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Start Making Sense: Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969
American women in 2023: the news is bad, but it’s not all bad. Katha Pollitt is on the Start Making Sense podcast to explain.
Also: the largest anti-w…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Time of Monsters: New Fronts on the Abortion Fight
Last year, the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision. This has only emboldene…
3 years, 5 months ago
Edge of Sports: Ja Morant On The Edge
On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we speak to Daily Memphian columnist Chris Herrington about the personal troubles of Memphis Grizzlies…
3 years, 5 months ago
Start Making Sense: John Nichols on Banks and Regulations, plus Gregg Gonsalves on Masks and Covid
Since the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank last week, we need to understand how and why medium-sized banks have been allowed to…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Time of Monsters: Havana Syndrome and the Psychosomatic Empire
The good news is we have one less thing to worry about: so-called Havana Syndrome turns out not to be caused by a mysterious super-weapon to harm Ame…
3 years, 5 months ago
Edge of Sports: Hooked On Women's Hoops with Kate Fagan
On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we speak to author and sports opinionist Kate Fagan about her new illustrated history of the women in …
3 years, 5 months ago
Start Making Sense: Ron DeSantis says ‘The Left Made Me Do It”; plus our Oscar preview with John Powers
Ron DeSantis has written a political autobiography, “The Courage to be Free.” The Nation's DC Bureau Chief, Chris Lehmann calls it “a paranoid rant d…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Time of Monsters: Fox News and the Quicksand of Lies
The ongoing defamation suit launched by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News for its coverage of the 2020 election has already resulted in the re…
3 years, 5 months ago
Start Making Sense: Saree Makdisi on Israelis and Palestinians; Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Battle over Black Studies
Israel’s new far-right government, headed, again, by Benjamin Netanyahu, is working to undermine democracy for Israelis and advance Israel’s annexati…
3 years, 5 months ago
Start Making Sense: John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency
The most important election of 2023 is in Wisconsin next month, where voters can change the state's supreme court and end domination by conservatives…
3 years, 6 months ago