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Back to SearchWhy "Climate Optimism" Is Irrational and What Global Climate Justice Requires (w/ Jag Bhalla)
Episode 267
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Jag Bhalla is a contributor to Current Affairs who has also written for Scientific American and…
2 years ago
Is Being "Moderate" Actually How Democrats Win? (w/ Alex Bronzini-Vender)
Episode 266
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Alex Bronzini-Vender has contributed several articles to Current Affairs, about progressive pol…
2 years ago
The Many Layers of Injustice in American Criminal Punishment (w/ Stephen Bright & James Kwak)
Episode 265
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Today we are joined by Stephen Bright and James Kwak to discuss their new book The Fear of Too …
2 years ago
Can The Concept of "Philanthropy" Be Saved? (w/ Amy Schiller)
Episode 264
Philanthropy is a problem. Lots of contemporary philanthropy is either useless (Rich people funding new buildings for Harvard) or shouldn't have to h…
2 years ago
What Would It Take To Have a Democracy? (w/ Thom Hartmann)
Episode 263
Thom Hartmann is America's #1 progressive radio host and the author of the "Hidden History" series of books. His latest, The Hidden History of Americ…
2 years ago
How Did the Idea of Being "Self-Made" Come About? (w/ Tara Isabella Burton)
Episode 262
Tara Isabella Burton is a novelist and the author of the new nonfiction book Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians, a h…
2 years ago
Our Plan to Make It Actually Enjoyable to Read The News
Episode 261
Current Affairs has recently launched a new project: the Current Affairs News Briefing, a twice-weekly digest of important (and often neglected) news…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Role of Drugs in American Life (w/ Benjamin Fong)
Episode 260
Benjamin Y. Fong is the associate director of the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University and the author of the new book Quick Fixes:…
2 years, 1 month ago
The History of Arab-Jews Can Change Our Understanding of The World (w/ Avi Shlaim)
Episode 259
Avi Shlaim is a distinguished historian and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Oxford University. He is one of the Israeli "New Histori…
2 years, 1 month ago
A HEATED Encounter with Chris Rufo: Critical Race Theory, The Left, and American History
Episode 258
Originally aired 7/23/2023. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !
Today we have another in our Contentious Arguments series, as Natha…
2 years, 1 month ago