Podcast Episodes

How Do The Rich Profit From Racism? From Charter Schools to Private Detention

Episode 82

Author Jim Freeman discusses his book "Rich Thanks To Racism: How The Ultra-Wealthy Profit From Racial Injustice." Jim looks at three issue areas, education, policing, and immigration, and how in eac…

Published on 4 years ago

Kshama Sawant on How Socialists Can Win Victories In Cities

Episode 81

Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant was elected as an open socialist in 2013, long before the present wave of local socialist political victories began. During her time in office, she has taken…

Published on 4 years ago

Jeremy Lent on How To Find Meaningful Altenatives To Neoliberal Philosophy

Episode 80

Author Jeremy Lent discusses his new book "The Web Of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place In The Universe." Jeremy's book shows how the individualistic philosophical…

Published on 4 years ago

#79: The Flannel Coalition

Episode 79

Current Affairs is joined this week by Jacobin staff writer Luke Savage! Together, the panel asks if there are countries that exist outside the US and if they are bad, investigate the trope "the left…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

#78: A Utopia of Rum

Episode 78

The Current Affairs flock investigate how the right created a moral panic around "critical race theory", dare to make all tax records public, and dream of utopia. The flock this week is made up of se…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

#77: Literalism in Art and Other Troubling Trends

Episode 77

Studio H3 of the Current Affairs World Headquarters is closed for renovations this week, so instead of the usual panel format, we have something different for you. Aisling, Allegra and Lyta discuss A…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Tiffany Cabán for New York City Council (Election is June 22nd!)

This episode was originally on our bonus feed, but as Tiffany's election is tomorrow we're putting it out today for everyone! Pete speaks to Tiffany Cabán, public defender and organizer with the Work…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

#76: We Bite, We Vote

Episode 76

The panel give their NFT takes, propose a universal database of all human knowledge, and share some hard-earned life lessons. The nest this week was inhabited by finance editor Sparky Abraham, poet-a…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Is MMT Real? Season 2 Available Now!

You've been asking for it, you've been waiting for it. Now, episodes 6 through 12 of Is MMT Real? are available to our Patreon subscribers. They will eventually be made free to the public, but for th…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

UNLOCKED! The MOVE Bombing

This episode was originally released on our Patreon feed last year, but we've decided to release it to everyone. Aisling McCrea and Oren Nimni discuss that time the American police firebombed Philad…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago