Current Affairs

564 Episodes

1. How Did the Idea of Being "Self-Made" Come About? (w/ Tara Isabella Burton)

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

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

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

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

   Published: 2/14/2024
6. The Dark Side of Fashion (w/ Alyssa Hardy)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 1/10/2024