Current Affairs

614 Episodes

1. Why We Should Reclaim Thomas Paine and FDR (w/ Harvey Kaye)

   Published: 1/13/2022
2. Why Is the Pursuit of Money Such an American Obsession? (w/ Lewis Lapham)

   Published: 1/13/2022
3. Why All The Anti-Trans Arguments Are Ignorant Nonsense (w/ Julia Serano)

   Published: 1/5/2022
4. When YIMBYs Attack: Democratic Socialist Dean Preston on the San Francisco Housing Crisis

   Published: 1/5/2022
5. Why Don't We Have Constitutional Rights Anymore? (w/ Aziz Huq)

   Published: 1/5/2022
6. What Is "Systemic Racism" and How Pervasive Is It?

   Published: 12/14/2021
7. Does the Right to Counsel Actually Exist In the U.S.?

   Published: 12/14/2021
8. Abortion in America, Part II: Diana Greene Foster on "The Turnaway Study"

   Published: 12/13/2021
9. Abortion in America: Carole Joffe on the "Obstacle Course" to Get Necessary Medical Care

   Published: 12/13/2021
10. How Did the Bloating Military Become a Cancer on the US? (w/ Andrew Cockburn)

    Published: 12/9/2021
11. Why Are Millennials So Into Astrology?

    Published: 12/9/2021
12. What Does Moral Philosophy Tell Us About Our Obligation To Stop Climate Change?

    Published: 12/9/2021
13. American Machiavellian: The Rise and Fall of Andrew Cuomo

    Published: 12/9/2021
14. Why Isn't the U.S. Trying To End the Pandemic? (w/ Lily Sánchez)

    Published: 12/9/2021
15. Is Christopher Hitchens' Life A Cautionary Tale For The Left?

    Published: 12/9/2021
16. How Do You Actually Convince a Climate Denier, Vaccine Skeptic, or Flat Earther? (w/ Lee McIntyre)

    Published: 12/9/2021
17. Why Does the Right Dominate Talk Radio? (w/ Thom Hartmann)

    Published: 12/9/2021
18. How Do The Rich Profit From Racism? From Charter Schools to Private Detention

    Published: 12/9/2021
19. Kshama Sawant on How Socialists Can Win Victories In Cities

    Published: 12/9/2021
20. Jeremy Lent on How To Find Meaningful Altenatives To Neoliberal Philosophy

    Published: 12/9/2021