Why Wars Happen (w/ Michael Mann)
Michael Mann is a sociologist who has spent his life trying to understand how power works. His latest book, On Wars, surveys the entire history of warfare between human societies to try to understand ...
5 Apr 202445min
A McKinsey Whistleblower on Life Inside The Secretive Consulting Firm
Several years ago, Garrison Lovely wrote an insider account of McKinsey & Co. for Current Affairs. At the time he published using a pseudonym, but he's now gone public with a cover story for a recent ...
3 Apr 202444min
How Big Pharma Makes a Killing From Letting People Die (w/ Nick Dearden)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Nick Dearden's Pharmanomics is an essential primer on how the pharmaceutical industry works, taking a tour across the globe to explain clearly why...
1 Apr 202433min
What Makes For a "Strong Town"? (w/ Allison Lirish Dean)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Allison Lirish Dean is a journalist and urban planner in North Carolina. She is the author of a recent piece for the Current Affairs print edition...
29 Mar 202443min
How White Supremacist Ideology Made Its Way Into Music Theory (w/ Philip Ewell)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Philip Ewell is a professor of music theory and the author of the new book On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone (Universi...
27 Mar 202443min
Gary Younge's 30-Year Panorama of the African Diaspora
Gary Younge spent three decades as a reporter and columnist for The Guardian, where he became one of the publication's most incisive and widely-read contributors. His new book, Dispatches from the Dia...
25 Mar 202437min
Why The Cop City Indictment Threatens Everyone's Freedom (w/ Christopher Bruce)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Originally aired 9/19/2023Dozens of protesters in Atlanta have recently been hit with serious charges, including domestic terrorism and racketeeri...
22 Mar 202425min
Why We Need Utopias (w/ Kristen Ghodsee)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Kristen Ghodsee is Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of books like Why Women Have Be...
20 Mar 202442min
