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A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.

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  • #517
    September 2 · 49 min

    MAGA Stole Animal Rights from the Left

    Astra Taylor is a writer, activist, and co-author of End Times Fascism, and Aaron Regunberg is a climate lawyer and contributing editor at The New Republic. They join Current Affairs to discuss how the right has begun co-opting animal welfare politics, why the left has neglected animal rights, and how abandoning climate politics risks leaving an opening for a much darker ecofascist response to ecological crisis.

  • #515
    August 27 · 31 min

    AIPAC Knows Its Money Is Toxic (w/ Track AIPAC)

    Track AIPAC is an advocacy and watchdog project that tracks AIPAC and other pro-Israel political spending in U.S. elections. Co-founders Cory Archibald and Casey Kennedy join Current Affairs to discuss how the Israel lobby intervenes in Democratic primaries, how its money is routed through a growing network of PACs and outside groups, and why more candidates are beginning to reject its support.

  • #514
    August 25 · 19 min

    Both Parties Are Failing Working People (w/ Dan Osborn)

    Dan Osborn is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska and a former union leader who first gained national attention during the 2021 Kellogg’s strike. He joins Current Affairs associate editor Alex Skopic to discuss why he rejects the two-party system, the crisis facing rural hospitals, healthcare reform and Medicare for All.

  • #513
    August 21 · 36 min

    The Israel Lobby Is More Desperate Than Ever

    Eli Clifton is an investigative journalist and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and Ian Lustick is a political scientist specializing in U.S. foreign policy and Israel-Palestine. They join Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss their new book, Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, which examines the history, methods, and influence of the Israel lobby on American politics and U.S. foreign policy.

  • #512
    August 20 · 53 min

    The “Silent Genocide” in Cuba (w/ Abby Martin)

    Abby Martin is a journalist, filmmaker, and creator of The Empire Files. She joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss her new film, Cuba After Castro, which features a rare, in-depth interview with Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel.

  • #510
    August 13 · 13 min

    Send Ben Shapiro to Iran

    Why should other people’s children be the ones who die in the wars he promotes?

  • #509
    August 11 · 1 hr 17 min

    Graham Platner and the Left’s Misogyny Problem (w/ Yasmin Nair)

    Yasmin Nair is a writer, activist, and longtime contributor to Current Affairs. In this conversation with Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, she discusses what Graham Platner’s rise reveals about misogyny on the left, why sexism is too often excused or minimized in progressive politics, and what the failures of liberal feminism can teach us about building a better left.

  • #507
    August 6 · 7 min

    A Socialist Appears on Fox News

    Nathan J. Robinson appears on The Will Cain Show to discuss socialism and the future of the Democratic Party.

  • #506
    August 3 · 15 min

    Centrists Are Not More "Electable"

    Whether a candidate can inspire people, organize them, and deliver for them matters more than where they stand on an imaginary ideological continuum.

  • #504
    July 23 · 8 min

    Socialists Humiliate Clueless NewsNation Host

    We don’t think NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich knew what she was getting into when she invited Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan J. Robinson and Monte Mader on to debate socialism.

  • #503
    July 22 · 40 min

    Daniel Ellsberg's Final Warning to America

    Daniel Ellsberg was the Pentagon Papers whistleblower whose decision to expose government lies about the Vietnam War changed American history. In this conversation with Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, Michael Ellsberg, Jan R. Thomas, and Robert Ellsberg discuss Truth and Consequence, a new collection of Ellsberg's previously unpublished writings. They reflect on his thinking about nuclear war, conscience, patriotism, civil resistance, and why his ideas remain as relevant toda

  • #502
    July 21 · 29 min

    America Is Headed for Another Endless War (w/ Trita Parsi)

    Trita Parsi is the co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and one of the leading analysts of U.S.–Iran relations. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to explain how the ceasefire between the United States and Iran unraveled, why he believes both Washington and Tehran miscalculated, and what the renewed fighting means for the prospects of diplomacy.

  • #500
    July 16 · 44 min

    Neoliberal Economics Has Always Been Bogus

    Eric Beinhocker is a professor at the University of Oxford and executive director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. Nick Hanauer is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and founder of Civic Ventures. Together, they are the authors of the booklet Markets Built for Humans. Beinhocker and Hanauer joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss why they believe neoliberal economics has failed, what the evidence really shows about the minimu

  • #499
    July 14 · 17 min

    How an AIPAC Smear Campaign Works

    The Israel lobby’s attempt to destroy Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign is a disturbing example of how money warps democracy.

  • #498
    July 9 · 32 min

    Kshama Sawant Is Taking On a Pro-War Democrat

    Kshama Sawant is a socialist organizer, former Seattle City Council member, and candidate for Congress in Washington’s 9th congressional district. Sawant joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss Adam Smith’s record on war, why she believes Democrats cannot be relied on to fight for working people, and why revolutionary socialists should fight for immediate reforms while building power outside the two-party system.

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