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Edge of Sports: David Aldridge on The End of Dan Snyder
This week, we speak to Washington media legend David Aldridge about the forthcoming sale of the Washington football team by its much-loathed owner Da…
3 years, 4 months ago
Start Making Sense: Rebecca Solnit on Climate Action, plus John Nichols on Abortion Politics
It’s getting late to take action about the climate emergency, but it’s not too late: that’s what Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua say in t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Time of Monsters: Resurgence In The Midwest
The victories of Brandon Johnson in Chicago and Janet Protasiewicz in Wisconsin are the latest signs that the upper Midwest, after a long period of t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Start Making Sense: Elie Mystal, Joan Walsh and Chris Lehmann on Trump and his 34 Felonies; plus Afghan Girls in Exile
Donald Trump and his 34 felonies: can he really be brought to justice for paying off Stormy Daniels? We feature highlights of The Nation’s roundtable…
3 years, 4 months ago
Time of Monsters: The Abortion Battle Rages in the Courts
In an earlier podcast, Moira Donegan, frequent Time of Monsters guest and columnist for the Guardian, predicted that Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk would st…
3 years, 4 months ago
Edge of Sports: A Radical Retelling of NBA History
This week we speak to Theresa Runstedler, author of the book Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul…
3 years, 4 months ago
Start Making Sense: John Nichols on Recent Progressive Victories and Chris Lehmann on Trump's Indictment
The landslide victory of the progressive candidate in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, Janet Protasiewicz, ten times bigger than Biden's, shows how ab…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Time of Monsters: Two Cheers for Arresting Trump
While the arrest of former president Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business record can be welcomed as a rare example of accountability for …
3 years, 4 months ago
Edge of Sports: Why the NBA World Lost Its Joy
On this episode of Edge of Sports, we speak to Michael Lee of the Washington Post about why this has been the most dispiriting NBA season in recent h…
3 years, 5 months ago
Start Making Sense: Low-Paid Workers Strike and Win in LA; Minor League Baseball Players Form a Union
In Los Angeles last week, a three-day strike by 30,000 public school custodians, food service workers, bus drivers and teacher's aides ended with a 3…
3 years, 5 months ago