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
What Would It Take To Have a Democracy? (w/ Thom Hartmann)
Thom Hartmann is America's #1 progressive radio host and the author of the "Hidden History" series of books. His latest, The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way ...
26 Feb 202440min
How Did the Idea of Being "Self-Made" Come About? (w/ Tara Isabella Burton)
Tara Isabella Burton is a novelist and the author of the new nonfiction book Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians, a history of the rise of the idea of a curated self. T...
23 Feb 202436min
Our Plan to Make It Actually Enjoyable to Read The News
Current Affairs has recently launched a new project: the Current Affairs News Briefing, a twice-weekly digest of important (and often neglected) news stories. We're really tired of having to sift thro...
21 Feb 202433min
The Role of Drugs in American Life (w/ Benjamin Fong)
Benjamin Y. Fong is the associate director of the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University and the author of the new book Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Cent...
19 Feb 202437min
The History of Arab-Jews Can Change Our Understanding of The World (w/ Avi Shlaim)
Avi Shlaim is a distinguished historian and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Oxford University. He is one of the Israeli "New Historians" whose pathbreaking work debunked some of Israe...
16 Feb 202446min
A HEATED Encounter with Chris Rufo: Critical Race Theory, The Left, and American History
Originally aired 7/23/2023. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Today we have another in our Contentious Arguments series, as Nathan clashes with Christopher Rufo, the architect of t...
14 Feb 202452min
