Podcast Episodes

Current Affairs 10th Anniversary Speech (W/ Nathan J. Robinson)

Episode 410

Nathan J. Robinson delivers remarks during the Current Affairs 10th anniversary party on the evening of August 8th, 2025 in New Orleans. 

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Is This San Francisco’s Zohran Mamdani? (w/ Saikat Chakrabarti)

Episode 409

Saikat Chakrabarti, co-founder of Justice Democrats and former chief of staff to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, joins Nathan J. Robinson to discuss his 20…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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This Surgeon Criticized UnitedHealth on TikTok—Then They Threatened to Sue (w/ Dr. Elisabeth Potter)

Episode 408

Dr. Elisabeth Potter, a reconstructive surgeon and healthcare advocate, joins Nathan J. Robinson and Emily Topping to discuss her viral criticism of …

9 months ago

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Rise of the Idiot Interviewer

Episode 407

Podcast bros are interviewing presidents and power players without doing basic research beforehand. The result is a propagandistic catastrophe.

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9 months, 1 week ago

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What Democrats Refuse to Fight For (w/ Max from UNFTR)

Episode 406

Max from UNFTR joins Nathan J. Robinson to discuss Zohran Mamdani's victory, the limits of third-party politics, and how the Democratic Party can be …

9 months, 1 week ago

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What “The System” Really Means in American Politics (w/ Barry Eisler)

Episode 405

🦩 This episode originally aired on July 15, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs

Barry Eisler, a former CIA agent and bestsellin…

9 months, 1 week ago

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Israel’s Starvation Campaign in Gaza Explained (w/ Mouin Rabbani)

Episode 404

Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani joins Nathan J. Robinson to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza. They examine the illusion of ceasefire negotiatio…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Epstein Case Reveals the Fraud of Trumpism

Episode 403

MAGA followers say they want to expose powerful, predatory billionaire elites. But Donald Trump is the exact person who should be their enemy.

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

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MAGA Doesn't Understand Anything About The Roman Empire (w/ Honor Cargill-Martin)

Episode 402

Honor Cargill-Martin, a historian of the ancient world, discusses how myths about the Roman empire originated and continue to warp our political disc…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Why the United States Is Really Losing to China (w/ Kishore Mahbubani)

Episode 401

Kishore Mahbubani is a renowned diplomat, scholar, and one of the most insightful analysts of global power dynamics. He served as Singapore’s Ambassa…

10 months ago

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