
PREVIEW: Ryan Cooper on deadly trucks
Nathan and Sparky speak to Ryan Cooper (@ryanlcooper) of The Week and the Left Anchor podcast about 'truck bloat'—the phenomenon of increasingly big, dangerous trucks and SUVs, the environmental damag...
28 Elo 20209min

#56: The People's Xbox
The panel discusses "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" by Jo Freeman, taking over politicians' houses, and how political movements become appealing. The print magazine is real, and it's good. Subscr...
25 Elo 20201h 9min

Lee Weiner of the Chicago Seven on "conspiracy to riot"
In this super-special episode, Nathan and Oren speak to Lee Weiner, defendant in one of the most notorious trials of the 1960s—the trial of the Chicago Seven . Lee speaks about his childhood as a red ...
20 Elo 20208min

PREVIEW: The Simpsons episode!
"When it comes to jokes, The Simpsons uses every part of the animal." Current Affairs newsletter editor Nick Slater, amusements editor Lyta Gold and editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson discuss the most...
18 Elo 20205min

Voicemailbag XI
The team answers your questions! Topics include crowdfunding, teachers' strikes, Trump removal, cats versus dogs, positivity versus negativity, and the FBI. No-one asked a question about stamps, but t...
12 Elo 20201h

PREVIEW: Literature After Dark (Fanfic and Slashfic)
Brianna Rennix, Lyta Gold and Allegra Silcox discuss the online culture of writing erotic stories about fictional characters, the portrayal of romance and sexuality in media, and what it means to rema...
7 Elo 202012min

UNLOCKED: Adam F. Naughton on the politics of disability
Nathan speaks to Adam F. Naughton (@adamfnaughton), a disabled activist in South Carolina and founder of www.notyourinspiration.org, about the differences between the medical and social models of disa...
5 Elo 20201h 20min

PREVIEW: Sam Miller McDonald on Sam Miller McDonald on the past, present and future of Earth
Nathan speaks to Samuel Miller McDonald, Current Affairs contributor and researcher at Oxford's school of geography and environment. Together, they discuss the factors and forces that steer the course...
4 Elo 202011min





















