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Back to SearchCurrent Affairs News Briefing ❧ January 28, 2026
Episode 454
EPA to stop animal testing, Palestinians go on general strike, Ye apologizes for his Nazism again, TikTok claims apparent censorship was caused by a …
5 months ago
Ro Khanna: “Newsom Doesn’t Want to Offend the Donor Class”
Episode 453
Ro Khanna is the U.S. representative for California’s 17th Congressional district, more commonly known as “Silicon Valley.” He was a co-chair of Bern…
5 months, 1 week ago
How Corporations Convinced America that Litter is Our Fault
Episode 452
The "Keep America Beautiful" campaign urged Americans to pick up their trash—so that companies could keep producing it.
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5 months, 1 week ago
Current Affairs News Briefing ❧ January 21, 2026
Episode 451
Climate change is sinking posh London homes, pro-Palestine protesters face felony charges, Ugandan president cuts internet during election, Trump’s n…
5 months, 1 week ago
Ed Wood and the Politics of Bad Taste (w/ Will Sloan)
Episode 450
Will Sloan is a film critic and writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Jacobin, and the Toronto Star. He is the co-host, with Luke Savage,…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Coup In Venezuela Is An Assault on the Whole World
Episode 449
Donald Trump's overthrow of Nicolás Maduro sets a terrible precedent that severely erodes international sovereignty. Can other countries depose any l…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
How Zohran Mamdani Defeated the Democratic Establishment
Episode 448
In the fall of 2024, Zohran Mamdani was a long-shot challenger taking on New York City’s political establishment. Today, he’s the mayor. In this earl…
6 months ago
Michael Pollan Is Lying to You About "Ethical" Meat
Episode 447
John Sanbonmatsu is a professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the author of The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about …
6 months ago
What the Government Shutdown Actually Revealed for Democrats (w/ Ettingermentum)
Episode 446
Joshua Cohen is a political theorist and writer of the Ettingermentum Substack: an exceedingly thorough and insightful resource for anyone hoping to …
6 months ago
Gaza, Ukraine, and Why Trump’s "Anti-War" Rhetoric Is a Lie (w/ Medea Benjamin)
Episode 445
Medea Benjamin is an anti-war activist and one of the co-founders of CODEPINK: Women for Peace. She’s spent decades fighting the American military-in…
6 months, 1 week ago