Liberal commentator Ryan Geddie and Liberal Currents publisher Adam Gurri talk with Canadian political commentator, writer and YouTuber J. J. McCullough about the place of virtue in modern liberalism, the modern conservative movement, Tim Miller, and much more.

Courting Fascism Jun 6, 2026 00:56:30 The Roberts Court has been sabotaging liberal democracy since long before Donald Trump's 2016 victory. Liberal commentator Ryan Geddie and Liberal Currents publisher Adam Gurri walk through this history here on the first episode of their new podcast, "Out of the Jaws."

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