Critical Babe Theory

Weekly podcast without liberal pieties, for people who like fun. Critical Babe Theory is hosted by Francesca Root-Dodson and features conversations with all the most interesting people talking about every important thing: politics, culture and the heart of the heart of America.Access full episodes & support the show at patreon.com/CriticalBabeTheory

Critical Babe Theory is a news podcast hosted by Francesca Root-Dodson, with 73 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Francesca Root-Dodson hosts Critical Babe Theory, a news show with 73 episodes published.

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  Episode #73

  How Liberation Theology Can Fix The American Left [First Half]

  Sep 29, 202645 min

  Writer and cradle Catholic Jack Hanson (author of the Harper's cover story "Holy War" and the newsletter “Phantom Heresy” ) joins host Francesca Root-Dodson to break down liberation theology: a "preferential option for the poor" built on the idea that God is most present among the marginalized, the church should stand in solidarity with common workers (rather than the elites), and that faith and justice aren't separate projects—they’re one and the same. Also discussed: Jack explains why the American left needs to stop treating pro-life belief as a punchline, how Archbishop Romero was gunned down mid-Mass for putting liberation theology into practice, why woke politics became a scapegoat for the Democrats' deeper failures, and how Catholic labor movements prove that religion and radical politics were never mutually exclusive. Jack’s talk Magnifica: Pope Leo and the Church in the 21st Century with Matthew Clemente at the Sheen Center September 30th at 7pm The first half of every episode of CBT is free wherever you get your podcasts. If you'd like to become a subscriber and hear the second half, please go to www.patreon.com/criticalbabetheory. Thank you for your support xo #LiberationTheology #Catholicism #AmericanLeft #WokePolitics #Democrats #FaithAndPolitics #HarpersMagazine #CriticalBabyTheory #PoliticalPodcast #JDVance #Trump

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  Episode #72

  Hot Girl Environmentalism, Explained [First Half]

  Sep 22, 202642 min

  Artist and self-described peace influencer Lucia Ribisi (@lucia4peace) joins host Francesca Root-Dodson to break down her philosophy of hot girl environmentalism—an eco-bimbo manifesto built on the idea that sustainability, empathy and passion for the planet are hot, that dreams do come true, pleasure is primary, and that peace is possible (if you're willing to fight for it). Also discussed: Lucia tells us how to embrace the sensual side of nature, why she thinks the "personal carbon footprint" is a guilt trip invented by Big Oil, that Greta Thunberg can't be the only face of climate activism, and how icons like Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton prove that glamour and activism aren't mutually exclusive. The first half of every episode of CBT is free wherever you get your podcasts. If you'd like to become a subscriber and hear the second half, please go to www.patreon.com/criticalbabetheory. Thank you for your support xo

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  Episode #71

  How Billionaire Wealth Redefined Moderate Democrats [First Half]

  Sep 15, 202640 min

  On this episode of Critical Baby Theory, host Francesca Root-Dodson sits down with childhood friend Anna Durrett, a New York City-based communications consultant, to unpack how billionaire wealth has quietly redefined what it means to be a "moderate" Democrat—particularly in the hothouse of San Francisco tech politics. Also discussed: tracing San Francisco's arc from pandemic-era "progressive nihilism" to a billionaire-funded surveillance state, the sinking Millennium Tower as a symbol of zoning compromise gone wrong, the death of the middle-class creative life, why leaning on philanthropy instead of taxation might be the most dangerous political bet of all, growing up in San Francisco, terminal diagnoses, drug addiction in the Tenderloin, and why Francesca thinks billionaires should be a lot more frightened of history than they currently are. Discussed: “How San Francisco Became a Failed City” by Nellie Bowles in The Atlantic “The Billionaire Who Wired San Francisco” by Lauren Smiley in New York Magazine “The Strange Emptiness of the Crowded Governor’s Race in California” by Nathan Heller in The New Yorker The first half of every episode of CBT is free wherever you get your podcasts. If you'd like to become a subscriber and hear the second half, please go to www.patreon.com/criticalbabetheory . Thank you for your support xo

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  Episode #70

  The Youth Shall Inherit the Earth [First Half]

  Sep 8, 202637 min

  The first half of my conversation with Adam de Picot—founder of the international youth advocacy and policy making group MESA—about the brave new world we’re entering, and how the 1.2 billion young people on the planet can shape it. Also discussed: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, proud globalism, the eating practices of the Maasai Mara, soft alphas, being a part-time apiarist, the Cockroach Revolution, “we have never elected so many autocratic leaders by democratic means,” peace & security vs free & democratic elections, lest we not forget the U.S. doesn’t follow international law, the moral responsibilities of postcolonial powers, exclusive economic zones and how they’re the real prize, the tragedy of USAID cuts, globalization is economists’ wet dream, the 4B movement in South Korea, condoms for Hamas, what happens if the dollar is no longer the global reserve currency, Francesca explains the art of the knuckleball, (of course) climate change, and the hard hitting question: why should Americans care about the world? The MESA Institute for Global Impact 4B Movement The first half of every episode of CBT is free wherever you get your podcasts. If you'd like to become a subscriber and hear the second half, please go to www.patreon.com/criticalbabetheory. Thank you for your support xo

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  Episode #69

  The D.S.A. Ascendant [First Half]

  Sep 1, 202641 min

  Justin Charles—former member of the national board of the Democratic Socialists of America—comes on the show to discuss the recent congressional victory in New York City and what it means for the future of the left. Also discussed: white people crying after the 2016 Trump win, why socialism is still a scary word, Sarah Palin is the only woman who could ever have become President, Obama governed in “limp dick prose,” what a society looks like when we prioritize shareholder value over all else, Cuba is not the mastermind of left-wing terrorism, Mamdani is the guy in real life that he is on TV, street meat shame, “be harsh with systems be gentle with people,” date-inflation, single mom economies, the Dems are committed to bad pantsuits, Francesca becomes educated about Martha’s Vineyard, the White Devil Theory, the market=mammon, and the question underneath it all: do we really need the rich? The first half of every episode of CBT is free wherever you get your podcasts. If you'd like to become a subscriber and hear the second half, please go to www.patreon.com/criticalbabetheory. Thank you for your support xo

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