What Happens When McKinsey Shows Up?
McKinsey & Co. is the world's leading consulting company. But it also does a lot of work that's, well, pretty downright sinister, and it's very secretive about that work. But in the new book When McKi...
29 Nov 202236min
The Editors Take a MasterClass: Anna Wintour Edition
The editorial team of Current Affairs is fascinated by the online learning platform MasterClass, on which A-list celebrities offer “classes” that are sometimes very cool but frequently of dubious educ...
29 Nov 202247min
Why Our Wars Never End (w/ Chris Hedges)
Chris Hedges, who appeared on this program a few months back after the publication of his book Our Class, returns to discuss his powerful new book The Greatest Evil is War, which shows the true face o...
29 Nov 202241min
A Merciless Intellectual Brawl Between a YIMBY and a "Left NIMBY"
For some time, Nathan has been critical of the "YIMBY" (Yes In My Backyard) movement, which takes stances on housing policy that are sometimes classified as "market fundamentalist" or "trickle-down." ...
29 Nov 20221h 11min
How Billionaires Plan To Escape The World They've Destroyed
Douglas Rushkoff is a media and tech critic who has been called "one of the world's ten most influential intellectuals" by MIT. He has hosted PBS Frontline documentaries and written many books includi...
4 Nov 202249min
How Giant Corporations Squeeze Every Last Penny Out of Writers and Musicians
Rebecca Giblin is a professor at the University of Melbourne and the co-author (with Cory Doctorow) of Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll...
4 Nov 202249min
How to Save Sick Piglets While Avoiding Jail Time (w/ Wayne Hsiung and Matt Johnson)
Wayne Hsiung is a former law professor who was recently acquitted by a Utah jury after being charged with stealing two piglets from a factory farm, in a story that made national news. In 2017, animal ...
4 Nov 202245min
How To Be A Smart Media Critic Who Knows Propaganda When They See It
Norman Solomon is one of the foremost progressive media critics, having founded the Institute for Public Accuracy and authored or co-authored many books on media including Unreliable Sources: A Guide ...
4 Nov 202259min
