Current Affairs

577 Episodes

1. A Neuroscientist Critiques the Dangerous "Populist" Pseudoscience of Yuval Noah Harari

   Published: 7/31/2022
2. Cory Doctorow on The Wondrous World of the Early Internet & How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism

   Published: 7/31/2022
3. Debunking The Right's Bad History of Abortion Laws w/ Leslie Reagan

   Published: 7/20/2022
4. Robin D.G. Kelley on the Importance of Utopian Visions for Social Movements

   Published: 7/20/2022
5. The 20-Year Catastrophe of the War In Afghanistan

   Published: 7/20/2022
6. Oxford and the Making of the British Ruling Class

   Published: 7/7/2022
7. Why Web3 Is Going Just Great (w/ Molly White)

   Published: 7/7/2022
8. Thinking About Police After Uvalde and the San Francisco Prosecutor Recall (w/ Alex Vitale)

   Published: 7/7/2022
9. Unearthing Queer History in America

   Published: 7/7/2022
10. Destroying Democracy in Education: The Case of New Orleans

    Published: 7/7/2022
11. How To Create Beautiful Places - A guide to the work of the late Christopher Alexander

    Published: 7/7/2022
12. Current Affairs Book Club: The Novels of Sally Rooney

    Published: 7/7/2022
13. How Can We Plan a Viable Eco-Socialist Future That Everyone Likes?

    Published: 7/7/2022
14. Inside the Real World of Union Organizing

    Published: 7/7/2022
15. How the War In Ukraine Can Be Ended

    Published: 7/7/2022
16. Why This Computer Scientist Says All Cryptocurrency Should “Die in a Fire”

    Published: 7/7/2022
17. How to Get Past the Need for Endless Economic Growth (w/ "Doughnut Economics" author Kate Raworth)

    Published: 5/31/2022
18. The Terrifying and Stupid Ideas of "Neoreactionaries"

    Published: 5/31/2022
19. Santa Claus for Alaska

    Published: 5/31/2022
20. How Do We Overcome Capitalism?

    Published: 5/31/2022