How Noam Chomsky Exposes The Myth of American Idealism
This panel was recorded on October 16th, 2024A special event hosted by Current Affairs Magazine at The New School in New York City to celebrate the release of The Myth of American Idealism, the new bo...
28 Maj 20251h 10min
Everybody Hates Capitalism (W/ John Cassidy)
🦩 This episode originally aired on May 20, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairsJohn Cassidy, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Capitalism and Its Critics, joins Natha...
27 Maj 202532min
The Democratic Party Lied to You About Joe Biden
The Democratic Party is sclerotic. It’s easy to heap blame on Joe Biden now that he is weak and powerless. But that’s a convenient way of avoiding a major reckoning. Nathan J. Robinson, editor of Curr...
25 Maj 202527min
America's Diplomatic Failures in China, Ukraine, and Gaza (w/Chas Freeman)
🦩 This episode originally aired on May 16, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairsChas Freeman is one of the most insightful voices in U.S. foreign policy, with a distinguished car...
23 Maj 202547min
Democrats Are Not "The Left" (w/Ted Rall)
🦩 This episode originally aired on May 14, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairsTed Rall is one of the most influential political cartoonists on the left today. In his new book “...
20 Maj 202545min
How Other Countries Solved What America Won’t (w/Natasha Hakimi Zapata)
🦩 This episode originally aired on April 18, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairsAmerica is in crisis, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Around the world, other countries have...
16 Maj 202544min
Douglas Murray’s “Expertise” Is a Sham
In “On Democracies and Death Cults,” Murray offers a straightforward “good versus evil” account of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He does this by excluding every piece of information that undercuts hi...
14 Maj 202528min
Inside Saturday Night Live (w/Susan Morrison)
🦩 This episode originally aired on May 6, 2025. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairsLorne Michaels might be the most powerful figure in American comedy — and yet, most people barely k...
14 Maj 202542min
