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A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.
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- Democrats’ Victory Will Be Wasted Without New Leadership · 29 min · Episode 533If Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries remain in power, Democrats will squander their mandate and give the far right another opening.
- Zionism Is a Racist Ideology (w/ Benjamin Moser) · 44 min · Episode 532Benjamin Moser is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sontag: Her Life and Work and the new book Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan…
- The Case for Centrism Is Collapsing · 20 min · Episode 531There is no such thing as a red state. The toxic Republican Party can be defeated everywhere. But Democrats have to show they can deliver. If they squander this moment, it will…
- Mamdani’s “Richard Scarry Socialism” Can Make City Life Simple Again · 13 min · Episode 530The NYC mayor is trying to build a city that functions like a city in a children's picture book, where people aren’t caught in a web of lies and scams.
- Zombie Simpsons and How Capitalism Killed Culture · 52 min · Episode 529Jon Greenaway is a writer, critic, and co-host of the podcast Horror Vanguard. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, along with editors Emily Topping and…
- Why We’re Banning AI · 17 min · Episode 528We urgently need to protect human thought and creativity. Our magazine is committing itself to remaining handmade. Ensure every publication you support does the same.
- How Bill Maher Lost His Mind (w/ Kyle Kulinski) · 41 min · Episode 527Kyle Kulinski is the host of The Kyle Kulinski Show, co-host of Krystal Kyle & Friends, and a co-founder of Justice Democrats. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J…
- Israel’s Election Won’t End the Genocide · 38 min · Episode 526Will McCaffery is a leftist content creator focused on anti-imperialism, anti-Zionism, and anti-capitalism, and the author of a new Current Affairs article on Israel’s upcoming…
- Drop Site's Julian Andreone on His Wildest Capitol Hill Encounters · 41 min · Episode 525Julian Andreone is a Capitol Hill reporter for Drop Site News, where he confronts lawmakers with tough questions they’re often unprepared to answer. He joins Current Affairs…
- Before Bernie and Mamdani, There Was Eugene Debs · 43 min · Episode 524Shawn Gude is the former editor of Jacobin and author of American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to…
- In Praise of Suit Socialism · 17 min · Episode 522If there’s a visual language that connotes credibility and authority, why not take advantage of it?
- Democrats Paved the Way for Fascism — Jennifer Welch on MAGA, Socialism, and Political Revolution · 44 min · Episode 521🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Jennifer Welch, co-host of I’ve Had It and author of Not Today, Fascists…
- Israel Is Stealing the West Bank in Plain Sight (w/ Jasper Nathaniel) · 37 min · Episode 520Jasper Nathaniel is an independent journalist who recently returned from reporting in the occupied West Bank, where he documented Israeli settler violence, land seizures…
- How 9/11 Normalized Endless War · 46 min · Episode 519CODEPINK co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, along with national co-director Danaka Katovich, join Current Affairs to reflect on 25 years of the post-9/11 War on Terror…
- How Trump Made a Broken DOJ Even Worse · 31 min · Episode 518Rachel Cohen is an attorney and organizer who previously resigned from the law firm Skadden Arps amid the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against major law firms. She…
- MAGA Stole Animal Rights from the Left · 49 min · Episode 517Astra Taylor is a writer, activist, and co-author of End Times Fascism, and Aaron Regunberg is a climate lawyer and contributing editor at The New Republic. They join Current…
- Palestinians Shouldn’t Have to Be Perfect Victims (w/ Mohammed el-Kurd) · 32 min · Episode 516Mohammed el-Kurd is a Palestinian writer from Jerusalem, The Nation’s Palestine correspondent, and editor-at-large at Mondoweiss.
- AIPAC Knows Its Money Is Toxic (w/ Track AIPAC) · 32 min · Episode 515Track AIPAC is an advocacy and watchdog project that tracks AIPAC and other pro-Israel political spending in U.S. elections. Co-founders Cory Archibald and Casey Kennedy join…
- Both Parties Are Failing Working People (w/ Dan Osborn) · 19 min · Episode 514Dan Osborn is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska and a former union leader who first gained national attention during the 2021 Kellogg’s strike. He joins…
- The Israel Lobby Is More Desperate Than Ever · 36 min · Episode 513Eli Clifton is an investigative journalist and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and Ian Lustick is a political scientist specializing in U.S…
- The “Silent Genocide” in Cuba (w/ Abby Martin) · 53 min · Episode 512Abby Martin is a journalist, filmmaker, and creator of The Empire Files. She joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss her new film, Cuba After Castro…
- Socialist Defends Medicare for All on Fox News · 4 min · Episode 511Nathan J. Robinson returns to The Will Cain Show to defend Medicare for All, California’s proposed billionaire tax, and Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax.
- Send Ben Shapiro to Iran · 14 min · Episode 510Why should other people’s children be the ones who die in the wars he promotes?
- Graham Platner and the Left’s Misogyny Problem (w/ Yasmin Nair) · 1 h 17 min · Episode 509Yasmin Nair is a writer, activist, and longtime contributor to Current Affairs. In this conversation with Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, she discusses what…
- AIPAC Couldn't Stop Abdul El-Sayed · 13 min · Episode 508If he wins in November, this could be end of the road for AIPAC and the Democratic establishment.
- A Socialist Appears on Fox News · 8 min · Episode 507Nathan J. Robinson appears on The Will Cain Show to discuss socialism and the future of the Democratic Party.
- Centrists Are Not More "Electable" · 16 min · Episode 506Whether a candidate can inspire people, organize them, and deliver for them matters more than where they stand on an imaginary ideological continuum.
- America Is Just Guns and Diarrhea Now · 13 min · Episode 505Our politicians won't keep parasites out of our food, but they'll make it easier to buy guns through the mail.
- Socialists Humiliate Clueless NewsNation Host · 8 min · Episode 504We don’t think NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich knew what she was getting into when she invited Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan J. Robinson and Monte Mader on to debate socialism.
- Daniel Ellsberg's Final Warning to America · 40 min · Episode 503Daniel Ellsberg was the Pentagon Papers whistleblower whose decision to expose government lies about the Vietnam War changed American history. In this conversation with Current…
- America Is Headed for Another Endless War (w/ Trita Parsi) · 30 min · Episode 502Trita Parsi is the co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and one of the leading analysts of U.S.–Iran relations. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief…
- Keir Starmer’s Downfall is a Warning for the Democrats · 17 min · Episode 501When you stand for nothing, nobody wants to stand with you.
- Neoliberal Economics Has Always Been Bogus · 45 min · Episode 500Eric Beinhocker is a professor at the University of Oxford and executive director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. Nick Hanauer is an…
- How an AIPAC Smear Campaign Works · 18 min · Episode 499The Israel lobby’s attempt to destroy Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign is a disturbing example of how money warps democracy.
- Kshama Sawant Is Taking On a Pro-War Democrat · 33 min · Episode 498Kshama Sawant is a socialist organizer, former Seattle City Council member, and candidate for Congress in Washington’s 9th congressional district. Sawant joined Current Affairs…
- Trump Might Really Invade Cuba · 13 min · Episode 497There’s barely any pretense that Trump cares about Cuban democracy. This is about privatizing Cuba’s public assets and getting them into the hands of Trump’s cronies.
- Of Course The Founding Fathers Would Have Hated Trump · 16 min · Episode 496They rejected kings and were sincerely concerned about the possibility of a dictatorship. But we need to move past founder-worship and focus on justice.
- Charles Booker Has a Plan to Win Kentucky · 42 min · Episode 495Charles Booker is a former Kentucky state representative and the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. His campaign centers on Medicare for All, ending endless war…
- The Internet Is Being Erased · 49 min · Episode 494Mark Graham is the director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive, and Chris Freeland is the Internet Archive’s director of library services and one of the co-authors of…
- A Trillion Dollars Isn’t Worth It If You Have to Be Elon Musk · 45 min · Episode 493Elon Musk is a miserable deadbeat whom no amount of money can make loved, cool, or happy.
- The Left Is Rising · 11 min · Episode 492Electoral victories by socialists around the country show that the Democratic establishment is weak and can be overthrown.
- The Hidden Surveillance Network Spreading Across America · 1 h 1 min · Episode 491Jessica Burbank is an investigative journalist, content creator, and host of The Jessica Burbank Show. Her reporting for Drop Site News and The Counterprogramming Club has…
- Judith Butler Explains the Gender Panic · 41 min · Episode 490Judith Butler is one of the world's leading scholars and philosophers on issues of gender, sexuality, and the cultural phenomena that surround them. They are the author of the…
- The Anti-Zionist Jewish Movement Israel Doesn’t Want You to Know About (w/ Molly Crabapple) · 43 min · Episode 489Molly Crabapple is an artist, journalist, and author of the new book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. She joins Current Affairs editor-in-chief…
- Money Is a Measure of Nothing But Itself · 38 min · Episode 487J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev are economists and authors of the new book Against Money. They join Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss why money is so…
- The Fight to Unionize Amazon Isn’t Over (w/ Chris Smalls) · 32 min · Episode 486Chris Smalls is the co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union and author of the new book When the Revolution Comes. He joins Current Affairs associate editor Alex…
- Norman Finkelstein on the Insane Racism of Israeli Society and the Plan to Erase Gaza · 1 h 55 min · Episode 488Norman Finkelstein is one of the leading scholars of the Israel-Palestine conflict and author of the new book Gaza’s Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places. He…
- Secret Cable Exposes U.S. Role in Imran Khan’s Ouster · 38 min · Episode 485Waqas Ahmed is a Pakistani journalist whose work has appeared in The Intercept and Drop Site News. He joins Current Affairs to discuss his recent reporting with Murtaza Hussain…
- The Heinous Evil of Cutting USAID · 34 min · Episode 484Nicholas Enrich worked at USAID for more than 12 years, including in its Bureau for Global Health and Bureau for Management. He joins Current Affairs to discuss his new book…
