Podcast Episodes

Start Making Sense: D.D. Guttenplan on Biden and the Vision Thing; plus Disappearing Islands

The polls about the 2024 election are not good. Democrats lack enthusiasm for Biden, especially after his debt limit deal. The Nation's editor in chi…

2 years, 11 months ago

Time of Monsters: How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch

After months of teasing voters and reporters, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has finally launched his presidential bid. He did it on an unusual platfo…

2 years, 11 months ago

Edge of Sports: Shine On, Denver Nuggets

On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we chat with the great Washington Post journalist, Michael Lee, about what makes the Denver Nuggets an…

3 years ago

Start Making Sense: Is Planned Parenthood Too Cautious? Plus: Writing and Politics

Has Planned Parenthood gotten too cautious and too corporate? Are the risk managers running the organization? Eyal Press reports on the courage of in…

3 years ago

Time Of Monsters: Biden, The Republicans, and The Debt Ceiling

Joe Biden has a divided mind when it comes to the Republican Party. On the one hand, he’s all to aware that the GOP has become radicalized and is an …

3 years ago

Start Making Sense: Jeffrey Toobin on the Roots of Jan. 6; Adam Hochschild on Anti-Woke History

The ideological roots of the January 6 insurrection go back decades before Trump entered politics -- back to the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal…

3 years ago

Time of Monsters: Slaying the Debt Ceiling Dragon

Over the last thirty years, Republicans, when in control the House of Representatives, have repeatedly used the debt ceiling to force Democratic pres…

3 years ago

Start Making Sense: Bhaskar Sunkara on Biden in 2024, plus Josh Gondelman on the Writers Strike

Progressives and Biden: what is to be done—about the 2024 election? Bhaskar Sunkara, president of The Nation, comments.

Also: 11,500 members of the Wr…

3 years ago

Time of Monsters: Can the Corrupt Courts Be Fixed?

The emerging scandals at the Supreme Court are only getting worse with new revelations about Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni being the beneficiari…

3 years ago

Start Making Sense: Impeach Clarence Thomas; plus Joe Biden, the GOP, and 'Freedom'

D.D. Guttenplan, editor of The Nation, argues that it's time to impeach Clarence Thomas. He also says it's time to remove and replace Diane Feinstein…

3 years ago