They debate whether progressives have actually moved on from the excesses of the pandemic era, whether the DSA's economic agenda is any more workable, and why affordability has become such a potent message on the left. They discuss President Donald Trump's latest attempt to end birthright citizenship and what the Jason Arday plagiarism scandal at Cambridge University says about academia's lingering ideological problems. Finally, a listener asks whether enormous CEO pay packages and widespread layoffs undermine the case for capitalism. Tuccille"The 'Affordability' Agenda That Taxes Your Dinner," by C. Jarrett Dieterle"Can You Imagine a Future Where Adults Don't Believe in Socialism?" by Steven Greenhut"Socialist Moment," by Peter Suderman"Abdul El-Sayed Says He's Not a Socialist.