Current Affairs
A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 600
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
#71: Collective Bargaining For Better Yachts (feat. Ryan Kekeris)
The Current Affairs panel welcomes a guest - Ryan Kekeris (@punished_ryan), director of communications of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. In this episode, Ryan explains the ins…
01:13:06 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Voicemailbag XIV
Once again we peruse, examine and eat your voicemails. Subjects include office animals, accusations of "childishness", the nature of the self and imaginary metros.
The panel this week was made up of…
00:50:07 |
Wed 24 Mar 2021
BONUS: Action Against Amazon
Sparky and Eli are joined by Max Alvarez, editor-in-chief at The Real News, and a very special guest—Michael Foster, an organizer with RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union), who has be…
00:46:02 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
#69: Nice
The team discuss going to Mars, the reopening of schools and go in-depth on qualified immunity.
Next episode, we'll be listening to your voicemails! If you have a question, please leave a voicemai…
01:20:01 |
Wed 10 Mar 2021
UNLOCKED! Guantánamo Deep Dive
This episode was originally released on our Patreon feed, but we've decided to release it for all listeners. If you enjoyed it, consider subscribing to our Patreon feed at www.patreon.com/CurrentAffa…
01:25:01 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
UNLOCKED! Infrastructure Nerd Hour: PG&E and California Wildfires
This episode was originally put on our Patreon feed back in November, but in light of the recent energy crisis in Texas, we've decided to unlock it for everyone. If you like this episode, please cons…
01:08:27 |
Wed 03 Mar 2021
#68: The Episode for Bacteria
The team uses the viral video of Handforth Parish Council as a jumping-off point to discuss the thorny concept of "community"; Sparky makes renting illegal; everyone explains something that makes th…
01:13:38 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
UNLOCKED! Orphaned Wells (feat. Megan Milliken Biven)
This episode was originally released only to our Patreon subscribers, but we're making it free for everyone today! In this episode, infrastructure enthusiast Sparky Abraham speaks to Megan Milliken B…
00:48:15 |
Mon 22 Feb 2021
#67: Push-Ups in Space
The panel debates whether art has been over-moralized, argues the benefits of short-selling, and airs their petty grievances. At one point, someone triggers the Dialectics Calypso.
The panel this w…
01:23:21 |
Wed 10 Feb 2021
UNLOCKED: Fighting Joe Rogan (feat. Sam Yang of Southpaw)
This episode was originally posted on the bonus feed, but we're releasing it for everyone today!
Sparky speaks to Sam Yang (@StuffFromSam) of Southpaw, a radical podcast about combat sports. In the …
01:31:04 |
Fri 05 Feb 2021
MMT Update
Sparky and Pete took a little break from the MMT series over the holidays. (You can see one of the reasons at the link below.) But don't worry—more episodes are on their way.
https://www.currentaffa…
00:00:51 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
Medical Debt Special with Astra Taylor and Elizabeth Bruenig
Finance editor Sparky Abraham is joined by contributing editor Eli Massey, activist and filmmaker Astra Taylor, and journalist Elizabeth Bruenig to discuss the American medical debt crisis—who's behi…
01:04:21 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
Voicemailbag XIII
We dip once again into your voicemails! Topics include expectations for the Biden administration, anarchic education, and aliens. Stay tuned to the end so you can be sad.
The panel this week was bus…
00:57:39 |
Tue 12 Jan 2021
Jubilee Day 5: Shireen Al-Adeimi on the war in Yemen
Eli speaks to assistant professor at Michigan State University and writer for In These Times, Shireen Al-Adeimi, about the ongoing war in Yemen—its causes, its human cost, and the role of the Obama, …
00:53:55 |
Fri 08 Jan 2021
Jubilee Day 4: Libby Watson on American sickness
Aisling speaks to journalist Libby Watson (@libbycwatson), formerly of The New Republic and Splinter, about her new Substack newsletter, Sick Note. Towards the end, Aisling gets very enthusiastic abo…
00:44:27 |
Thu 07 Jan 2021
Jubilee Day 3: Samuel Moyn on democratizing the Supreme Court
With the Supreme Court very much in the news cycle, Oren speaks to Yale professor of law and history, Samuel Moyn, about why we should not "pack the court", as many leftists call for, but instead end…
01:13:15 |
Wed 06 Jan 2021
Jubilee Day 2: Is Anything Real?
The team discuss the ensmallening of culture, women in science fiction, and reveal which things they suspect may not be real.
The panel this week was senior editor Brianna Rennix, amusements & manag…
01:07:40 |
Tue 05 Jan 2021
Jubilee Day 1 - Nick and Sparky's CA Gripefest
Hello all! We took a week off for the holidays, but now we're back—and we've brought presents!
To ring in the new year, we're bringing everyone five free episodes throughout the week. Some of them …
01:21:24 |
Mon 04 Jan 2021
PREVIEW: Yasmin Nair on the arts industry
This week, Lyta Gold had an extra-long, two-part conversation with Current Affairs editor-at-large Yasmin Nair, in which they dissect the arts industry, media gossip, creative labor, why writing does…
00:02:21 |
Tue 22 Dec 2020
UNLOCKED! Cole Stangler on racism and policing in France
This episode was originally on our bonus feed, but we've released it so everyone can listen for free!
Associate editor and real-life French person Vanessa A. Bee speaks to Paris-based journalist Col…
00:47:16 |
Mon 21 Dec 2020
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