Current Affairs

Ilhan Omar

Current Affairs interviewer-in-chief Eli Massey speaks to Ilhan Omar, Congresswoman for Minnesota's 5th district. Together, they discuss her new book, This Is What America Looks Like, as well as fore…

00:33:49 | Wed 27 May 2020

PREVIEW: Lawyers

As you may or may not have noticed, a *lot* of the Current Affairs editors work as lawyers for their day jobs. Current Affairs interviewer-in-chief Eli Massey has brought a panel together to ask: can…

00:01:13 | Mon 25 May 2020

#49: Go Visit Old People (Once It's Safe)

The panel discusses the viability of forming a breakaway third party, things that are secretly political, and our society's contempt for the elderly.

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01:25:12 | Wed 20 May 2020

Immigration Update: Detention and COVID

"Immigration cases are death penalty cases in a traffic court setting."

Current Affairs editors and immigration law superheroes Oren Nimni and Brianna Rennix return to the podcast, to give us an upda…

00:53:49 | Fri 15 May 2020

PREVIEW: Eric Levitz on Steve Mnuchin

Sparky Abraham speaks to Eric Levitz, writer for New York Magazine's Intelligencer, about the life and times of Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, from his youth as a student living in a former…

00:04:09 | Tue 12 May 2020

PREVIEW: Bigger Than Bernie (ft. Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht)

Nathan speaks to Micah Uetricht and Meagan Day, co-authors of the new book Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism. The book: https://www.versobooks.com/boo…

00:05:21 | Fri 08 May 2020

#48: An Analysis of Birds, Large and Small

The panel discusses the prospect of an alliance between the left and the 'populist right', exposes their complicated relationships with Twitter, and recommends their favorite books for introducing fr…

01:01:27 | Tue 05 May 2020

UNLOCKED - Brie's Back, Baby!

Our former editor, Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy), has returned to the CA team, after a stint as Press Secretary to the Bernie Sanders campaign. Nathan speaks to Brie about the Bernie campaign, what…

00:54:50 | Fri 01 May 2020

PREVIEW: Get to know...Brianna Rennix!

In the second episode of this series, Eli speaks to Current Affairs senior editor Brianna Rennix about their life. Topics include mindgames with nuns, mythology, monasticism, the immigration system, …

00:07:30 | Thu 30 Apr 2020

PREVIEW: Zach Wehrwein on social networks

Sociologist Zach Wehrwein returns to talk to Pete about one of the most underrated factors powering our society—social networks. Together, Zach and Pete explore how mapping people's social connection…

00:06:37 | Tue 28 Apr 2020

PREVIEW: Brie's Back, Baby!

Our former editor, Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy), has returned to the CA team, after a stint as Press Secretary to the Bernie Sanders campaign. Nathan speaks to Brie about the Bernie campaign, what…

00:06:09 | Thu 23 Apr 2020

UNLOCKED! Tiger Lawyer

Rargh. In this bonus episode, Sparky, Lyta, Allegra and Nick are joined by animal rights lawyer and Current Affairs contributor Asher Smith, to discuss what the hit new docuseries Tiger King got righ…

01:10:57 | Wed 22 Apr 2020

#47: This Is A Pro-Bean Broadcast

The panel snaps on the gloves and attempts a Bernie campaign postmortem, considers voting for "the lesser of two evils", and shares what they've been cooking in quarantine (after they've taken off th…

01:10:39 | Tue 21 Apr 2020

John J. Lennon on doing journalism from prison

Pete Davis speaks to prison journalist John J. Lennon (@JohnJLennon1), who writes and acts as contributing editor for Esquire magazine, all while incarcerated in Sing Sing. John J. Lennon's podcast …

00:54:16 | Fri 17 Apr 2020

PREVIEW: Lev Menand on the Federal Reserve and a public banking option

Sparky speaks to Lev Menand, academic fellow and lecturer at Columbia Law School, who answers all Sparky's questions about the Federal Reserve: what it is, what money is, how banking works, Modern Mo…

00:07:25 | Thu 16 Apr 2020

PREVIEW: Tiger Lawyer

Rargh. In this bonus episode, Sparky, Lyta, Allegra and Nick are joined by animal rights lawyer and Current Affairs contributor Asher Smith, to discuss what the hit new docuseries Tiger King got righ…

00:06:54 | Tue 14 Apr 2020

#46: Get Lanai'd

The team tackle the coronacrisis—how we got here, what comes after, and how to cope in the interim. The panel this week was finance editor Sparky Abraham, newsletter editor Nick Slater, amusement…

00:55:16 | Tue 07 Apr 2020

PREVIEW: Doug Henwood on the financial impact of COVID

Nathan speaks to Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood)—journalist, radio host and author of Wall Street: How it Works and for Whom amongst others—about the current health crisis, its economic impact, and where…

00:05:35 | Fri 03 Apr 2020

PREVIEW: John J. Lennon on doing journalism from prison

In this particularly special episode, Pete Davis speaks to prison journalist John J. Lennon (@JohnJLennon1), who writes and acts as contributing editor for Esquire magazine, all while incarcerated in…

00:01:37 | Tue 31 Mar 2020

In conversation: Abdul El-Sayed on COVID-19

Nathan and Eli speak to former city health director, epidemiologist, public health doctor and commentator Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) about 2020's rudest uninvited guest. You can preorder Abdul's…

00:45:18 | Thu 26 Mar 2020

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