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
#63: Chip-Filled Rooms
The panel dissects Obama's new memoir and what it says about his legacy, investigate the concept of 'cabals', and share their favorite competitive reality shows.
The panel this week was made up of n…
01:19:41 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
PREVIEW: Cole Stangler on racism and policing in France
Associate editor and real-life French person Vanessa A. Bee speaks to Paris-based journalist Cole Stangler about the recent French protests against police brutality and racism, as well as the broader…
00:02:13 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Is MMT Real? #1: Stephanie Kelton
Modern Monetary Theory—three simple words that are tearing apart the left. Pete Davis and Sparky Abraham have spent the last few years feeling curious and confused about this highly contentious theor…
01:36:11 |
Tue 01 Dec 2020
PREVIEW: Keeping Up With The Cardassians
Lyta and Brianna discuss Star Trek—its utopias, its assumptions, it fun parts, and its hot people.
This is a preview of an episode available in full to our $5 Patreon subscribers. To listen to the w…
00:04:25 |
Sun 29 Nov 2020
PREVIEW: Infrastructure Nerd Hour II (Flying Windmills)
Did you know we can build wind turbines that don't stand on the ground? That, in fact, we can catapult wind turbines into high altitude and collect energy from them as they fly?
Current Affairs resi…
00:05:20 |
Thu 26 Nov 2020
PREVIEW: What is Education For?
Nathan, Pete and Sparky discuss the book Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice, and education more broadly. Should there be a curriculum? Should twelve-year-olds…
00:10:35 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
PREVIEW: Talia Lavin on white supremacy and antifascism
Pete speaks to journalist Talia Lavin about her new book Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy.
This is a preview of an episode available in full to our $5 Patreon subsc…
00:01:05 |
Sat 21 Nov 2020
#62: The Biden Symphony
The team responds and reflects to the Biden win, ruminate on conservative octogenarians, and look forward to a vaccinated future.
The panel this week is made up of associate editor Vanessa A. Bee, f…
01:08:42 |
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Mass Appeal: A Discussion of Catholicism
As the US prepares for its second ever Catholic president, Rennix is joined by Current Affairs contributor Daniel Walden for an in-depth discussion on Catholicism: its liberatory side, its troubling …
00:04:43 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
PREVIEW: William F. Buckley
Nathan and Oren discuss William B. Fu—sorry, William F. Buckley, the "most important conservative intellectual of the postwar era", and possessor of the second-most ridiculous mid-Atlantic accent in …
00:05:32 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
PREVIEW: Infrastructure Nerd Hour: PG&E and California Wildfires
Infrastructure enthusiast Sparky Abraham is joined by Dr. Magnus Jamieson, an expert in electrical power systems, to discuss the fire which destroyed the town of Paradise, California in November 2018…
00:02:19 |
Mon 09 Nov 2020
#61: Vote No On Cancer Alley
The team discusses the past, the present and the future. Along the way, they get distracted by their favorite election conspiracy theories and the mysteries of New Orleans politics.
The panel thi…
01:09:16 |
Tue 03 Nov 2020
Michael Moore on 2020
Nathan speaks to Michael Moore about his thoughts on the 2020 election.
This episode also has a transcript: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/11/17106
00:49:07 |
Mon 02 Nov 2020
PREVIEW: Michael Moore on 2020
Nathan speaks to Michael Moore about his thoughts on the 2020 election.
This is a preview of an episode available in full now, on early access, to our $5 Patreon subscribers. To listen to the whole …
00:00:26 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
PREVIEW: The Trial of the Chicago 7
We accidentally recorded two Sorkin episodes in a row, sorry. This one's about his most recent picture, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and why the real-life event was funnier and better-scripted than th…
00:04:04 |
Thu 29 Oct 2020
PREVIEW: The Unimpressed Wing
It's a Bad Faith/Michael & Us/Current Affairs megacrossover! Nathan Robinson is joined by certified West Wing expert Luke Savage and West Wing neophyte Briahna Joy Gray to watch...well, you can guess…
00:01:05 |
Wed 28 Oct 2020
UNLOCKED! Wendell Potter on the secrets of the health insurance industry
This episode was originally released on the bonus feed, but we've released it to all of you for free today! If you enjoyed this and want to hear more like this, please consider subscribing to our Pat…
00:44:08 |
Mon 26 Oct 2020
The Rhode Island Political Cooperative
The Rhode Island Political Cooperative is a grassroots organization that just ran a slate of 24 progressive candidates across Rhode Island's state legislature, of which two-thirds either won their pr…
00:35:55 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Voicemailbag XII
Baked goods are foods made from dough or batter and cooked by baking. Salted meats are therefore not baked goods unless baked in a dough or batter.
Books mentioned in the revolution section include:
T…
00:54:52 |
Tue 20 Oct 2020
Should You Vote For Biden?: An Argument with Benjamin Studebaker
This episode was originally posted for Patreon subscribers only, but as the election draws closer, we are now releasing it to everyone.
Current Affairs editor Nathan Robinson is in favour of voting …
00:56:08 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
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