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Sagnik surfs in the soup of culture. Join him. Weekly monologues and interviews untangling the chaos on your feed.

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November 7, 202648 min

Midterms Reaction: What comes after MAGA? | with Jesse Arm, Manhattan Institute | The Sagnik Show

0:00 Intro 1:50 Why Voters Rejected MAGA 5:30 Republican infighting: Iran? Corruption? Tariffs? 12:31 What's next: Centrism? Radicalism? 22:34 Sober policy with a populist vibe 24:19 Can Nick Fuentes or Hasan win? 25:40 The future for Democrats 30:10 The future for Republicans 35:48 How MAGA cracked 40:55 Social conservatism and the case for normalcy Jesse Arm is an American political strategist, pollster, writer, and Vice President of External Affairs at the Manhattan Institute, where he oversees communications, government relations, and public-opinion research. Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.

November 2, 202651 min

Why Rich Kids Love Socialism | with Dr. Rob Henderson, The Sagnik Show

0:00 Intro 0:25 Normalize shoplifting? 6:05 Defund the police is an elite idea 10:00 Luxury Beliefs, explained 13:25 Why the rich love absurd ideas 15:27 Old Money vs New Money 17:20 What is cultural capital? 20:16 Is meritocracy fake? 23:52 Education vs Income: What matters more? 29:40 Class struggles are not about rich vs poor 32:47 Zohran Mamdani and socialist hypocrisy 39:50 Why rich college kids fall for socialism 44:11 Guilt and resentment of nepo babies 47:09 Status anxiety for cosmopolitan elites Dr. Rob and I chat about what's driving urban elites -- their culture, their resentment, and their newfound interest in turning America into the Soviet Union. Rob Henderson is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He is the best-selling author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. He writes about human nature, psychology, social class, culture, political and social divisions, and more. Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.

October 26, 202637 min

EMILY JASHINSKY: How Hookup Culture Ruined A Generation | The Sagnik Show

Emily Jashinsky and I chat about the backlash to Cornell 7 and how feminism burnt a generation of women. Emily Jashinsky is a columnist, the host of After Party, and a co-host of Breaking Points. 0:00 Intro 0:15 Who sold hookup culture? 2:34 Did the sexual revolution fail women? 7:57 Cornell 7, Title IX, male backlash 13:36 Channel update! 14:41 Gender wars 18:20 Pay gap myth 19:30 Double standard in Cornell? 21:50 Selective empathy 24:10 Feminism failed Jan Doe 26:35 The war against boys 31:11 Cornell bans frat life 34:19 Women burnt by feminism Follow me on socials: Instagram instagram.com/thesagnikbasu Tiktok tiktok.com/@thesagnikbasu Twitter twitter.com/_sagnikbasu Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.

October 20, 2025Episode 511 hr 10 min

Why Progressives Need Oppressors: The Psychology Behind Zohran’s Politics w/ Anthony Rispo | The Sagnik Show

0:00 Intro 0:53 The young male crisis 4:46 Identity fusion: The individual fuses with their cause 7:20 Cultural Marxism: Oppressor vs Oppressed 12:15 Leaving the Left 20:26 Progressivism as a gay guy 25:31 Trump derangement syndrome 28:38 Moment of clarity 31:51 Vibe Shift 37:27 Gender Wars 41:13 Toxic Empathy and Zohran Mamdani 49:03 Progressive Bigot Binary 50:50 Liberals or Conservatives: Who is more empathetic? 56:10 How Leftists justify violence 1:00:23 Walking away from progressivism Anthony Rispo is a writer and independent researcher with a degree in psychology from Columbia University, where he specialized in social cognition and sociopolitical behavior. His academic work has explored narrative, perspective-taking, and autism, and he founded Columbia’s Heterodox Academy Campus Community to promote open inquiry and viewpoint diversity. Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.

September 28, 2025Episode 501 hr 12 min

The Collapse of Old Politics w/ Bradley Devlin of Daily Signal

0:00 Intro 0:52 Who gets to define the conservative agenda? 9:53 Has the GOP abandoned pro-life politics? 16:55 Social conservatism in a secular America 21:51 The young male economic crisis 29:34 The men who are giving up 32:00 The black-pilled new Right 36:00 The young Right's issue with Israel 47:40 What defines MAGA 55:57 Romancizing the manufacturing era 1:05:28 The price of social conservatism in a bad economy Bradley Devlin is the politics editor at Daily Signal and a contributing editor at The American Conservative. He and I sat down to breakdown the state of the New Right. Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.

September 16, 2025Episode 491 hr 31 min

How Wokeness Fueled the Populist Revolt w/ Emily Jashinsky | The Sagnik Show

0:00 Intro 0:39 What is the glue of America First 5:50 How Trump forced the GOP to drop abortion 9:41 ‘Woke’ is not over 15:18 Zohran Mamdani’s vibe shift 17:49 The collapse of moral relativism 19:13 What comes after the Neo-Liberal era 22:24 Dissecting Populism: Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, Gamer Gate 27:02 The revolt against third-wave feminism 31:04 The war against boys 33:31 The propaganda of progressive education 39:14 Liberal women want a blue-collar liberal guy? 44:30 Is the American dream no longer affordable? 52:33 Why is Gen-Z shrinking away from ‘living life’ 57:00 The ‘empowerment’ lie sold to millennial women 59:18 New Media Woke or anti-establishment? 1:02:40 The Liberal blind spot on anti-establishment sentiment 1:11:09 The rise of Zohran Mamdani in the attention economy 1:14:12 The populist ascent of Zohran Mamdani 1:19:02 The hypocrisy behind Zohran’s struggle cosplay 1:22:38 Taylor Swift: Startup marriage vs Merger marriage 1:25:57 How technology changed gender dynamics 1:28:46 Taylor Swift’s woke millennial misery Emily Jashinsky, host of After Party, Undercurrents, and Breaking Points, joined me to break down the rise of populist backlash as a reaction to the progressive stronghold over American culture. Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.

September 8, 2025Episode 4857 min

He Fled SOCIALIST Venezuela. Now He Is Warning About Zohran Mamadani (w/ Daniel Di Martino) | The Sagnik Show

0:00 Intro 0:23 Escaping communist Venezuela 7:13 Moving to America 10:22 Zohran Mamdani's socialism 11:39 'Man of the people' 15:15 Is protesting patriotic? 18:00 Flagburning 20:31 Is Socialism the future of Dems 23:00 Protectionism, Socialism, and Nativism 28:10 The woes of Gen Z 29:50 America, immigration, assimilation 34:54 Illegal immigration and deportations 39:14 Javier Milei and transforming South America 41:03 Are the kids being taught to hate America? 43:44 Toxic Empathy 46:38 The legal immigration chaos 49:56 Daniel's American dream 52:22 Is the American dream still alive? Daniel Di Martino is a Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a PhD candidate in Economics at Columbia University. His work centers on immigration—how people are selected, how they assimilate, and the role of highly skilled migrants. Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.

September 2, 2025Episode 471 hr 6 min

The MAGA Fight Over Immigration - Student Visas, ICE Arrests, Deportations (with Elaad Eliahu, TimCast) | The Sagnik Show

0:00 INTRO 0:57 Trump's deportation promise 4:20 Leftist reporters at immigration hearings 6:50 CONTROVERSY: Should ICE Agents Wear Masks? 13:22 Legal Immigration, H-1B Visas, Vivek Ramaswamy 20:24 600,000 Chinese Students in US universities? 25:30 Nativism in the New Right 28:46 Assimilation for new immigrants 34:20 Zohram Mamdani's cultural Marxism 37:10 How MAGA united under Trump 39:20 Social Conservatism, LGBTQ in MAGA, Abortion 43:33 Tech Right, Elon Musk, MAGA grift 47:00 How Trump abandoned the Pro-Life movement 49:01 No more gatekeepers in news? 53:15 Money doesn't matter in politics anymore? 54:34 Why Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of NYC 59:00 Growing anti-Israel sentiment within the Right Elaad Eliahu is the White House Correspondent for TIMCAST IRL. We sat down to discuss mass deportations, MAGA civil war on immigration, and the growing nativism among the New Right. #immigration #visa #politics #maga #trump Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.

August 6, 2025Episode 4646 min

The Charming RADICALISM Of Zohran Mamdani w/ Olivia Reingold of The Free Press | The Sagnik Show

0:00 Intro 0:55 Will Zohran 'Defund The Police'? 5:39 Why the boomers do not 'get' Zohran 9:21 The sympathy for Luigi Mangione 13:18 Establishment Democrats vs Populist Progressives 15:19 Horseshoe Theory 18:20 How the Right and the Left tackle America's populist angst 19:40 Similarity between Zohran, Bernie, and Trump 22:26 How should New York Jews feel about Zohran 26:48 Why are the New Right and the New Left anti-Israel 29:10 American Dream, economic anxiety, and predictable progress 32:39 The cultural vibes of Zohran and the progressive Left 37:46 Is Zohran playing it safe? 41:11 Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa 44:37 Will Zohran run NYC? Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press. She spent the last few months covering Zohran Mamdani and his rise to run New York City. Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.

August 2, 2025Episode 4557 min

ZOHRAN MAMDANI Hated Cops, Now He Will Run NYC w/ Robby Soave | The Sagnik Show

Will Zohran Mamdani's anti-cop past derail his rise to run New York City? 0:00 Intro 0:28 Zohran might become NYC's Mayor 6:24 What the boomers do not understand about populism 11:18 Have older Americans rigged the system? 13:05 Economic populism on the Right and Left 15:38 Immigration vs Native-Employment 19:15 The failure of rent control 23:00 Zohran Mamdani's sugarcoated progressivism 25:52 The Far Right fallout from the Jubille debate 29:25 Israel vs Palestine and the Horseshoe Theory 38:04 Stephen Colbert's cope after getting cancelled 41:59 Robby is engaged! Social Conservatism, LGBTQ, State Rights 45:35 Donald Trump and the fate of MAGA 50:00 Are podcast bros regretting the Trump endorsements? 52:28 Did Trump betray MAGA on Epstein? Robby Soave hosts the Rising on The Hill and is a senior editor at Reason TV. Welcome to The Sagnik Show, the show where I surf in the soup of culture. We will untangle the chaos in the culture with monologues and interviews.