Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSensible Thinking About U.S. Foreign Policy: Russia, China, and the Threat of World War
Episode 176
Branko Marcetic is a staff writer for Jacobin and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden. He is also a leading heterodox commentat…
3 years, 6 months ago
How Does the U.S. Exercise Power Around the World?
Episode 175
Vijay Prashad is a leading historian on the Global South and U.S. empire. His books include Washington Bullets, The Darker Nations: A People's Histor…
3 years, 6 months ago
Why Is There an Israel-Palestine Conflict in the First Place?
Episode 174
Today, we see children killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes, but anyone who gets their understanding of the Israel-Palestine conflict from news repor…
3 years, 6 months ago
Afghanistan Through Western Eyes
Episode 172
Current Affairs editor at large Yasmin Nair and editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson have both written articles that deal with the country of Afghanist…
3 years, 6 months ago
How Can We Deal With America's Gun Problem?
Episode 171
David Hemenway is a professor of public health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is the author of Private Guns, Public Health which argues t…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Moral Atrocity of Factory Farming and Why We Can't Look Away
Episode 170
Current Affairs is proud to be a publication that takes animal rights seriously. From our lighthearted looks at manatees, ants, and cats, to our more…
3 years, 7 months ago
Jeffrey Sachs On Why He Concluded COVID-19 Probably Came From a Lab (And Why Nobody Wants to Talk About It)
Episode 169
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and the President of the UN Sustainable Developm…
3 years, 7 months ago
Why Children Make Such Good Philosophers
Episode 168
In this episode, we discuss the strange creatures known as children. Scott Hershovitz is a professor of philosophy and law at the University of Michi…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Life of Murray Bookchin / Revolution in Rojava
Episode 167
Janet Biehl is one of the leading libertarian socialist writers in the country. For several decades, she was the partner and collaborator of the late…
3 years, 7 months ago
How Much Is a Whale Worth? (w/ Adrienne Buller)
Episode 166
In our last episode, we took a break from the depressing facts of the ecological crisis to simply marvel at the immense variety of experiences and se…
3 years, 7 months ago