Nostalgia Trap

David Parsons

parsonsdlp@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This is an interview-led show focused on American history, politics, and pop culture, with external conversations featuring academics and political commentators such as Justin Rogers-Cooper. Agencies could credibly pitch historians, political scholars, writers, and commentators with substantive perspectives on U.S. politics, political economy, or culture; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 556

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.3k subscribers

Contact Information

parsonsdlp@gmail.com

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Host

David Parsons - History professor and writer covering American history, politics, and pop culture.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Academic, historian, political commentator, or writer with demonstrated expertise in American politics, political economy, history, or culture.
Required Achievements:  
Substantive political, historical, or cultural analysis

Recent Guest Discussions

Justin Rogers-Cooper - The Future Of The Democratic Party, American Politics After The Trump Era, Artificial Intelligence, Capitalism, Planetary Limits, And Contemporary Political Rhetoric.

Justin Rogers-Cooper - Financial Gamesmanship In The Artificial Intelligence Industry, Planetary Limits, Capitalism, And The Decline Of The Teslatakedown Movement.

Justin Rogers-Cooper - Political Rhetoric And Broader Patterns In The News Surrounding The Iran War.

Recent Topics

American History, Politics, Pop Culture, Political Economy, Capitalism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Nostalgia Trap
:

New Trap 6.26.26 - Thread the Needle w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

June 26, 2026

This is a preview clip from a subscribers-only episode. Click here to hear the whole episode with a FREE 7-Day trial subscription. As a wave of Mamdani-supported COMMUNISTS win power in New York, Justin and I ask the question that's on everyone's minds: is this the future of the Democratic Party? And more importantly, what will American politics look like in the wake of the Trump era?  

News Trap 6.12.26 - Only the Orcas Can Save Us Now w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

June 12, 2026

This is a free preview of a subscribers only episode.  CLICK HERE to hear the full episode with FREE 7-day trial. With news that Elon Musk in the world's first trillionaire after the historic SpaceX IPO, Justin joins me to discuss the financial gamesmanship at work in the AI industry, the planetary limits of this particular phase of capitalism, and the reasons why the #TeslaTakedown moment is long in the past.

News Trap 5.29.26 - This Time It's Different, Charlie Brown w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

May 29, 2026

This is a free preview of a subscribers-only episode. Click here to listen to the whole thing with a free 7 day trial. Since the Iran war began many weeks ago, it feels like we're living in some kind of surreal rhetorical purgatory. Surveying the wider news landscape, though, a wider pattern emerges, and a "Charlie Brown" analogy reveals something a bit darker hidden in our collective basement.  

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