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Back to SearchPREVIEW: 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
UNLOCKED: Pride Month Special (feat. Yasmin Nair, Conner Habib, and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore)
Current Affairs business manager Eli Massey and contributing editor Aisling McCrea are joined by three radical queer writers for a raucous, thought-provoking discussion on Pride, rainbow capitalism,…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
#29: Another Excuse To Eat Tex-Mex
Episode 29
The Current Affairs panel discusses some of the controversies around Harvard University (cue booing sounds), creates a fabulous new post-utopia festival, and asks: how do we know when we're wrong? Th…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
UNLOCKED: Bhaskar Sunkara on Jacobin magazine and promoting socialism
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson talks to Bhaskar Sunkara, the founder and publisher of Jacobin magazine and author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an E…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
PREVIEW - Meagan Day on why everyone should have the right to a sabbatical
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, senior editor Brianna Rennix and newsletter editor Nick Slater sit down with Jacobin staff writer Meagan Day to discuss why everyone should have th…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
PREVIEW - Pride Month Special
Current Affairs business manager Eli Massey and contributing editor Aisling McCrea are joined by three radical queer writers - Yasmin Nair, Conner Habib, and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore - for a rauco…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
RE-UPLOAD: Tiffany Cabán on running for district attorney as a public defender
In light of Tiffany Cabán's stunning victory in the Queens District Attorney election, we're bumping this interview from March, in case you missed it - or want to listen again! Current Affairs legal …
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Bonus episode excerpt: Creating a Left Magazine
An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson talks to Bhaskar Sunkara, the founder and publisher of Jac…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
#28: The Dolphin Tax-Advantaged Account
Episode 28
The Current Affairs panel discusses animal rights, the question of whether to treat internet platforms as private or public spaces, and what they would like to see added to the school history curricu…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
UNLOCKED: In conversation: Molly Crabapple on the power of art
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson sits down with artist and writer Molly Crabapple to discuss the merits of political art, the way society values (and undervalues) artists, and her e…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago