Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchImmigration Update: Detention and COVID
"Immigration cases are death penalty cases in a traffic court setting."
Current Affairs editors and immigration law superheroes Oren Nimni and Brianna Rennix return to the podcast, to give us an upda…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW: Eric Levitz on Steve Mnuchin
Sparky Abraham speaks to Eric Levitz, writer for New York Magazine's Intelligencer, about the life and times of Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, from his youth as a student living in a former…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW: Bigger Than Bernie (ft. Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht)
Nathan speaks to Micah Uetricht and Meagan Day, co-authors of the new book Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism. The book: https://www.versobooks.com/book…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
#48: An Analysis of Birds, Large and Small
Episode 48
The panel discusses the prospect of an alliance between the left and the 'populist right', exposes their complicated relationships with Twitter, and recommends their favorite books for introducing fr…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
UNLOCKED - Brie's Back, Baby!
Our former editor, Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy), has returned to the CA team, after a stint as Press Secretary to the Bernie Sanders campaign. Nathan speaks to Brie about the Bernie campaign, what…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW: Get to know...Brianna Rennix!
In the second episode of this series, Eli speaks to Current Affairs senior editor Brianna Rennix about their life. Topics include mindgames with nuns, mythology, monasticism, the immigration system, …
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW: Zach Wehrwein on social networks
Sociologist Zach Wehrwein returns to talk to Pete about one of the most underrated factors powering our society—social networks. Together, Zach and Pete explore how mapping people's social connection…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
PREVIEW: Brie's Back, Baby!
Our former editor, Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy), has returned to the CA team, after a stint as Press Secretary to the Bernie Sanders campaign. Nathan speaks to Brie about the Bernie campaign, what…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
UNLOCKED! Tiger Lawyer
Rargh. In this bonus episode, Sparky, Lyta, Allegra and Nick are joined by animal rights lawyer and Current Affairs contributor Asher Smith, to discuss what the hit new docuseries Tiger King got righ…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
#47: This Is A Pro-Bean Broadcast
Episode 47
The panel snaps on the gloves and attempts a Bernie campaign postmortem, considers voting for "the lesser of two evils", and shares what they've been cooking in quarantine (after they've taken off th…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago