
Episode #2
Change or Die
<p>Three horror films. One question: What happens when the world hands you a choice—change or die? Dr. Hoshaw examines Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, I Saw the TV Glow, and Slanted through the psychoanalytic...


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Hosted by Rev. Dr. Tony Hoshaw · society · EN
It’s about the ew in the new. Ew, people. Yes, the new can shock, disgust, and scare us. The new, or change, can be ugly. It can also be thrilling. So, what is it? Why do we (not) want it? How do we become new people? How do we accept the new in our lives, and how do we make new things happen in our lives?Through solo commentary on new and shocking ideas in books, music, art, and film—and interviews with aspiring new, people—Tony explores how change feels to us and all the things we can do with the new.Visit www.newthoughtspodcast.com for more new thoughts.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIt’s about the ew in the new. Ew, people. Yes, the new can shock, disgust, and scare us. The new, or change, can be ugly. It can also be thrilling. So, what is it? Why do we (not) want it? How do we become new people?
The NEW Thoughts Podcast is hosted by Rev. Dr. Tony Hoshaw. The show has published 10 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Change or Die" (14 May 2026, 74 minutes), "Change: The People Call It Ragtime" (14 April 2026, 58 minutes), and "Animal Changes" (13 December 2025, 67 minutes).
The NEW Thoughts Podcast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 10 episodes.
Booking probability for The NEW Thoughts Podcast is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The NEW Thoughts Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The NEW Thoughts Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.
Rev. Dr. Tony Hoshaw hosts The NEW Thoughts Podcast, a society podcast with 10 episodes published.
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Episode #2
<p>Three horror films. One question: What happens when the world hands you a choice—change or die? Dr. Hoshaw examines Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, I Saw the TV Glow, and Slanted through the psychoanalytic...

Episode #1
<p >What do artificial intelligence, Trans* rights, and monogamy have in common? In the first episode of Season 2, Tony argues that they are all conversations about the relationships we want—to technology, to our...

Episode #7
<p>Host Tony Hoshaw opens with a viral Donald Trump claim about immigrants eating pets and uses it to explore how we dehumanize people by turning them into "animals."</p> <p>He traces his own journey from a hunting...

Episode #7
<p>Host Tony Hoshaw opens with a viral Donald Trump claim about immigrants eating pets and uses it to explore how we dehumanize people by turning them into "animals."</p> <p>He traces his own journey from a hunting...

Episode #6
<p>In this episode, Tony explores how puberty and social media intersect, comparing Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation and Matt Richtel's How We Grow Up, and closing with Adam Aleksic’s Algospeak. He examines how...

Episode #5
<p>In this episode, Tony examines recent Supreme Court decisions, North Carolina legislation, and Andrew Sullivan's op-ed for the New York Times to explain how legal and cultural forces are shaping public views of...

Episode #4
<p>The summer has been full for Tony and his family, including weeks of theater camps and travel to Seattle, Alaska, and New York to enjoy musicals like Six and Death Becomes Her! </p> <p>Tony is working on two new...

Episode #3
<p>What is our relationship to sexual pleasure? How do we communicate it in subtle and explicit ways to our kids? What needs to change about our relationship to sexual pleasure?</p> <p>Kids are being exposed...

Episode #2
<p>Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) of *Legally Blonde* teaches us that small changes can have a big impact. When her boyfriend, Warner, dumps Elle because he thinks she's not serious, Elle makes a small change to her...

Episode #1
<p>Change happens. </p> <p>Change--good or bad--happens to us. We are all vulnerable to the forces of change. </p> <p>When change happens to us, it changes how we think about our lives. Change can scare us, trapping us...

The NEW Thoughts Podcast
<p>Welcome to the New Thoughts Podcast! </p> <p>It's about the ew in the new. It's about how change shocks and thrills us. </p> <p>Join your host, Rev. Dr. Tony Hoshaw, Ph.D., as he risks conversations about how we do...
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Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley
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