Current Affairs

539 Episodes

1. How Big Pharma Makes a Killing From Letting People Die (w/ Nick Dearden)

   Published: 4/1/2024
2. What Makes For a "Strong Town"? (w/ Allison Lirish Dean)

   Published: 3/29/2024
3. How White Supremacist Ideology Made Its Way Into Music Theory (w/ Philip Ewell)

   Published: 3/27/2024
4. Gary Younge's 30-Year Panorama of the African Diaspora

   Published: 3/25/2024
5. Why The Cop City Indictment Threatens Everyone's Freedom (w/ Christopher Bruce)

   Published: 3/22/2024
6. Why We Need Utopias (w/ Kristen Ghodsee)

   Published: 3/20/2024
7. ZINNOPHOBIA - Why So Many Still Fear "A People's History of the United States" (w/ David Detmer)

   Published: 3/19/2024
8. Why Do We Have Any Poverty In America When It's Such a Solvable Problem? (w/ Matt Desmond)

   Published: 3/15/2024
9. Mini-Cast: Ending Period Poverty Through the "Menstrual Equity for All" Act (w/ Grace Meng)

   Published: 3/13/2024
10. There Is No Alternative to Ending Fossil Fuel Use (w/ Lorne Stockman)

    Published: 3/11/2024
11. Why "Climate Optimism" Is Irrational and What Global Climate Justice Requires (w/ Jag Bhalla)

    Published: 3/8/2024
12. Is Being "Moderate" Actually How Democrats Win? (w/ Alex Bronzini-Vender)

    Published: 3/6/2024
13. The Many Layers of Injustice in American Criminal Punishment (w/ Stephen Bright & James Kwak)

    Published: 3/4/2024
14. Can The Concept of "Philanthropy" Be Saved? (w/ Amy Schiller)

    Published: 2/28/2024
15. What Would It Take To Have a Democracy? (w/ Thom Hartmann)

    Published: 2/26/2024
16. How Did the Idea of Being "Self-Made" Come About? (w/ Tara Isabella Burton)

    Published: 2/23/2024
17. Our Plan to Make It Actually Enjoyable to Read The News

    Published: 2/21/2024
18. The Role of Drugs in American Life (w/ Benjamin Fong)

    Published: 2/19/2024
19. The History of Arab-Jews Can Change Our Understanding of The World (w/ Avi Shlaim)

    Published: 2/16/2024
20. A HEATED Encounter with Chris Rufo: Critical Race Theory, The Left, and American History

    Published: 2/14/2024