Current Affairs

539 Episodes

1. The Dark Side of Fashion (w/ Alyssa Hardy)

   Published: 2/12/2024
2. How To Make Schools That Children Actually Enjoy Going To (w/ Lauren Fadiman)

   Published: 2/9/2024
3. How Rupert Murdoch Killed The Only Good Social Media Platform (w/ Michael Tedder)

   Published: 2/7/2024
4. How Labor Can Drive a Hard Bargain (w/ Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor)

   Published: 2/5/2024
5. Learning From Neglected Novels By 1900s Radicals (w/ the Rickard Sisters)

   Published: 2/2/2024
6. Why Minimalism? (w/ Kyle Chayka)

   Published: 1/31/2024
7. Is U.S. Democracy Just Going To Be Dysfunctional Forever? (w/ Benjamin Studebaker)

   Published: 1/29/2024
8. What Happens to the Disappointed When Social Movements Fail? (w/ Sara Marcus)

   Published: 1/26/2024
9. The Disaster of Privatizing Everything (w/ Donald Cohen)

   Published: 1/24/2024
10. The Process of Leaving Jordan Peterson Behind (w/ Benjamin Howard)

    Published: 1/22/2024
11. How The Super-Rich Really Live (w/ Michael Mechanic)

    Published: 1/19/2024
12. How to Explain Socialism To People Who Aren't Socialists (w/ Danny Katch)

    Published: 1/17/2024
13. Exposing the Spurious Anti-Semitism Accusations That Helped Bring Down Corbyn (w/ Asa Winstanley)

    Published: 1/15/2024
14. Dreaming of a World Without Wells Fargo (w/ Terri Friedline)

    Published: 1/12/2024
15. How "Influencing" Became an Industry (w/ Emily Hund)

    Published: 1/10/2024
16. Why Americans Don't See Or Talk About Their Wars (w/ Norman Solomon)

    Published: 1/8/2024
17. What "Economic Freedom" Would Look Like (w/ Mark Paul)

    Published: 1/5/2024
18. Can The Love of Menswear Be Justified? (w/ Sam Miller McDonald)

    Published: 1/3/2024
19. On Musical Plagiarism: The Case of Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye

    Published: 12/20/2023
20. How Socialists Took Over The Cities (w/ Shelton Stromquist)

    Published: 12/18/2023