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
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
