Current Affairs

581 Episodes

1. Why Wars Happen (w/ Michael Mann)

   Published: 5/04/2024
2. A McKinsey Whistleblower on Life Inside The Secretive Consulting Firm

   Published: 3/04/2024
3. How Big Pharma Makes a Killing From Letting People Die (w/ Nick Dearden)

   Published: 1/04/2024
4. What Makes For a "Strong Town"? (w/ Allison Lirish Dean)

   Published: 29/03/2024
5. How White Supremacist Ideology Made Its Way Into Music Theory (w/ Philip Ewell)

   Published: 27/03/2024
6. Gary Younge's 30-Year Panorama of the African Diaspora

   Published: 25/03/2024
7. Why The Cop City Indictment Threatens Everyone's Freedom (w/ Christopher Bruce)

   Published: 22/03/2024
8. Why We Need Utopias (w/ Kristen Ghodsee)

   Published: 20/03/2024
9. ZINNOPHOBIA - Why So Many Still Fear "A People's History of the United States" (w/ David Detmer)

   Published: 19/03/2024
10. Why Do We Have Any Poverty In America When It's Such a Solvable Problem? (w/ Matt Desmond)

    Published: 15/03/2024
11. Mini-Cast: Ending Period Poverty Through the "Menstrual Equity for All" Act (w/ Grace Meng)

    Published: 13/03/2024
12. There Is No Alternative to Ending Fossil Fuel Use (w/ Lorne Stockman)

    Published: 11/03/2024
13. Why "Climate Optimism" Is Irrational and What Global Climate Justice Requires (w/ Jag Bhalla)

    Published: 8/03/2024
14. Is Being "Moderate" Actually How Democrats Win? (w/ Alex Bronzini-Vender)

    Published: 6/03/2024
15. The Many Layers of Injustice in American Criminal Punishment (w/ Stephen Bright & James Kwak)

    Published: 4/03/2024
16. Can The Concept of "Philanthropy" Be Saved? (w/ Amy Schiller)

    Published: 28/02/2024
17. What Would It Take To Have a Democracy? (w/ Thom Hartmann)

    Published: 26/02/2024
18. How Did the Idea of Being "Self-Made" Come About? (w/ Tara Isabella Burton)

    Published: 23/02/2024
19. Our Plan to Make It Actually Enjoyable to Read The News

    Published: 21/02/2024
20. The Role of Drugs in American Life (w/ Benjamin Fong)

    Published: 19/02/2024