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Edge of Sports: Aaron Maybin: "Athletes aren't superheroes, we're human beings"
After four years as a professional linebacker for football teams in the U.S. and Canada, Aaron Maybin put down his helmet and picked up a range of ne…
2 years, 11 months ago
Time of Monsters: The State of the Left in Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua
This week we return to Central and South America with Jeffrey Gould, a scholar and filmmaker who has a long history of documenting social movements i…
2 years, 11 months ago
Welcome to Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal!
If you have a problem with how the Supreme Court operates and how much power it is allowed to hold over the rest of us: welcome! On this show, we'll …
2 years, 11 months ago
Start Making Sense: How Democrats can win Working-Class Voters; how Doctors are Fighting—against Hospitals
How can Democrats win back at least some white working class swing voters? We have some striking new research about that. Katie Rader joins the Start…
2 years, 11 months ago
Edge of Sports: W. Kamau Bell, the reluctant optimist
In this episode of Edge of Sports, host Dave Zirin highlights two takes on the gender politics of sports culture. Dr. Cheryl Cooky joins the Ask a Sp…
2 years, 11 months ago
Time of Monsters: Establishment Economics Under Siege
The debate over the causes of inflation is heating up and showing an important divide in the discipline of economics. Mainstream economists like Larr…
2 years, 11 months ago
Start Making Sense: Cornel West Should Not Be Running for President; plus the GOP vs. Divorce
Cornel West is running for president as a third party candidate, so he’s not going to get many votes. Nevertheless, Joan Walsh argues, he could disco…
2 years, 11 months ago
Pat Robertson’s Terrible Legacy
Pat Robertson, who died at age 93, was a much hated figure on the left and for good reason. For many decades, through his television show, The 700 Cl…
2 years, 11 months ago
Start Making Sense: The Far Right’s Takeover of Shasta County, plus the Enslaved Black Family: Sasha Abramsky on politics, Brenda Stevenson on history
Shasta County, California, north of San Francisco, is a pretty place, but right wing extremists have taken over the Board of Supervisors there. They’…
2 years, 11 months ago
Time of Monsters: Car Dealers Versus Electric Vehicles
Accelerating the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) is a centerpiece of Joe Biden’s climate policy. In making this push, the most likely choke point wi…
2 years, 11 months ago