What Would a Left Foreign Policy Look Like? (w/ Van Jackson)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !We know the left is, generally speaking, anti-war and anti-imperialist. But if a left-wing government ever took power in the U.S., what would its ...
24 Jun 202441min
How Cars Make Life Worse (w/ Daniel Knowles)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Daniel Knowles is a reporter for The Economist (yes, that one). His book Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse argues that cars are a problem, and...
21 Jun 202434min
Debunking Popular Talking Points on Israel-Palestine (w/ Ben Burgis)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Ben Burgis is a philosopher and occasional contributor to Current Affairs, who runs the Philosophy for the People Substack and hosts Give Them An ...
19 Jun 20241h 35min
Why We Need Solidarity Now More Than Ever (w/ Leah Hunt-Hendrix)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” ―Eu...
17 Jun 202439min
How To Communicate Left Political Ideas to Gen Z (w/ Jessica Burbank)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Jessica L. Burbank is a broadcaster and commentator who appears on The Hill's Rising, co-hosts the Funny Money podcast, and now hosts her own onli...
14 Jun 202433min
Why We Don't Need Borders (w/ John Washington)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !John Washington is a journalist with Arizona Luminaria, whose new book The Case for Open Borders rebuts common anti-immigrant argument and shows t...
12 Jun 202438min
How Everyone Misunderstands Capitalism (w/ Grace Blakeley)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Grace Blakeley is one of the left's leading economic thinkers. In her new book, Vulture Capitalism, Blakeley explains how capitalism really works ...
10 Jun 202435min
Why Animal Liberation Is A Crucial Moral Issue For Our Time (w/ Lewis Bollard)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Lewis Bollard directs the farm animal welfare program at Open Philanthropy, and writes the organization's farm animal welfare research newsletter....
7 Jun 202433min
