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Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein w/ Ed Niedermeyer | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the years-long relationship between Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein, and how their relationship sheds…
2 months, 1 week ago
From the Straits of Hormuz to the Streets of Minneapolis, plus Mamdani and the Midterms / Start Making Sense
Trump’s war in Iran is bringing economic chaos and suffering to much of the world, but for American voters, the biggest effect is the soaring price o…
2 months, 1 week ago
How Iran Turns Into a Ground War w/ Harrison Mann | American Prestige
Writer and former U.S. Army intelligence officer Harrison Mann joins the show to talk about the U.S–Iran war and what a ground invasion could actuall…
2 months, 1 week ago
How is Mamdani Doing? W/ Don Guttenplan | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Former Nation editor Don Guttenplan is now bringing municipal politics to the magazine
with a weekly column tracking the progress of Mayor Zohran Mamd…
2 months, 1 week ago
Tree-Based Horror: Nicholas Russell on Algernon Blackwood’s The Wendigo and Other Stories | Reading Writers
Jo and Charlotte turn their attention to Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe’s mindblowing A Personal Matter and Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba, …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
News - Iran War Escalation and Hormuz Crisis, U.S. Minab School Bombing Fallout, Sudan Drone Warfare | American Prestige
We’re putting out, what, an episode a day at this point? But the news roundup must go on. This week: In the Iran war, casualty and displacement figur…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Left Doesn't Hate Technology w/ Gita Jackson | Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Gita Jackson to discuss why the left’s hatred of AI is justified, why a different approach to technology is necessary, and ho…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Special - International Law and the War on Iran w/ Maryam Jamshidi | American Prestige
Derek welcomes back legal scholar Maryam Jamshidi to discuss the legal aspect of the U.S.–Israel war on Iran. They talk about the administration’s sh…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
War in Iran, News in America / Start Making Sense
Tom Stevenson analyzes the latest news and long-term prospects of Trump's Iran war, for both Iran and the US. Tom is a contributing editor for the Lo…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Espionage and Empire in the Cold War w/ Alfred McCoy | American Prestige
Danny and Derek speak with historian Alfred McCoy about how the Cold War operated as a global conflict influenced by decolonization, covert action, a…
2 months, 2 weeks ago