Podcast Episodes

#27: Folks, Fasten Your Seatbelts... (ft. Ralph Nader)

Episode 27

Current Affairs host Pete Davis speaks to legendary activist, attorney and consumer advocate Ralph Nader about the potential of young people, political tactics, and the advantages of being an outside…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

UNLOCKED: In conversation: Natalie Wynn on Seizing Ground in Reactionary-Occupied Youtube

Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson and contributing editor Aisling McCrea sits down with left-wing Youtube superstar Natalie Wynn (aka Contrapoints) to talk about her work making unfo…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

UNLOCKED: The Gravel Gang

UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, legal editor Oren Nimni and man about town Eli Massey sit down with The Gravel Boys — Henry Williams and David…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

UNLOCKED: The Lyta, The Witch & The Wardrobe

UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Current Affairs amusements editor Lyta Gold, senior editor Brianna Rennix, contributing editor Aisling McCrea and friend of the pod Dan Walden continue our "probl…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

#26: Standardized Litmus Tests

Episode 26

The Current Affairs panel discusses the recent addition of the "adversity score" to the SAT, determines the appropriate abortion litmus test for the left, and goes around sharing things that made the…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

UNLOCKED: Tiffany Cabán on running for district attorney as a public defender

UNLOCKED from the bird feed to the main feed just in time for AOC's endorsement: Current Affairs legal wonks Oren Nimni and Vanessa A. Bee sit down with Tiffany Cabán, a career public defender who is…

Published on 6 years, 7 months ago

#25: Voicemailbag V

Episode 25

The Current Affairs panel opens up the phone lines for the fifth time, answering voicemails about: the new 2020 candidates, Medicare for All, irony, government services, and changing people's minds.

Published on 6 years, 7 months ago

#24: The Department of Glass Castles

Episode 24

The Current Affairs panel asks “what’s the problem with technocrats?”, debates whether it’s bad that Bernie Sanders is now a millionaire, and proposes our favorite imaginary cabinet positions.

The P…

Published on 6 years, 7 months ago

UNLOCKED: Jane McAlevey on organizing vs. mobilizing

UNLOCKED FROM THE BIRD FEED: Current Affairs host Pete Davis sits down with labor organizer and scholar Jane McAlevey to talk about organizing for power in the New Gilded Age. Jane is a contributing …

Published on 6 years, 8 months ago

UNLOCKED: Virgil Texas on the Chapo Trap House phenomenon

UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Current Affairs host Pete Davis talks with Virgil Texas about his hit podcast, Chapo Trap House: its origins, its philosophy, its style, its future.

Read Virgil's…

Published on 6 years, 8 months ago