Mutiny of the College-Educated Worker—With Noam Scheiber
Noam Scheiber joins Danny and Derek to discuss the rise of the college-educated working class, from underemployment and AI to union organizing and the collapse of meritocracy.
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Mutiny of the College-Educated Worker w/ Noam Scheiber / American Prestige
Danny and Derek talk with Noam Scheiber, New York Times reporter and author, about the radicalization of American college graduates. They discuss a Starbucks union campaign, underemployment among recent grads, the Taylorization of white-collar jobs, AI, corporate fixation on labor costs, the “con” of college for millennials, and the collapse of meritocracy.
Buy your copy of Noam’s book on the subject, Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class.
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Starbucks SBWorkers United baristas and supporters on November 19, 2025, in York, Pennsylvania.
(Lisa Lake / Getty Images for Starbucks Workers United)Danny and Derek talk with Noam Scheiber, author and New York Times reporter, about the radicalization of American college graduates. They discuss a Starbucks union campaign, underemployment among recent grads, the Taylorization of white-collar jobs, AI, corporate fixation on labor costs, the “con” of college for millennials, and the collapse of meritocracy.
Buy your copy of Noam’s book on the subject, Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class.
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Jewish Anti-Zionism w/ Benjamin Moser / American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome Benjamin Moser, author of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History and the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Sontag: Her Life and Work, to the show for a discussion about the history of Jewish opposition to Zionism. They talk about Moser's own changing views on Israel, criticism of his new book, Christian Zionism and Theodor Herzl, Jewish anti-Zionist traditions, the history of Arab Jews, the Holocaust and Jewish nationalism, and the relationship between Zionism and antisemitism.
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