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Back to SearchPREVIEW: Infrastructure Nerd Hour II (Flying Windmills)
Did you know we can build wind turbines that don't stand on the ground? That, in fact, we can catapult wind turbines into high altitude and collect e…
5 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW: What is Education For?
Nathan, Pete and Sparky discuss the book Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice, and education more broadly. Sho…
5 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW: Talia Lavin on white supremacy and antifascism
Pete speaks to journalist Talia Lavin about her new book Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy. This is a preview of an …
5 years, 7 months ago
#62: The Biden Symphony
Episode 62
The team responds and reflects to the Biden win, ruminate on conservative octogenarians, and look forward to a vaccinated future. The panel this week…
5 years, 7 months ago
Mass Appeal: A Discussion of Catholicism
As the US prepares for its second ever Catholic president, Rennix is joined by Current Affairs contributor Daniel Walden for an in-depth discussion o…
5 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW: William F. Buckley
Nathan and Oren discuss William B. Fu—sorry, William F. Buckley, the "most important conservative intellectual of the postwar era", and possessor of …
5 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW: Infrastructure Nerd Hour: PG&E and California Wildfires
Infrastructure enthusiast Sparky Abraham is joined by Dr. Magnus Jamieson, an expert in electrical power systems, to discuss the fire which destroyed…
5 years, 7 months ago
#61: Vote No On Cancer Alley
Episode 61
The team discusses the past, the present and the future. Along the way, they get distracted by their favorite election conspiracy theories and the my…
5 years, 8 months ago
Michael Moore on 2020
Nathan speaks to Michael Moore about his thoughts on the 2020 election. This episode also has a transcript: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/11/17…
5 years, 8 months ago
PREVIEW: Michael Moore on 2020
Nathan speaks to Michael Moore about his thoughts on the 2020 election. This is a preview of an episode available in full now, on early access, to ou…
5 years, 8 months ago