ZINNOPHOBIA - Why So Many Still Fear "A People's History of the United States" (w/ David Detmer)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !David Detmer is the author of the book Zinnophobia: The Battle Over History in Education, Politics, and Scholarship. David's book was published fi...
19 Mar 202458min
Why Do We Have Any Poverty In America When It's Such a Solvable Problem? (w/ Matt Desmond)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Matthew Desmond's bestselling book Poverty, By America poses a straightforward question: Why is there any poverty at all in such a wealthy country...
15 Mar 202420min
Mini-Cast: Ending Period Poverty Through the "Menstrual Equity for All" Act (w/ Grace Meng)
"I’m pretty sure that some of my colleagues have signed on to my bill because they wanted me to stop talking about periods on the floor of the House." — Grace MengGrace Meng represents the 6th Distric...
13 Mar 202416min
There Is No Alternative to Ending Fossil Fuel Use (w/ Lorne Stockman)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Lorne Stockman is the research co-director at Oil Change International, which is dedicated to exposing the harms caused by fossil fuel use and adv...
11 Mar 202445min
Why "Climate Optimism" Is Irrational and What Global Climate Justice Requires (w/ Jag Bhalla)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Jag Bhalla is a contributor to Current Affairs who has also written for Scientific American and Big Think. His pieces for our magazine have freque...
8 Mar 202443min
Is Being "Moderate" Actually How Democrats Win? (w/ Alex Bronzini-Vender)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Alex Bronzini-Vender has contributed several articles to Current Affairs, about progressive politics in the U.S. today. In his first, "Progressive...
6 Mar 202438min
The Many Layers of Injustice in American Criminal Punishment (w/ Stephen Bright & James Kwak)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Today we are joined by Stephen Bright and James Kwak to discuss their new book The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of...
4 Mar 202436min
Can The Concept of "Philanthropy" Be Saved? (w/ Amy Schiller)
Philanthropy is a problem. Lots of contemporary philanthropy is either useless (Rich people funding new buildings for Harvard) or shouldn't have to happen in the first place (Nonprofits fulfilling cru...
28 Feb 202439min
