Current Affairs
A podcast by Current Affairs
572 Episodes
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Why Do We Have Any Poverty In America When It's Such a Solvable Problem? (w/ Matt Desmond)
Published: 3/15/2024 -
Mini-Cast: Ending Period Poverty Through the "Menstrual Equity for All" Act (w/ Grace Meng)
Published: 3/13/2024 -
There Is No Alternative to Ending Fossil Fuel Use (w/ Lorne Stockman)
Published: 3/11/2024 -
Why "Climate Optimism" Is Irrational and What Global Climate Justice Requires (w/ Jag Bhalla)
Published: 3/8/2024 -
Is Being "Moderate" Actually How Democrats Win? (w/ Alex Bronzini-Vender)
Published: 3/6/2024 -
The Many Layers of Injustice in American Criminal Punishment (w/ Stephen Bright & James Kwak)
Published: 3/4/2024 -
Can The Concept of "Philanthropy" Be Saved? (w/ Amy Schiller)
Published: 2/28/2024 -
What Would It Take To Have a Democracy? (w/ Thom Hartmann)
Published: 2/26/2024 -
How Did the Idea of Being "Self-Made" Come About? (w/ Tara Isabella Burton)
Published: 2/23/2024 -
Our Plan to Make It Actually Enjoyable to Read The News
Published: 2/21/2024 -
The Role of Drugs in American Life (w/ Benjamin Fong)
Published: 2/19/2024 -
The History of Arab-Jews Can Change Our Understanding of The World (w/ Avi Shlaim)
Published: 2/16/2024 -
A HEATED Encounter with Chris Rufo: Critical Race Theory, The Left, and American History
Published: 2/14/2024 -
The Dark Side of Fashion (w/ Alyssa Hardy)
Published: 2/12/2024 -
How To Make Schools That Children Actually Enjoy Going To (w/ Lauren Fadiman)
Published: 2/9/2024 -
How Rupert Murdoch Killed The Only Good Social Media Platform (w/ Michael Tedder)
Published: 2/7/2024 -
How Labor Can Drive a Hard Bargain (w/ Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor)
Published: 2/5/2024 -
Learning From Neglected Novels By 1900s Radicals (w/ the Rickard Sisters)
Published: 2/2/2024 -
Why Minimalism? (w/ Kyle Chayka)
Published: 1/31/2024 -
Is U.S. Democracy Just Going To Be Dysfunctional Forever? (w/ Benjamin Studebaker)
Published: 1/29/2024
A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.
