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
- 601
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
PREVIEW: Chuck Marohn on Strong Towns
Current Affairs host Pete Davis sits down with engineer, land planner and founder of the Strong Towns movement, Chuck Marohn, to discuss how to create thriving towns and cities.
This is an excerpt f…
00:02:36 |
Tue 23 Jul 2019
UNLOCKED! Ben Burgis on Logic and Arguments
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, financial editor Sparky Abraham and contributing editor Aisling McCrea sit down with philosophy professor Ben Burgis to discuss his new book Give T…
00:50:36 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Voicemailbag VI
The Current Affairs team has stuck their hands into the mailbag once again, and pulled out a handful of your voicemails. Topics range from the likelihood of getting mangoes under socialism, to the fr…
01:09:07 |
Tue 16 Jul 2019
PREVIEW: Student Debt Special (feat. Allie Conti, Marshall Steinbaum and Matt Bruenig)
Current Affairs finance editor Sparky Abraham sits down with Vice writer Allie Conti, economics professor Marshall Steinbaum and People's Policy Project founder Matt Bruenig to discuss the question o…
00:01:47 |
Thu 11 Jul 2019
PREVIEW: Ben Burgis on Logic and Arguments
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, financial editor Sparky Abraham and contributing editor Aisling McCrea sit down with philosophy professor Ben Burgis to discuss his new book Give T…
00:02:31 |
Tue 09 Jul 2019
UNLOCKED: Pride Month Special (feat. Yasmin Nair, Conner Habib, and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore)
Current Affairs business manager Eli Massey and contributing editor Aisling McCrea are joined by three radical queer writers for a raucous, thought-provoking discussion on Pride, rainbow capitalism,…
01:07:32 |
Tue 09 Jul 2019
#29: Another Excuse To Eat Tex-Mex
The Current Affairs panel discusses some of the controversies around Harvard University (cue booing sounds), creates a fabulous new post-utopia festival, and asks: how do we know when we're wrong?
T…
01:01:40 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
UNLOCKED: Bhaskar Sunkara on Jacobin magazine and promoting socialism
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson talks to Bhaskar Sunkara, the founder and publisher of Jacobin magazine and author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an E…
00:49:01 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
PREVIEW - Meagan Day on why everyone should have the right to a sabbatical
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, senior editor Brianna Rennix and newsletter editor Nick Slater sit down with Jacobin staff writer Meagan Day to discuss why everyone should have th…
00:02:17 |
Wed 03 Jul 2019
PREVIEW - Pride Month Special
Current Affairs business manager Eli Massey and contributing editor Aisling McCrea are joined by three radical queer writers - Yasmin Nair, Conner Habib, and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore - for a rauco…
00:02:12 |
Mon 01 Jul 2019
RE-UPLOAD: Tiffany Cabán on running for district attorney as a public defender
In light of Tiffany Cabán's stunning victory in the Queens District Attorney election, we're bumping this interview from March, in case you missed it - or want to listen again!
Current Affairs legal…
00:42:29 |
Wed 26 Jun 2019
Bonus episode excerpt: Creating a Left Magazine
An excerpt from today's bonus episode, available in full to our Patreon patrons, in which Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson talks to Bhaskar Sunkara, the founder and publisher of Jac…
00:01:30 |
Tue 25 Jun 2019
#28: The Dolphin Tax-Advantaged Account
The Current Affairs panel discusses animal rights, the question of whether to treat internet platforms as private or public spaces, and what they would like to see added to the school history curricu…
00:54:39 |
Thu 20 Jun 2019
UNLOCKED: In conversation: Molly Crabapple on the power of art
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson sits down with artist and writer Molly Crabapple to discuss the merits of political art, the way society values (and undervalues) artists, and her e…
00:39:40 |
Wed 19 Jun 2019
#27: Folks, Fasten Your Seatbelts... (ft. Ralph Nader)
Current Affairs host Pete Davis speaks to legendary activist, attorney and consumer advocate Ralph Nader about the potential of young people, political tactics, and the advantages of being an outside…
00:55:48 |
Mon 10 Jun 2019
UNLOCKED: In conversation: Natalie Wynn on Seizing Ground in Reactionary-Occupied Youtube
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson and contributing editor Aisling McCrea sits down with left-wing Youtube superstar Natalie Wynn (aka Contrapoints) to talk about her work making unfo…
00:39:29 |
Fri 07 Jun 2019
UNLOCKED: The Gravel Gang
UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, legal editor Oren Nimni and man about town Eli Massey sit down with The Gravel Boys — Henry Williams and David…
00:58:26 |
Tue 04 Jun 2019
UNLOCKED: The Lyta, The Witch & The Wardrobe
UNLOCKED FROM THE PATREON BIRD FEED: Current Affairs amusements editor Lyta Gold, senior editor Brianna Rennix, contributing editor Aisling McCrea and friend of the pod Dan Walden continue our "probl…
01:01:57 |
Sun 02 Jun 2019
#26: Standardized Litmus Tests
The Current Affairs panel discusses the recent addition of the "adversity score" to the SAT, determines the appropriate abortion litmus test for the left, and goes around sharing things that made the…
01:24:31 |
Wed 29 May 2019
UNLOCKED: Tiffany Cabán on running for district attorney as a public defender
UNLOCKED from the bird feed to the main feed just in time for AOC's endorsement: Current Affairs legal wonks Oren Nimni and Vanessa A. Bee sit down with Tiffany Cabán, a career public defender who is…
00:42:29 |
Thu 23 May 2019
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