Podcast Episodes

Jubilee Day 4: Libby Watson on American sickness

Aisling speaks to journalist Libby Watson (@libbycwatson), formerly of The New Republic and Splinter, about her new Substack newsletter, Sick Note. T…

5 years, 5 months ago

Jubilee Day 3: Samuel Moyn on democratizing the Supreme Court

With the Supreme Court very much in the news cycle, Oren speaks to Yale professor of law and history, Samuel Moyn, about why we should not "pack the …

5 years, 5 months ago

Jubilee Day 2: Is Anything Real?

Episode 64

The team discuss the ensmallening of culture, women in science fiction, and reveal which things they suspect may not be real. The panel this week was…

5 years, 5 months ago

Jubilee Day 1 - Nick and Sparky's CA Gripefest

Hello all! We took a week off for the holidays, but now we're back—and we've brought presents! To ring in the new year, we're bringing everyone five…

5 years, 6 months ago

PREVIEW: Yasmin Nair on the arts industry

This week, Lyta Gold had an extra-long, two-part conversation with Current Affairs editor-at-large Yasmin Nair, in which they dissect the arts indust…

5 years, 6 months ago

UNLOCKED! Cole Stangler on racism and policing in France

This episode was originally on our bonus feed, but we've released it so everyone can listen for free! Associate editor and real-life French person Va…

5 years, 6 months ago

#63: Chip-Filled Rooms

Episode 63

The panel dissects Obama's new memoir and what it says about his legacy, investigate the concept of 'cabals', and share their favorite competitive re…

5 years, 6 months ago

PREVIEW: Cole Stangler on racism and policing in France

Associate editor and real-life French person Vanessa A. Bee speaks to Paris-based journalist Cole Stangler about the recent French protests against p…

5 years, 6 months ago

Is MMT Real? #1: Stephanie Kelton

Modern Monetary Theory—three simple words that are tearing apart the left. Pete Davis and Sparky Abraham have spent the last few years feeling curiou…

5 years, 7 months ago

PREVIEW: Keeping Up With The Cardassians

Lyta and Brianna discuss Star Trek—its utopias, its assumptions, it fun parts, and its hot people. This is a preview of an episode available in full …

5 years, 7 months ago