Current Affairs

572 Episodes

1. Why The Luddites Were Right (w/ Brian Merchant)

   Published: 4/29/2024
2. Why Students Are Rising Up for Gaza

   Published: 4/26/2024
3. The Meaning of "Security" (w/ Astra Taylor)

   Published: 4/26/2024
4. A Philosopher Explains Why It's Rational To Be Angry (w/ Myisha Cherry)

   Published: 4/24/2024
5. How is Capitalism Like a Bad Relationship? (w/ Malaika Jabali)

   Published: 4/22/2024
6. How to Spot Corporate Bullshit (w/ Nick Hanauer)

   Published: 4/19/2024
7. Your Money or Your Life: A Physician on the Miseries of Medical Debt

   Published: 4/17/2024
8. How Four Billionaires Are Creating A Horrible Future For All of Us (w/ Jonathan Taplin)

   Published: 4/15/2024
9. The Rise and Fall of Crypto Lunacy (w/ Zeke Faux)

   Published: 4/12/2024
10. How The Occupation Shapes Everything (w/ Nathan Thrall)

    Published: 4/10/2024
11. The Current Israel-Palestine Crisis Was Entirely Avoidable (w/ Jerome Slater)

    Published: 4/8/2024
12. Why Wars Happen (w/ Michael Mann)

    Published: 4/5/2024
13. A McKinsey Whistleblower on Life Inside The Secretive Consulting Firm

    Published: 4/3/2024
14. How Big Pharma Makes a Killing From Letting People Die (w/ Nick Dearden)

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 3/19/2024