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America's Diplomatic Failures in China, Ukraine, and Gaza (w/Chas Freeman)

Episode 389

🦩 This episode originally aired on May 16, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs

Chas Freeman is one of the most insightful voice…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Democrats Are Not "The Left" (w/Ted Rall)

Episode 388

🦩 This episode originally aired on May 14, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs

Ted Rall is one of the most influential politica…

10 months ago

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How Other Countries Solved What America Won’t (w/Natasha Hakimi Zapata)

Episode 387

🦩 This episode originally aired on April 18, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs

America is in crisis, but it doesn’t have to b…

10 months ago

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Douglas 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 exc…

10 months, 1 week ago

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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 …

10 months, 1 week ago

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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…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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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. Bu…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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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 p…

11 months ago

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“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 …

11 months ago

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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…

11 months, 1 week ago

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