Inside The Chaos at Elon Musk's Twitter (uh, "X")
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs ! Zoë Schiffer is the author of the new book "Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter," which tells the full story of how the richest man i...
3 Kesä 202439min
The Infamous, Blood-Soaked Legacy of Henry Kissinger (w/ Jonah Walters)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !The day Henry Kissinger died, Jacobin magazine released a book, which they had completed years before, called The Good Die Young: The Verdict on H...
31 Touko 202439min
What The Labor Movement Can Do For You (w/ Hamilton Nolan)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Hamilton Nolan is a leading labor journalist whose new book The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor is both a study ...
29 Touko 202443min
A Leading Philosopher Makes The Case for Degrowth (w/ Kohei Saito)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Marxist philosophers do not often write bestsellers, but as the New York Times wrote in a profile of today's guest, Kohei Saito's work has unexpec...
27 Touko 202439min
Understanding the Genocide Case Against Israel (w/ Jeremy Scahill)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Originally aired January 29, 2024There is an ongoing case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) brought by South Africa against Israel, whic...
24 Touko 202446min
The Case for Limiting Wealth (w/ Ingrid Robeyns)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Ingrid Robeyns is a professor at Utrecht University, where she specializes in political philosophy and ethics. She's the author of Limitarianism: ...
22 Touko 202444min
How the "Squad" Discovered the Reality of Power in D.C. (w/ Ryan Grim)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Ryan Grim is the Intercept's D.C. bureau chief and the author of The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution. Ryan's book chronicles the...
20 Touko 202443min
What Can the U.S. Learn From Canadian Politics? (w/ Ed Broadbent)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Ed Broadbent was perhaps the best-known democratic socialist in Canada. He served for 14 years as the head of the country's New Democratic Party, ...
17 Touko 202435min
