Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy Animal Liberation Is A Crucial Moral Issue For Our Time (w/ Lewis Bollard)
Episode 307
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Lewis Bollard directs the farm animal welfare program at Open Philanthropy, and writes the orga…
1 year, 9 months ago
How The Gains of 20th Century Feminism Are Under Threat (w/ Josie Cox)
Episode 306
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Journalist Josie Cox is the author of the new book Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Econ…
1 year, 9 months ago
Inside The Chaos at Elon Musk's Twitter (uh, "X")
Episode 305
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs ! Zoë Schiffer is the author of the new book "Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter," w…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Infamous, Blood-Soaked Legacy of Henry Kissinger (w/ Jonah Walters)
Episode 304
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The day Henry Kissinger died, Jacobin magazine released a book, which they had completed years …
1 year, 9 months ago
What The Labor Movement Can Do For You (w/ Hamilton Nolan)
Episode 303
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Hamilton Nolan is a leading labor journalist whose new book The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and …
1 year, 9 months ago
A Leading Philosopher Makes The Case for Degrowth (w/ Kohei Saito)
Episode 302
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Marxist philosophers do not often write bestsellers, but as the New York Times wrote in a profi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Understanding the Genocide Case Against Israel (w/ Jeremy Scahill)
Episode 301
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Originally aired January 29, 2024
There is an ongoing case in the International Court of Justice…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Case for Limiting Wealth (w/ Ingrid Robeyns)
Episode 300
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Ingrid Robeyns is a professor at Utrecht University, where she specializes in political philoso…
1 year, 10 months ago
How the "Squad" Discovered the Reality of Power in D.C. (w/ Ryan Grim)
Episode 299
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Ryan Grim is the Intercept's D.C. bureau chief and the author of The Squad: AOC and the Hope of…
1 year, 10 months ago
What Can the U.S. Learn From Canadian Politics? (w/ Ed Broadbent)
Episode 298
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Ed Broadbent was perhaps the best-known democratic socialist in Canada. He served for 14 years …
1 year, 10 months ago