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Back to SearchDouglas Murray’s “Expertise” Is a Sham
Episode 386
In “On Democracies and Death Cults,” Murray offers a straightforward “good versus evil” account of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He does this by excluding every piece of information that undercuts h…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Inside Saturday Night Live (w/Susan Morrison)
Episode 385
🦩 This episode originally aired on May 6, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs
Lorne Michaels might be the most powerful figure in American comedy — and yet, most people barely k…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
We Must Return to the Radical Roots of Liberalism (w/ Matt McManus)
Episode 384
🦩 This episode originally aired on April 29, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!
Liberalism and socialism are often treated as opposites — but what if they’re actually part of …
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Shrimp Are the Most Abused Animals on Earth (w/ Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla)
Episode 383
🦩 This episode originally aired on April 22, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs
Most people never think twice about shrimp. But as it turns out, these creatures make up the maj…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Let's Talk About PHYSICS! (w/ Sean Carroll)
Episode 382
A bit of a change of pace for the CA podcast today: We're going to be doing SCIENCE instead of politics. We're joined by one of the world's leading popular science writers, physics professor Sean Car…
Published on 8 months ago
“Common Sense” Is Destroying Democracy (w/ Sophia Rosenfeld)
Episode 381
🦩 This episode originally aired on April 4, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!
Sophia Rosenfeld is a distinguished historian and the author of Common Sense: A Political Histor…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Could a Socialist Mayor be Just What New York City Needs? (w/ Zohran Mamdani)
Episode 380
🦩 This episode originally aired on April 8, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!
Zohran Mamdani represents the 36th District in the New York State Assembly. A member of the Demo…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Taking Stock of the Biden Presidency (w/ Branko Marcetic)
Episode 379
🦩 This episode originally aired on February 21, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!
Joe Biden is gone, but we are now living with the consequences of Biden's presidency, and it…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Democratic Party Must Wake Up (w/ Sam Seder & Emma Vigeland)
Episode 378
🦩 This episode originally aired on February 26, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!
Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report have spent years tracking the rise of the…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza (W/Peter Beinart)
Episode 377
🦩 This episode originally aired on March 18, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!
Peter Beinart is one of the most important Jewish intellectuals writing about Israel today. A p…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago