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UNLOCKED: "The West" and Other Myths with Daniel Walden
We were busy preparing our live show this past weekend, so we took a brief hiatus from making new main episodes. However, to ensure your Current Affairs fix was satisfied, we wanted to unlock one bon…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Come to "Current Affairs: LIVE!" — This Saturday in Washington, DC
A short reminder that the "Current Affairs: Live!" is this Saturday, January 26th at the Rock & Roll Hotel in Washington, DC. Show info here + tickets here.
For the past three years, the Current Aff…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
UNLOCKED: Corey Robin on thinking differently about Trump, the Right, and Clarence Thomas
We are busy preparing for our first-ever live show on January 26th at the Rock & Roll Hotel in DC (tickets here), so we are taking a brief hiatus from making new main episodes. However, to ensure you…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
UNLOCKED: Room 101 (or: CA Gripefest I)
We are busy preparing for our first-ever live show on January 26th at the Rock & Roll Hotel in DC (tickets here), so we are taking a brief hiatus from making new main episodes. However, to ensure you…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
UNLOCKED: Vaughn Stewart on transforming from a poster into a politician
UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Maryland Delegate Vaughn Stewart was once a normal "very online" progressive poster like the rest of us. But after a health scare, he decided to move from ideas i…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
#18: The Dog Days Aren't Over (ft. Glenn Greenwald)
Episode 18
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson is joined for the whole episode by The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald to talk animal welfare, public censorship, Charles Krauthammer and how to keep t…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
#17: The Green Big Deal
Episode 17
The Current Affairs panel learns about the Green New Deal, discusses the American loneliness epidemic, and share what we think is the worst example of American political amnesia.
The Panel:
Brianna …Published on 7 years ago
UNLOCKED: Sam Weiss on Prison Reform and Death Penalty Abolition (GLITCH ACTUALLY FIXED)
UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Lawyer and prison reform advocate Sam Weiss joins legal editor Oren Nimni and social media editor Vanessa A. Bee to talk about the state of prison reform and deat…
Published on 7 years ago
#16: 2020 Visions
Episode 16
The Current Affairs panel discusses how they are approaching the 2020 Presidential campaign, we decide whether money is speech, and we all share what we think is the most important lesson that the le…
Published on 7 years ago
#15: The Voicemailbag III
Episode 15
The Current Affairs panel opens up the phone lines, answering listener questions on postmodernism, growth, effective altruism, New Orleans and jokes.
The Panel
Brianna Rennix, senior editor Oren Nim…Published on 7 years, 1 month ago