UNLOCKED: The Lyta, The Witch & The Wardrobe
UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Current Affairs amusements editor Lyta Gold, senior editor Brianna Rennix, contributing editor Aisling McCrea and friend of the pod Dan Walden continue our "proble...
2 Kesä 20191h 1min
#26: Standardized Litmus Tests
The Current Affairs panel discusses the recent addition of the "adversity score" to the SAT, determines the appropriate abortion litmus test for the left, and goes around sharing things that made them...
29 Touko 20191h 24min
UNLOCKED: Tiffany Cabán on running for district attorney as a public defender
UNLOCKED from the bird feed to the main feed just in time for AOC's endorsement: Current Affairs legal wonks Oren Nimni and Vanessa A. Bee sit down with Tiffany Cabán, a career public defender who is ...
23 Touko 201942min
#25: Voicemailbag V
The Current Affairs panel opens up the phone lines for the fifth time, answering voicemails about: the new 2020 candidates, Medicare for All, irony, government services, and changing people's minds. T...
11 Touko 201947min
#24: The Department of Glass Castles
The Current Affairs panel asks “what’s the problem with technocrats?”, debates whether it’s bad that Bernie Sanders is now a millionaire, and proposes our favorite imaginary cabinet positions. The Pa...
28 Huhti 201959min
UNLOCKED: Jane McAlevey on organizing vs. mobilizing
UNLOCKED FROM THE BIRD FEED: Current Affairs host Pete Davis sits down with labor organizer and scholar Jane McAlevey to talk about organizing for power in the New Gilded Age. Jane is a contributing w...
25 Huhti 201941min
UNLOCKED: Virgil Texas on the Chapo Trap House phenomenon
UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Current Affairs host Pete Davis talks with Virgil Texas about his hit podcast, Chapo Trap House: its origins, its philosophy, its style, its future. Read Virgil's ...
15 Huhti 201950min
#23: You Can Call Me (Weird) Al
The Current Affairs panel discuss why they fight in the first place and then share what cultural products are their favorite lefty gateway drugs. The Panel Sparky Abraham, finance editor Lyta Gold, a...
12 Huhti 201951min
