Inside the MAGA Movement on the Ground (w/ Isaac Arnsdorf)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Who actually comprises the MAGA movement? Where do Trumpian politicians come from? How do they defeat "establishment" Republicans on the local and...
1 Jul 202426min
How The Dollar Became America's Most Powerful Weapon (w/ Saleha Mohsin)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !When we think of American power, we often think of missiles, guns, and tanks. But operating in the background is an incredibly powerful weapon who...
28 Jun 202430min
In Praise of Excess (w/ Becca Rothfeld)
Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Becca Rothfeld is the nonfiction book critic for the Washington Post. Her new essay collection, All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Exce...
26 Jun 202438min
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
