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Back to SearchIn conversation: Mckayla Wilkes on her 2020 run for Congress
Current Affairs host Pete Davis and managing editor Lyta Gold sit down with Mckayla Wilkes, a 28-year-old progressive who is challenging the House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for his seat. Mckayla te…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
PREVIEW: Malcolm X
Nathan J. Robinson and Oren Nimni discuss the legacy of Malcolm X. This episode is available in full to our Patreon subscribers. To gain full access to this episode, as well as lots of other fantasti…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
UNLOCKED! Chuck Marohn on Strong Towns
Current Affairs host Pete Davis sits down with engineer, land planner and founder of the Strong Towns movement, Chuck Marohn, to discuss how to create thriving towns and cities. This episode was edit…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
PREVIEW: Chris Arnade on photographing poverty
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson sits down with photographer Chris Arnade to discuss his journey from Wall Street trader to travelling photographer, the things elites don't understa…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Episode #31: The Pigeon Vortex
Episode 31
The Current Affairs panel sits down to discuss AOC's first year in office, proposes an innovative new way of dividing up the United States, and shares the transcendental experiences they've had with …
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
PREVIEW: Micah Uetricht on Chicago
Current Affairs editors Nathan J. Robinson and Eli Massey sit down with writer and labor organizer Micah Uetricht to discuss the weird and tangled world of Chicago politics. This is an excerpt from a…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
PREVIEW: Chuck Marohn on Strong Towns
Current Affairs host Pete Davis sits down with engineer, land planner and founder of the Strong Towns movement, Chuck Marohn, to discuss how to create thriving towns and cities. This is an excerpt fr…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
UNLOCKED! Ben Burgis on Logic and Arguments
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, financial editor Sparky Abraham and contributing editor Aisling McCrea sit down with philosophy professor Ben Burgis to discuss his new book Give T…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Voicemailbag VI
Episode 30
The Current Affairs team has stuck their hands into the mailbag once again, and pulled out a handful of your voicemails. Topics range from the likelihood of getting mangoes under socialism, to the fr…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
PREVIEW: Student Debt Special (feat. Allie Conti, Marshall Steinbaum and Matt Bruenig)
Current Affairs finance editor Sparky Abraham sits down with Vice writer Allie Conti, economics professor Marshall Steinbaum and People's Policy Project founder Matt Bruenig to discuss the question o…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago