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Trump and the Auto Strike, plus 'Manufactured Insecurity' | Start Making Sense
The UAW strike against Detroit’s Big Three is rapidly becoming a major political battle as Donald Trump speaks to auto workers in Detroit, challengin…
2 years, 8 months ago
Northwestern's hazing scandal with Byron Hurt | Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin
Officially, hazing is illegal and unwelcome just about everywhere you turn—but it continues as an open secret in far too many fraternities, sports te…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Triumph and Tragedy of Betty Friedan | Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique (1963) and one of the founders of the National Organization for Women (NOW), was a hero of feminism, b…
2 years, 8 months ago
Gary Younge: from Mandela to Black Lives Matter; plus Amy Wilentz on Haiti in September | Start Making Sense
Gary Younge, the award-winning former columnist for The Guardian, talks about Black writing and Black writers—and his own writing about Mandela, Obam…
2 years, 8 months ago
Chamique Holdsclaw on Depression and Fame | Edge of Sports
Chamique Holdsclaw's legendary status was apparent from the moment she entered professional sports. After helping the US National Team win the Gold M…
2 years, 8 months ago
Naomi Klein and Her Doppelganger | Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
On this episode of the Time of Monsters podcast, Laura Marsh discusses Noami Klein's new book, Doppleganger, about Noami Wolf.
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2 years, 8 months ago
Heather Cox Richardson on ‘Our Authoritarian Experiment,’ Plus Chile Since Allende | Start Making Sense
Every night, more than a million people read Heather Cox Richardson’s newsletter about the day’s political events. Now she has a new book out, “Democ…
2 years, 8 months ago
Basketball Butterfly Effect Part III: MJ in Portland? | Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin
This week on the Edge of Sports Podcast, part three of our discussion with basketball savant Arya Shirazi about basketball butterfly effects. This ti…
2 years, 8 months ago
Oppenheimer’s Inopportune Opportunism | Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is the rarest of things: a summer blockbuster that is super-smart and repays close analysis. Two weeks ago, this podc…
2 years, 8 months ago
Our Hot Labor Summer, plus Melania, Ivanka, and the Indictments | Start Making Sense
Our hot labor summer continues. Harold Meyerson, editor at large of The American Prospect, comes on the Start Making Sense podcast to discuss the com…
2 years, 8 months ago