Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy Americans Don't See Or Talk About Their Wars (w/ Norman Solomon)
Episode 242
Today Norman Solomon returns to the program to discuss his new book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. Nor…
2 years, 5 months ago
What "Economic Freedom" Would Look Like (w/ Mark Paul)
Episode 241
Mark Paul is an economist who argues that there can be no meaningful freedom without economic freedom—by which he does not mean the libertarian idea …
2 years, 5 months ago
Can The Love of Menswear Be Justified? (w/ Sam Miller McDonald)
Episode 240
Samuel Miller McDonald is a regular contributor to Current Affairs, where he has written about such disparate subjects as collectivism, the food syst…
2 years, 6 months ago
On Musical Plagiarism: The Case of Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye
Episode 239
Today on the podcast, we dive into the question of what kinds of musical borrowing constitute "influence" versus "plagiarism." In the news at the mom…
2 years, 6 months ago
How Socialists Took Over The Cities (w/ Shelton Stromquist)
Episode 238
Today we hear a little-told story, the story of how idealistic socialists around the world, starting around 1890, took over city governments. Prof. S…
2 years, 6 months ago
Why Does The Law Fail Women So Badly? (w/ Julie Suk)
Episode 237
Julie Suk is a professor of law at Fordham University. Her new book After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It is about why the …
2 years, 6 months ago
Are "Family Values" The Problem? (w/ Sophie Lewis)
Episode 236
Sophie Lewis is a radical critic of the family. In Lewis's books, Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family and Abolish The Family, she argues that…
2 years, 6 months ago
Why Our Healthcare System Needs to Do More than Just "Fairly" Distribute Scarce Resources (w/ Lily Sánchez)
Episode 235
Lily Sánchez is the managing editor of Current Affairs, and also a physician. In a new article for the magazine, Lily draws on her experiences practi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Understanding Reactionary Political Philosophy (w/ Matt McManus)
Episode 234
Today we are joined by political philosopher Matt McManus of the University of Michigan. Matt has contributed to Current Affairs and collaborated wit…
2 years, 6 months ago
Why the Labor Movement Needs to be Creative and Disruptive (w/ Jono Shaffer)
Episode 233
Jono Shaffer is a legendary labor organizer who was instrumental in the Justice for Janitors campaign. J4J successfully unionized Los Angeles janitor…
2 years, 6 months ago