Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Segregation Was Built—And Why It's Still With Us
Episode 111
Sheryll Cashin is the author of White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality. She has been called "one of t…
4 years, 5 months ago
Leadership Lessons from Bill Clinton
Episode 110
Editors of Current Affairs recently took Hillary Clinton's "MasterClass" and had a deeply unpleasant time. But Bill Clinton, too, has a MasterClass, …
4 years, 5 months ago
How Can Socialists Get Things Done In State Government?
Episode 109
Today, in our last episode of the year, we present a hopeful discussion about what leftists can accomplish in power. Sam Bell is a Rhode Island state…
4 years, 5 months ago
Why Are Student Loans Such a Catastrophe?
Episode 108
Today Nathan is joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell, author of The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe. Under…
4 years, 5 months ago
How Criminalization Destroys The Lives of Black Children
Episode 107
Kristin Henning directs the Juvenile Justice Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center. She has worked as a public defender for juveniles in Washing…
4 years, 5 months ago
Is Julian Assange Being Unjustly Persecuted By The U.S. Government?
Episode 106
A UK court recently ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States. Assange faces serious charges over violating …
4 years, 5 months ago
We Took Hillary Clinton's MasterClass So That You Don't Have To
Episode 105
Hillary Clinton has just released an online course on "The Power of Resilience" through the website MasterClass, where celebrities teach their skills…
4 years, 5 months ago
Have Feminists Been Too Quick To Embrace Criminal Punishment?
Episode 104
Prof. Aya Gruber teaches criminal law at the University of Colorado Law School. Her book The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women's Li…
4 years, 5 months ago
What's Useful and Correct About Critical Race Theory? (w/ Randall Kennedy)
Episode 103
Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy has been known for decades as a critic of Critical Race Theory, which was developed in part by his late …
4 years, 5 months ago
How Have Elon Musk and Tesla Gotten Away With So Much Lying and Fraudulence?
Episode 102
Today Nathan is joined by Edward Niedermeyer, an investigative journalist whose book Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors remains the def…
4 years, 5 months ago