Episode #33: Bike Dancing
In this episode, the Current Affairs team discuss the usefulness of boycotts, encouraging news, and Pete faces down the rest of the cruel and ruthless panel in a round of Lefty Shark Tank. The panel ...
29 Aug 20191h 5min
PREVIEW: WATER (feat. Varsha Venkatasubramanian on dams)
Current Affairs finance editor Sparky Abraham and associate editor Vanessa A. Bee sit down with Varsha Venkatasubramanian to discuss the politics of water —more specifically, dams. Find out how the si...
22 Aug 201959s
In conversation: Mehdi Hasan on pseudo-intellectualism and Islamophobia
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson and business manager Eli Massey sit down with journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan to discuss the bad-faith actions of the "Intellectual Dark Web",...
20 Aug 20193min
PREVIEW: A Very Nice and Polite Argument with Ezra Klein
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson sits down with founder and editor-at-large of Vox, Ezra Klein. Together, they debate (in a very friendly manner) the successes and failures of the Be...
15 Aug 20191min
Landlord Wars, Ep. #32: The Tenant Strikes Back
Relevant reading: An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C., by Kate Masur: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9780807872666/an-example-for-all-the-land/ ...
13 Aug 20191h 1min
In conversation: Mckayla Wilkes on her 2020 run for Congress
Current Affairs host Pete Davis and managing editor Lyta Gold sit down with Mckayla Wilkes, a 28-year-old progressive who is challenging the House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for his seat. Mckayla tel...
8 Aug 201934min
PREVIEW: Malcolm X
Nathan J. Robinson and Oren Nimni discuss the legacy of Malcolm X. This episode is available in full to our Patreon subscribers. To gain full access to this episode, as well as lots of other fantasti...
6 Aug 201938s
UNLOCKED! Chuck Marohn on Strong Towns
Current Affairs host Pete Davis sits down with engineer, land planner and founder of the Strong Towns movement, Chuck Marohn, to discuss how to create thriving towns and cities. This episode was edit...
5 Aug 201948min
