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
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
