Podcast Episodes

Ilhan Omar

Current Affairs interviewer-in-chief Eli Massey speaks to Ilhan Omar, Congresswoman for Minnesota's 5th district. Together, they discuss her new book…

5 years, 9 months ago

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PREVIEW: Lawyers

As you may or may not have noticed, a *lot* of the Current Affairs editors work as lawyers for their day jobs. Current Affairs interviewer-in-chief E…

5 years, 9 months ago

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#49: Go Visit Old People (Once It's Safe)

Episode 49

The panel discusses the viability of forming a breakaway third party, things that are secretly political, and our society's contempt for the elderly.…

5 years, 10 months ago

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Immigration 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 Briann…

5 years, 10 months ago

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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 Mnuch…

5 years, 10 months ago

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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 Soci…

5 years, 10 months ago

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#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 …

5 years, 10 months ago

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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. Nat…

5 years, 10 months ago

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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…

5 years, 10 months ago

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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 P…

5 years, 10 months ago

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