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
Voicemailbag XI
The team answers your questions! Topics include crowdfunding, teachers' strikes, Trump removal, cats versus dogs, positivity versus negativity, and the FBI. No-one asked a question about stamps, but …
01:00:14 |
Wed 12 Aug 2020
PREVIEW: Literature After Dark (Fanfic and Slashfic)
Brianna Rennix, Lyta Gold and Allegra Silcox discuss the online culture of writing erotic stories about fictional characters, the portrayal of romance and sexuality in media, and what it means to rem…
00:12:25 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
UNLOCKED: Adam F. Naughton on the politics of disability
Nathan speaks to Adam F. Naughton (@adamfnaughton), a disabled activist in South Carolina and founder of www.notyourinspiration.org, about the differences between the medical and social models of dis…
01:20:44 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
PREVIEW: Sam Miller McDonald on Sam Miller McDonald on the past, present and future of Earth
Nathan speaks to Samuel Miller McDonald, Current Affairs contributor and researcher at Oxford's school of geography and environment. Together, they discuss the factors and forces that steer the cours…
00:11:57 |
Tue 04 Aug 2020
#54: The John Quiñones Panopticon
The panel ponder the demise of anti-consumerist politics, debate a future with no cars, and reveal their weirdest hobby-horses.
The panel this week was associate editor Vanessa A. Bee, legal editor …
01:10:13 |
Tue 28 Jul 2020
PREVIEW: Stephanie Kelton on rethinking economics
Nathan and Sparky speak to Stephanie Kelton, professor of public policy and economics at Stony Brook University and one of the world's foremost experts on modern monetary theory. Stephanie elaborates…
00:09:34 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
On Michael Brooks
Nathan pays tribute to Michael Brooks, who passed away unexpectedly on Monday.
00:08:37 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
PREVIEW: Briahna Joy Gray on litmus tests
Briahna returns to the Current Affairs Arena to discuss her latest article, "In Defense of Litmus Tests".
This is a preview of an episode available in full to our $5 Patreon subscribers. To listen …
00:10:42 |
Wed 22 Jul 2020
PREVIEW: The MOVE Bombing
Aisling McCrea and Oren Nimni discuss that time the American police firebombed Philadelphia, in order to destroy an imperfect yet interesting offshoot of the black liberation movement. Along the way …
00:09:00 |
Sat 18 Jul 2020
PREVIEW: A Series of Tubes
Nathan speaks to finance editor and infrastructure evangelist Sparky Abraham about the physical infrastructure behind the internet, and the complex relationship of owners and renters who control it.
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00:05:50 |
Thu 16 Jul 2020
#53: Cancel Rent Culture
The panel discusses gender, "yikes" moments, and redemption.
The panel this week was lieutenant editor Brianna Rennix, finance editor Sparky Abraham, amusements and managing editor Lyta Gold, busin…
01:18:44 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
PREVIEW: Film Club with the Michael and Us Podcast: Irresistible (2020)
Nathan and Aisling meet up once more with Will Sloan and Luke Savage of the Michael and Us podcast to discuss Irresistible (2020), Jon Stewart's new movie about small-town politics and big-city snobs…
00:01:19 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
#52: William Blake 2024
The panel discusses how to advocate for unpopular policies, Pete enters Lefty Shark Tank to defend the concept of a wrongful incarceration tort, and everyone debates which lefties could defeat Trump …
01:17:57 |
Wed 01 Jul 2020
UNLOCKED: Jason Adam Katzenstein on OCD and cartooning
We're unlocking this bonus episode because we love Jason and we love his book and you should get his beautiful book.
Today we're talking to Jason Katzenstein, cartoonist for Current Affairs and The …
00:54:59 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
PREVIEW: Adam F. Naughton on the politics of disability
Nathan speaks to Adam F. Naughton (@adamfnaughton), a disabled activist in South Carolina and founder of www.notyourinspiration.org, about the differences between the medical and social models of dis…
00:01:16 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
In conversation: Erika Uyterhoeven for Somerville
Oren Nimni sits down for a friendly chat with Erika Uyterhoeven, an organizer in his hometown of Somerville who is running for State Representative. Find out more at https://www.electerika.com/
This …
00:54:55 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
WATER
Yesterday, Current Affairs published an article on the recent failure of two Michigan dams. In conjunction with this article, we thought we would release this bonus episode, originally aired in Augus…
00:44:52 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
#51: Voicemailbag X
The panel answers your questions on democracy in education, progressive prosecutors, protest votes, righteous jobs and monuments. (This episode was recorded before the recent spate of statue toppling…
00:58:20 |
Tue 16 Jun 2020
#50: The Current Affairs Autonomous Zone
The panel discusses the protests, alternatives to policing, and political art. (If you want to know further thoughts on Dave Eggers' "The Captain and The Glory", don't worry—Current Affairs will reve…
01:10:54 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Samelys López for NY-15
Lyta Gold speaks to Samelys López, a housing justice activist who is running in the June 23rd Democratic primary in New York's 15th congressional district. (Please note that this episode was recorded…
00:48:54 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
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