What Harms Will AI Cause and What Can We Do About Them? (w/ Garrison Lovely)
This episode originally aired on November 18, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs! Garrison Lovely wrote the cover story for Jacobin magazine's special issue on AI, which explai...
22 Jan 202541min
How the "Child Welfare" System Destroys Black Families (w/ Dorothy Roberts)
This episode originally aired on November 15, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Is our “child welfare” system successfully helping protect kids from neglect and abuse? Or is ...
17 Dec 202439min
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on What He Saw in Gaza
This episode originally aired on November 4, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is a trauma surgeon who has served in conflict zones around the world. He auth...
6 Dec 202454min
Are We Heading into the Era of "Disaster Nationalism"? (w/ Richard Seymour)
This episode originally aired on October 29, 2024. Get new podcasts early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairsRight!Richard Seymour is one of the most learned and provocative leftist writers in the world. He...
14 Nov 202444min
Why The Electoral College Is Worthless (w/ Carolyn Dupont)
This episode originally aired on October 22, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!Carolyn Dupont, a professor of history at Eastern Kentucky University, is one of the country's l...
11 Nov 202436min
Why America Perceives a "World of Enemies" (w/ Osamah Khalil)
This episode originally aired on October 10, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!Osamah Khalil of Syracuse University is the author of A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home...
8 Nov 202448min
Why the Fraudulent "Broken Windows" Theory of Policing Refuses to Die
This episode originally aired on October 2, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!Recently, New York Times columnist Pamela Paul made an argument for aggressively policing subway ...
6 Nov 202446min
What The U.S. Did To Haiti (w/ Jonathan Katz)
This episode originally aired on September 26, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs!Donald Trump and J.D. Vance have recently been pushing vicious racist fake news about Haitian ...
4 Nov 202435min
