Podcast Episodes

Voicemailbag XI

Episode 55

The team answers your questions! Topics include crowdfunding, teachers' strikes, Trump removal, cats versus dogs, positivity versus negativity, and t…

5 years, 7 months ago

PREVIEW: Literature After Dark (Fanfic and Slashfic)

Brianna Rennix, Lyta Gold and Allegra Silcox discuss the online culture of writing erotic stories about fictional characters, the portrayal of romanc…

5 years, 7 months ago

UNLOCKED: Adam F. Naughton on the politics of disability

Nathan speaks to Adam F. Naughton (@adamfnaughton), a disabled activist in South Carolina and founder of www.notyourinspiration.org, about the differ…

5 years, 7 months ago

PREVIEW: Sam Miller McDonald on Sam Miller McDonald on the past, present and future of Earth

Nathan speaks to Samuel Miller McDonald, Current Affairs contributor and researcher at Oxford's school of geography and environment. Together, they d…

5 years, 7 months ago

#54: The John Quiñones Panopticon

Episode 54

The panel ponder the demise of anti-consumerist politics, debate a future with no cars, and reveal their weirdest hobby-horses. The panel this week w…

5 years, 7 months ago

PREVIEW: Stephanie Kelton on rethinking economics

Nathan and Sparky speak to Stephanie Kelton, professor of public policy and economics at Stony Brook University and one of the world's foremost exper…

5 years, 7 months ago

On Michael Brooks

Nathan pays tribute to Michael Brooks, who passed away unexpectedly on Monday.

5 years, 7 months ago

PREVIEW: Briahna Joy Gray on litmus tests

Briahna returns to the Current Affairs Arena to discuss her latest article, "In Defense of Litmus Tests". This is a preview of an episode available …

5 years, 8 months ago

PREVIEW: The MOVE Bombing

Episode 54

Aisling McCrea and Oren Nimni discuss that time the American police firebombed Philadelphia, in order to destroy an imperfect yet interesting offshoo…

5 years, 8 months ago

PREVIEW: A Series of Tubes

Nathan speaks to finance editor and infrastructure evangelist Sparky Abraham about the physical infrastructure behind the internet, and the complex r…

5 years, 8 months ago