
PREVIEW: Sam Miller McDonald on Sam Miller McDonald on the past, present and future of Earth
Nathan speaks to Samuel Miller McDonald, Current Affairs contributor and researcher at Oxford's school of geography and environment. Together, they discuss the factors and forces that steer the course...
4 Aug 202011min

#54: The John Quiñones Panopticon
The panel ponder the demise of anti-consumerist politics, debate a future with no cars, and reveal their weirdest hobby-horses. The panel this week was associate editor Vanessa A. Bee, legal editor O...
28 Juli 20201h 10min

PREVIEW: Stephanie Kelton on rethinking economics
Nathan and Sparky speak to Stephanie Kelton, professor of public policy and economics at Stony Brook University and one of the world's foremost experts on modern monetary theory. Stephanie elaborates ...
24 Juli 20209min

On Michael Brooks
Nathan pays tribute to Michael Brooks, who passed away unexpectedly on Monday.
23 Juli 20208min

PREVIEW: Briahna Joy Gray on litmus tests
Briahna returns to the Current Affairs Arena to discuss her latest article, "In Defense of Litmus Tests". This is a preview of an episode available in full to our $5 Patreon subscribers. To listen t...
22 Juli 202010min

PREVIEW: The MOVE Bombing
Aisling McCrea and Oren Nimni discuss that time the American police firebombed Philadelphia, in order to destroy an imperfect yet interesting offshoot of the black liberation movement. Along the way t...
18 Juli 20209min

PREVIEW: A Series of Tubes
Nathan speaks to finance editor and infrastructure evangelist Sparky Abraham about the physical infrastructure behind the internet, and the complex relationship of owners and renters who control it. ...
16 Juli 20205min

#53: Cancel Rent Culture
The panel discusses gender, "yikes" moments, and redemption. The panel this week was lieutenant editor Brianna Rennix, finance editor Sparky Abraham, amusements and managing editor Lyta Gold, busine...
14 Juli 20201h 18min




















